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

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Countries reporting
184
Highest
3,850 %
Kuwait
Lowest
0.02 %
French Guiana
Median
9.52 %
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 184 countries. The highest value is 3,850 % in Kuwait; the lowest is 0.02 % in French Guiana.

The median across all reporting countries is 9.52 %, and the mean is 65.83 %.

Over the past decade 57 countries rose and 67 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
1 Syrian Arab Republic 124.36 % 2023 unchanged falling
2 United Arab Emirates 1,437 % 2023 down 20.5% flat
2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 80.43 % 2023 down 13.2% flat
3 Saudi Arabia 974.17 % 2023 up 14.1% rising
3 Türkiye 47.89 % 2023 up 25.8% rising
4 Libya 817.14 % 2023 unchanged rising
4 Timor-Leste 28.27 % 2023 unchanged flat
5 Qatar 431.03 % 2023 down 0.1% rising
5 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 27.74 % 2023 unchanged flat
6 Yemen 281.48 % 2023 up 4.3% rising
6 Viet Nam 17.76 % 2023 down 0.4% flat
7 Bahrain 152.5 % 2023 down 12.9% falling
7 Cabo Verde 59.68 % 2023 up 83.3% volatile
7 United Republic of Tanzania 12.96 % 2023 unchanged rising
8 Algeria 144.81 % 2023 up 121.7% rising
8 Republic of Moldova 12.41 % 2023 down 0.4% falling
9 Turkmenistan 135.21 % 2023 down 6.4% flat
10 Uzbekistan 123.03 % 2023 down 20.5% falling
10 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 7.54 % 2023 unchanged rising
11 Israel 119.58 % 2023 up 13.3% falling
11 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4.79 % 2023 up 3.2% rising
12 Sudan 118.66 % 2023 unchanged flat
12 Caribbean 27.39 % 2023 down 3.7% rising
13 Oman 116.71 % 2023 unchanged rising
13 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.23 % 2023 unchanged rising
14 Egypt 112.93 % 2023 down 1.9% rising
14 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.2 % 2023 up 17.6% volatile
15 Jordan 105.2 % 2023 up 17.5% rising
15 Melanesia 0.18 % 2023 up 5.9% rising
16 Pakistan 98.12 % 2023 down 12.8% rising
17 Tunisia 97.05 % 2023 up 31.3% rising
18 Sri Lanka 90.79 % 2023 unchanged flat
19 Barbados 87.5 % 2023 unchanged falling
20 Republic of Korea 85.22 % 2023 unchanged flat
21 Eswatini 77.56 % 2023 unchanged flat
22 Tajikistan 69.94 % 2023 up 0.1% falling
23 Iraq 67.81 % 2023 down 1.3% falling
24 South Africa 67.6 % 2023 up 15.1% rising
24 Côte d'Ivoire 5.09 % 2023 down 3.6% falling
25 North Macedonia 65.88 % 2023 up 450.4% volatile
26 India 65.87 % 2023 down 0.7% flat
27 Armenia 61.97 % 2023 up 4.0% rising
28 Lebanon 58.79 % 2023 up 8.6% rising
29 Azerbaijan 57.53 % 2023 up 8.6% rising
30 Afghanistan 54.76 % 2023 unchanged flat
31 Belgium 52.83 % 2023 down 10.9% falling
32 Kyrgyzstan 49.72 % 2023 down 9.3% falling
33 Zimbabwe 46.09 % 2023 up 42.7% rising
34 Malta 45.51 % 2023 down 19.7% rising
35 Palestine 45.21 % 2023 down 7.3% rising
36 Mexico 44.95 % 2023 up 46.8% rising
