6.4.2 Level of water stress (No breakdown) — Value by country

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Countries reporting
181
Highest
3,850 %
Kuwait
Lowest
0.02 %
French Guiana
Median
9.42 %
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,919

What the numbers show

6.4.2 Level of water stress (No breakdown) — Value is currently reported for 181 countries. The highest value is 3,850 % in Kuwait; the lowest is 0.02 % in French Guiana.

The median across all reporting countries is 9.42 %, and the mean is 66.39 %.

Over the past decade 56 countries rose and 66 fell. The largest increase was in Kuwait (up 1,283,400.0%), and the largest decrease in Singapore (down 94.4%).

6.4.2 Level of water stress (No breakdown) — Value: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Kuwait 3,850 % 2023 up 1,283,400.0% volatile
2 United Arab Emirates 1,437 % 2023 down 20.5% flat
3 Saudi Arabia 974.17 % 2023 up 14.1% rising
4 Libya 817.14 % 2023 unchanged rising
5 Qatar 431.03 % 2023 down 0.1% rising
6 Yemen 281.48 % 2023 up 4.3% rising
7 Bahrain 152.5 % 2023 down 12.9% falling
8 Algeria 144.81 % 2023 up 121.7% rising
9 Turkmenistan 135.21 % 2023 down 6.4% flat
10 Syrian Arab Republic 124.36 % 2023 unchanged falling
11 Uzbekistan 123.03 % 2023 down 20.5% falling
12 Israel 119.58 % 2023 up 13.3% falling
13 Sudan 118.66 % 2023 unchanged flat
14 Oman 116.71 % 2023 unchanged rising
15 Egypt 112.93 % 2023 down 1.9% rising
16 Jordan 105.2 % 2023 up 17.5% rising
17 Pakistan 98.12 % 2023 down 12.8% rising
18 Tunisia 97.05 % 2023 up 31.3% rising
19 Sri Lanka 90.79 % 2023 unchanged flat
20 Barbados 87.5 % 2023 unchanged falling
21 Republic of Korea 85.22 % 2023 unchanged flat
22 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 80.43 % 2023 down 13.2% flat
23 Eswatini 77.56 % 2023 unchanged flat
24 Tajikistan 69.94 % 2023 up 0.1% falling
25 Iraq 67.81 % 2023 down 1.3% falling
25 Réunion 4.46 % 2023 up 3.5% volatile
26 North Macedonia 65.88 % 2023 up 450.4% volatile
27 India 65.87 % 2023 down 0.7% flat
28 Armenia 61.97 % 2023 up 4.0% rising
29 Cabo Verde 59.68 % 2023 up 83.3% volatile
30 Lebanon 58.79 % 2023 up 8.6% rising
31 Azerbaijan 57.53 % 2023 up 8.6% rising
32 Afghanistan 54.76 % 2023 unchanged flat
33 Belgium 52.83 % 2023 down 10.9% falling
34 Kyrgyzstan 49.72 % 2023 down 9.3% falling
35 Türkiye 47.89 % 2023 up 25.8% rising
36 Zimbabwe 46.09 % 2023 up 42.7% rising
37 Malta 45.51 % 2023 down 19.7% rising
38 Palestine 45.21 % 2023 down 7.3% rising
39 Mexico 44.95 % 2023 up 46.8% rising
40 Spain 43.25 % 2023 down 1.9% falling
41 Mali 42.95 % 2023 up 290.5% volatile
42 China, mainland 41.59 % 2023 down 7.2% rising
43 Dominican Republic 39.55 % 2023 unchanged rising
44 Bulgaria 38.84 % 2023 down 3.9% falling
45 Japan 35.4 % 2023 down 4.2% falling
46 Kazakhstan 33.57 % 2023 up 4.7% rising
47 Poland 32.49 % 2023 down 16.5% falling
48 Ethiopia 32.26 % 2023 up 7.5% rising
49 Saint Kitts and Nevis 31.96 % 2023 unchanged rising
50 Germany 31.46 % 2023 down 9.4% falling
51 Cyprus 30.75 % 2023 up 8.8% rising
