6.4.2 Level of water stress (Services (G to T)) — Value by country
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What the numbers show
6.4.2 Level of water stress (Services (G to T)) — Value is currently reported for 165 countries. The highest value is 1,381 % in Kuwait; the lowest is 0.01 % in Guyana.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.84 %, and the mean is 21.58 %.
Over the past decade 60 countries rose and 55 fell. The largest increase was in Kuwait (up 1,150,680.0%), and the largest decrease in Singapore (down 93.3%).
6.4.2 Level of water stress (Services (G to T)) — Value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuwait | 1,381 % | 2023 | up 1,150,680.0% | volatile |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 807.41 % | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 3 | Qatar | 268.93 % | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 127.13 % | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 5 | Libya | 98.11 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 6 | Bahrain | 96.75 % | 2023 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 7 | Jordan | 47.36 % | 2023 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 8 | Israel | 46.58 % | 2023 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 9 | Algeria | 44.77 % | 2023 | up 97.1% | rising |
| 10 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 31.55 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 11 | Malta | 29.48 % | 2023 | up 54.1% | rising |
| 12 | Palestine, State of | 27.97 % | 2023 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 13 | Tunisia | 22.27 % | 2023 | up 80.2% | rising |
| 14 | Barbados | 21.6 % | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 15 | Republic of Korea | 21 % | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 16 | Yemen | 20.92 % | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 17 | Egypt | 15.66 % | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 18 | Germany | 13.08 % | 2023 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 19 | Trinidad and Tobago | 12.33 % | 2023 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 20 | Cyprus | 12.01 % | 2023 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 21 | Nigeria | 11.91 % | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 22 | South Africa | 11.79 % | 2023 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 23 | Mauritius | 11.36 % | 2023 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 24 | Armenia | 10.93 % | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 25 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 10.62 % | 2023 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 26 | Denmark | 10.59 % | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 27 | Iraq | 10.45 % | 2023 | up 321.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Dominica | 9.5 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 29 | Maldives | 9.13 % | 2023 | up 373.1% | falling |
| 30 | Jamaica | 9.09 % | 2023 | up 231.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Czechia | 9.08 % | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 32 | China, mainland | 8.57 % | 2023 | up 57.8% | rising |
| 33 | Italy | 8.05 % | 2023 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 34 | Belgium | 7.94 % | 2023 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 35 | Oman | 7.92 % | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 36 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7.9 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 37 | Lebanon | 7.67 % | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 38 | North Macedonia | 7.39 % | 2023 | up 31.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Poland | 6.98 % | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 40 | Spain | 6.8 % | 2023 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 41 | Mexico | 6.67 % | 2023 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 42 | Japan | 6.62 % | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 43 | Tajikistan | 6.44 % | 2023 | up 91.7% | rising |
| 44 | Uzbekistan | 6.36 % | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 45 | Bulgaria | 6.15 % | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 46 | Ireland | 6.03 % | 2023 | up 78.9% | rising |
| 47 | Grenada | 6 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 48 | Kazakhstan | 5.83 % | 2023 | up 79.4% | rising |
| 49 | Brunei Darussalam | 5.71 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 50 | Sri Lanka | 5.65 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 51 | Cuba | 5.42 % | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 52 | Djibouti | 5.33 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 53 | Pakistan | 5.16 % | 2023 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 54 | Zimbabwe | 5.14 % | 2023 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 55 | India | 4.85 % | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 56 | Puerto Rico | 4.75 % | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 57 | France | 4.62 % | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 58 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 4.36 % | 2023 | up 74.4% | rising |
| 59 | Sudan | 4.19 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 60 | Saint Lucia | 4.17 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 61 | Singapore | 3.85 % | 2023 | down 93.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Luxembourg | 3.76 % | 2023 | up 11.2% | flat |
| 63 | Dominican Republic | 3.73 % | 2023 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 64 | Bermuda | 3.72 % | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 65 | Turkmenistan | 3.53 % | 2023 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 66 | Switzerland | 3.49 % | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 67 | El Salvador | 3.31 % | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 68 | Indonesia | 3.17 % | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 69 | Réunion | 3.07 % | 2023 | up 186.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Eswatini | 3 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 70 | Uganda | 3 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 72 | Philippines | 2.94 % | 2023 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 73 | Greece | 2.72 % | 2023 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 74 | Rwanda | 2.51 % | 2023 | down 51.9% | rising |