37 Spain 43.25 % 2023 down 1.9% falling
38 Mali 42.95 % 2023 up 290.5% volatile
39 China, mainland 41.59 % 2023 down 7.2% rising
40 Dominican Republic 39.55 % 2023 unchanged rising
41 Bulgaria 38.84 % 2023 down 3.9% falling
42 Japan 35.4 % 2023 down 4.2% falling
43 Kazakhstan 33.57 % 2023 up 4.7% rising
44 Poland 32.49 % 2023 down 16.5% falling
45 Ethiopia 32.26 % 2023 up 7.5% rising
46 Saint Kitts and Nevis 31.96 % 2023 unchanged rising
47 Germany 31.46 % 2023 down 9.4% falling
48 Cyprus 30.75 % 2023 up 8.8% rising
49 Italy 29.77 % 2023 down 0.6% falling
50 Nigeria 29.71 % 2023 unchanged rising
51 Indonesia 29.7 % 2023 up 10.2% rising
52 Philippines 27.88 % 2023 up 8.7% rising
53 Denmark 26.63 % 2023 down 2.4% rising
54 Madagascar 24.99 % 2023 up 16.3% rising
55 Somalia 24.53 % 2023 unchanged flat
56 Mauritius 22.46 % 2023 up 1.6% falling
57 Cuba 22.17 % 2023 down 7.4% rising
58 Thailand 21.48 % 2023 up 30.2% falling
59 France 20.57 % 2023 down 13.5% falling
60 Czechia 20.13 % 2023 down 19.8% falling
61 Trinidad and Tobago 19.88 % 2023 down 6.1% flat
62 Puerto Rico 19.54 % 2023 down 6.1% falling
63 Morocco 18.83 % 2023 down 37.2% falling
64 Greece 17.74 % 2023 down 11.7% flat
65 Senegal 16.28 % 2023 up 27.2% rising
66 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 14.91 % 2023 down 26.2% falling
67 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 14.35 % 2023 up 10.0% falling
68 Saint Lucia 14.3 % 2023 unchanged flat
69 Haiti 13.38 % 2023 unchanged rising
70 Mauritania 13.25 % 2023 unchanged falling
71 El Salvador 12.72 % 2023 up 0.2% rising
72 Jamaica 12.38 % 2023 down 8.4% rising
73 Portugal 12.32 % 2023 down 29.9% falling
74 Andorra 11.91 % 2023 down 11.4% flat
75 Uruguay 11.63 % 2023 up 5.8% rising
76 Kenya 11.2 % 2023 down 57.8% falling
77 Eritrea 11.18 % 2023 unchanged rising
78 Niger 11.02 % 2023 up 77.7% rising
79 Argentina 10.46 % 2023 unchanged rising
80 Burundi 10.19 % 2023 unchanged flat
81 Dominica 10 % 2023 unchanged rising
82 Maldives 9.62 % 2023 up 373.9% falling
83 Ireland 9.42 % 2023 up 78.1% rising
84 Chile 8.98 % 2023 unchanged rising
85 Austria 8.68 % 2023 down 6.9% falling
86 Zambia 8.62 % 2023 up 22.8% rising
87 Estonia 8.58 % 2023 down 54.7% falling
88 Nepal 8.31 % 2023 unchanged flat
89 New Zealand 8.05 % 2023 up 13.4% rising
90 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7.9 % 2023 unchanged falling
91 Hungary 7.63 % 2023 down 15.9% falling
92 Romania 7.49 % 2023 up 24.6% falling
93 Ukraine 7.33 % 2023 down 56.1% falling
94 Finland 7.11 % 2023 down 16.3% falling
95 Grenada 7.05 % 2023 up 3.4% rising
96 Singapore 7.04 % 2023 down 94.4% volatile
97 Rwanda 6.55 % 2023 down 56.1% falling
98 Switzerland 6.5 % 2023 down 0.9% falling
99 Slovenia 6.41 % 2023 down 17.9% flat
100 Djibouti 6.33 % 2023 unchanged flat
101 Costa Rica 5.88 % 2023 up 39.7% volatile
102 Uganda 5.83 % 2023 unchanged rising
103 Serbia 5.81 % 2023 up 9.4% rising
104 Myanmar 5.8 % 2023 unchanged flat