52 Italy 29.77 % 2023 down 0.6% falling
53 Nigeria 29.71 % 2023 unchanged rising
54 Indonesia 29.7 % 2023 up 10.2% rising
55 Timor-Leste 28.27 % 2023 unchanged flat
56 Philippines 27.88 % 2023 up 8.7% rising
57 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 27.74 % 2023 unchanged flat
59 Denmark 26.63 % 2023 down 2.4% rising
60 Madagascar 24.99 % 2023 up 16.3% rising
61 Somalia 24.53 % 2023 unchanged flat
62 Mauritius 22.46 % 2023 up 1.6% falling
63 Cuba 22.17 % 2023 down 7.4% rising
64 Thailand 21.48 % 2023 up 30.2% falling
65 France 20.57 % 2023 down 13.5% falling
66 Czechia 20.13 % 2023 down 19.8% falling
67 Trinidad and Tobago 19.88 % 2023 down 6.1% flat
68 Puerto Rico 19.54 % 2023 down 6.1% falling
69 Morocco 18.83 % 2023 down 37.2% falling
70 Viet Nam 17.76 % 2023 down 0.4% flat
71 Greece 17.74 % 2023 down 11.7% flat
72 Senegal 16.28 % 2023 up 27.2% rising
73 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 14.91 % 2023 down 26.2% falling
74 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 14.35 % 2023 up 10.0% falling
75 Saint Lucia 14.3 % 2023 unchanged flat
76 Haiti 13.38 % 2023 unchanged rising
77 Mauritania 13.25 % 2023 unchanged falling
78 United Republic of Tanzania 12.96 % 2023 unchanged rising
79 El Salvador 12.72 % 2023 up 0.2% rising
80 Republic of Moldova 12.41 % 2023 down 0.4% falling
81 Jamaica 12.38 % 2023 down 8.4% rising
82 Portugal 12.32 % 2023 down 29.9% falling
83 Andorra 11.91 % 2023 down 11.4% flat
84 Uruguay 11.63 % 2023 up 5.8% rising
85 Kenya 11.2 % 2023 down 57.8% falling
86 Eritrea 11.18 % 2023 unchanged rising
87 Niger 11.02 % 2023 up 77.7% rising
88 Argentina 10.46 % 2023 unchanged rising
89 Burundi 10.19 % 2023 unchanged flat
90 Dominica 10 % 2023 unchanged rising
91 Maldives 9.62 % 2023 up 373.9% falling
92 Ireland 9.42 % 2023 up 78.1% rising
93 Chile 8.98 % 2023 unchanged rising
94 Austria 8.68 % 2023 down 6.9% falling
95 Zambia 8.62 % 2023 up 22.8% rising
96 Estonia 8.58 % 2023 down 54.7% falling
97 Nepal 8.31 % 2023 unchanged flat
98 New Zealand 8.05 % 2023 up 13.4% rising
99 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7.9 % 2023 unchanged falling
100 Hungary 7.63 % 2023 down 15.9% falling
101 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 7.54 % 2023 unchanged rising
102 Romania 7.49 % 2023 up 24.6% falling
103 Ukraine 7.33 % 2023 down 56.1% falling
104 Finland 7.11 % 2023 down 16.3% falling
105 Grenada 7.05 % 2023 up 3.4% rising
106 Singapore 7.04 % 2023 down 94.4% volatile
107 Rwanda 6.55 % 2023 down 56.1% falling
108 Switzerland 6.5 % 2023 down 0.9% falling
109 Slovenia 6.41 % 2023 down 17.9% flat
110 Djibouti 6.33 % 2023 unchanged flat
111 Costa Rica 5.88 % 2023 up 39.7% volatile
112 Uganda 5.83 % 2023 unchanged rising
113 Serbia 5.81 % 2023 up 9.4% rising
114 Myanmar 5.8 % 2023 unchanged flat
115 Guatemala 5.74 % 2023 unchanged volatile
116 Bangladesh 5.72 % 2023 unchanged flat
117 Australia and New Zealand 5.59 % 2023 down 26.8% falling
118 Côte d'Ivoire 5.09 % 2023 down 3.6% falling
119 Mongolia 4.97 % 2023 up 44.1% rising
120 Albania 4.8 % 2023 down 27.4% falling
121 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4.79 % 2023 up 3.2% rising
122 Belarus 4.73 % 2023 down 5.2% falling
123 Honduras 4.62 % 2023 unchanged flat
124 Chad 4.29 % 2023 unchanged flat
125 Bermuda 4.24 % 2023 unchanged falling
126 South Sudan 4.23 % 2023 unchanged flat
127 Australia 4.22 % 2023 down 45.2% falling
128 Georgia 4.21 % 2023 down 39.0% falling
129 Russian Federation 4.16 % 2023 up 0.5% falling
130 Malawi 4.11 % 2023 up 315.2% volatile
131 Luxembourg 3.96 % 2023 up 10.9% falling
132 Suriname 3.95 % 2023 unchanged falling
133 Canada 3.72 % 2023 down 3.1% falling
133 Colombia 3.72 % 2023 up 33.3% rising
135 Peru 3.6 % 2023 down 24.1% rising
136 Sweden 3.58 % 2023 down 0.8% falling
137 Brunei Darussalam 3.47 % 2023 unchanged flat
138 Malaysia 3.44 % 2023 up 9.2% rising
139 Togo 3.39 % 2023 unchanged rising
140 Antigua and Barbuda 3.15 % 2023 down 40.2% falling
141 Lesotho 2.57 % 2023 unchanged flat
142 Slovakia 2.43 % 2023 down 11.3% falling
143 Botswana 2.32 % 2023 up 19.0% rising
144 Nicaragua 2.22 % 2023 down 11.6% falling
145 Gambia 2.21 % 2023 unchanged rising
146 Lithuania 2.17 % 2023 down 32.6% volatile
147 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.14 % 2023 down 26.0% falling
148 Norway 2.04 % 2023 down 2.4% flat
149 Sao Tome and Principe 1.88 % 2023 up 12.6% rising
150 Angola 1.87 % 2023 unchanged rising
151 Paraguay 1.84 % 2023 unchanged rising
152 Mozambique 1.75 % 2023 up 5.4% rising
153 Croatia 1.61 % 2023 up 15.0% rising
154 Cameroon 1.56 % 2023 unchanged rising
155 Guinea-Bissau 1.5 % 2023 unchanged flat
156 Brazil 1.43 % 2023 down 51.9% falling
157 Bhutan 1.41 % 2023 unchanged flat
158 Guinea 1.37 % 2023 up 16.1% rising
159 Burkina Faso 1.28 % 2023 up 73.0% volatile
160 Ecuador 1.14 % 2023 down 44.1% volatile
161 Cambodia 1.04 % 2023 unchanged flat
161 Latvia 1.04 % 2023 down 25.2% falling
163 Benin 0.98 % 2023 unchanged flat
164 Panama 0.9 % 2023 unchanged rising
165 Comoros 0.83 % 2023 unchanged flat
166 Fiji 0.55 % 2023 up 14.6% rising
167 Gabon 0.5 % 2023 unchanged rising
167 Sierra Leone 0.5 % 2023 unchanged rising
169 Ghana 0.48 % 2023 down 91.8% falling
170 Iceland 0.39 % 2023 down 2.5% rising
171 Guyana 0.31 % 2023 unchanged volatile
171 Namibia 0.31 % 2023 down 44.6% falling
173 Liberia 0.26 % 2023 unchanged flat
174 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.23 % 2023 unchanged rising
175 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.2 % 2023 up 17.6% volatile
176 Equatorial Guinea 0.18 % 2023 unchanged rising
176 Melanesia 0.18 % 2023 up 5.9% rising
178 Papua New Guinea 0.13 % 2023 unchanged rising
179 Belize 0.12 % 2023 unchanged falling
180 Congo 0.03 % 2023 unchanged flat
181 French Guiana 0.02 % 2023 up 100.0% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
6.4.2 Level of water stress (No breakdown) — Value
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
211 places, 4,919 data points, 2000–2023
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