105 Guatemala 5.74 % 2023 unchanged volatile
106 Bangladesh 5.72 % 2023 unchanged flat
107 Australia and New Zealand 5.59 % 2023 down 26.8% falling
108 Mongolia 4.97 % 2023 up 44.1% rising
109 Albania 4.8 % 2023 down 27.4% falling
110 Belarus 4.73 % 2023 down 5.2% falling
111 Honduras 4.62 % 2023 unchanged flat
112 Réunion 4.46 % 2023 up 3.5% volatile
113 Chad 4.29 % 2023 unchanged flat
114 Bermuda 4.24 % 2023 unchanged falling
115 South Sudan 4.23 % 2023 unchanged flat
116 Australia 4.22 % 2023 down 45.2% falling
117 Georgia 4.21 % 2023 down 39.0% falling
118 Russian Federation 4.16 % 2023 up 0.5% falling
119 Malawi 4.11 % 2023 up 315.2% volatile
120 Luxembourg 3.96 % 2023 up 10.9% falling
121 Suriname 3.95 % 2023 unchanged falling
122 Canada 3.72 % 2023 down 3.1% falling
122 Colombia 3.72 % 2023 up 33.3% rising
124 Peru 3.6 % 2023 down 24.1% rising
125 Sweden 3.58 % 2023 down 0.8% falling
126 Brunei Darussalam 3.47 % 2023 unchanged flat
127 Malaysia 3.44 % 2023 up 9.2% rising
128 Togo 3.39 % 2023 unchanged rising
129 Antigua and Barbuda 3.15 % 2023 down 40.2% falling
130 Lesotho 2.57 % 2023 unchanged flat
131 Slovakia 2.43 % 2023 down 11.3% falling
132 Botswana 2.32 % 2023 up 19.0% rising
133 Nicaragua 2.22 % 2023 down 11.6% falling
134 Gambia 2.21 % 2023 unchanged rising
135 Lithuania 2.17 % 2023 down 32.6% volatile
136 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.14 % 2023 down 26.0% falling
137 Norway 2.04 % 2023 down 2.4% flat
138 Sao Tome and Principe 1.88 % 2023 up 12.6% rising
139 Angola 1.87 % 2023 unchanged rising
140 Paraguay 1.84 % 2023 unchanged rising
141 Mozambique 1.75 % 2023 up 5.4% rising
142 Croatia 1.61 % 2023 up 15.0% rising
143 Cameroon 1.56 % 2023 unchanged rising
144 Guinea-Bissau 1.5 % 2023 unchanged flat
145 Brazil 1.43 % 2023 down 51.9% falling
146 Bhutan 1.41 % 2023 unchanged flat
147 Guinea 1.37 % 2023 up 16.1% rising
148 Burkina Faso 1.28 % 2023 up 73.0% volatile
149 Ecuador 1.14 % 2023 down 44.1% volatile
150 Cambodia 1.04 % 2023 unchanged flat
150 Latvia 1.04 % 2023 down 25.2% falling
152 Benin 0.98 % 2023 unchanged flat
153 Panama 0.9 % 2023 unchanged rising
154 Comoros 0.83 % 2023 unchanged flat
155 Fiji 0.55 % 2023 up 14.6% rising
156 Gabon 0.5 % 2023 unchanged rising
156 Sierra Leone 0.5 % 2023 unchanged rising
158 Ghana 0.48 % 2023 down 91.8% falling
159 Iceland 0.39 % 2023 down 2.5% rising
160 Central African Republic 0.34 % 2023 unchanged rising
161 Guyana 0.31 % 2023 unchanged volatile
161 Namibia 0.31 % 2023 down 44.6% falling
163 Liberia 0.26 % 2023 unchanged flat
164 Equatorial Guinea 0.18 % 2023 unchanged rising
165 Papua New Guinea 0.13 % 2023 unchanged rising
166 Belize 0.12 % 2023 unchanged falling
167 Congo 0.03 % 2023 unchanged flat
168 French Guiana 0.02 % 2023 up 100.0% rising

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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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