| 75 | Ethiopia | 2.48 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 76 | Ukraine | 2.41 % | 2023 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 77 | Austria | 2.23 % | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 78 | Togo | 2.14 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 79 | Belarus | 2.07 % | 2023 | up 15.0% | falling |
| 80 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.97 % | 2023 | down 40.3% | falling |
| 81 | Morocco | 1.92 % | 2023 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 82 | Costa Rica | 1.89 % | 2023 | up 85.3% | rising |
| 83 | Portugal | 1.84 % | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 84 | Azerbaijan | 1.81 % | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 85 | Haiti | 1.75 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 86 | Georgia | 1.64 % | 2023 | down 44.8% | rising |
| 87 | Argentina | 1.62 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 88 | Burundi | 1.57 % | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 89 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.45 % | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 90 | Guatemala | 1.44 % | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 91 | Senegal | 1.41 % | 2023 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 92 | Kenya | 1.39 % | 2023 | down 85.8% | volatile |
| 93 | Zambia | 1.37 % | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 94 | Albania | 1.36 % | 2023 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 95 | Botswana | 1.34 % | 2023 | up 50.6% | rising |
| 96 | Slovakia | 1.32 % | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 97 | Finland | 1.27 % | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 98 | South Sudan | 1.24 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 98 | Slovenia | 1.24 % | 2023 | up 11.7% | flat |
| 100 | Romania | 1.21 % | 2023 | up 31.5% | falling |
| 100 | Sweden | 1.21 % | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 102 | Hungary | 1.18 % | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 103 | Lesotho | 1.17 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 104 | Uruguay | 1.13 % | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 105 | Russian Federation | 1.1 % | 2023 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 106 | Lithuania | 1.04 % | 2023 | up 67.7% | falling |
| 107 | Thailand | 1.03 % | 2023 | up 30.4% | falling |
| 108 | Mauritania | 0.94 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 109 | New Zealand | 0.93 % | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 110 | Honduras | 0.91 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 111 | Gambia | 0.9 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 112 | Mali | 0.89 % | 2023 | up 287.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Angola | 0.85 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 114 | Malaysia | 0.84 % | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 115 | Niger | 0.82 % | 2023 | up 67.3% | falling |
| 116 | Serbia | 0.77 % | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 117 | Croatia | 0.73 % | 2023 | up 17.7% | falling |
| 118 | Estonia | 0.7 % | 2023 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 119 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.67 % | 2023 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 119 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.67 % | 2023 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 121 | Benin | 0.6 % | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 121 | Eritrea | 0.6 % | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 123 | Burkina Faso | 0.59 % | 2023 | up 73.5% | volatile |
| 123 | Norway | 0.59 % | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 125 | Myanmar | 0.58 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 126 | Bangladesh | 0.57 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 127 | Panama | 0.56 % | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 128 | Afghanistan | 0.55 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 129 | Colombia | 0.53 % | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 130 | Australia | 0.51 % | 2023 | down 69.3% | falling |
| 130 | Latvia | 0.51 % | 2023 | down 42.7% | falling |
| 130 | Chad | 0.51 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 133 | Canada | 0.5 % | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 134 | Mongolia | 0.49 % | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 135 | Mozambique | 0.44 % | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 136 | Malawi | 0.43 % | 2023 | up 330.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Comoros | 0.4 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 138 | Peru | 0.39 % | 2023 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 139 | Chile | 0.36 % | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 140 | Cameroon | 0.35 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 140 | Guinea | 0.35 % | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 142 | Brazil | 0.34 % | 2023 | down 53.4% | falling |
| 143 | Nicaragua | 0.33 % | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 144 | Suriname | 0.32 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 145 | Gabon | 0.31 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 146 | Central African Republic | 0.28 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 146 | Paraguay | 0.28 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 148 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.27 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 149 | Sierra Leone | 0.26 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 150 | Fiji | 0.16 % | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 151 | Ecuador | 0.15 % | 2023 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 151 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.15 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 151 | Liberia | 0.15 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 154 | Nepal | 0.13 % | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 155 | Iceland | 0.11 % | 2023 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 155 | Somalia | 0.11 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 157 | Ghana | 0.1 % | 2023 | down 90.8% | falling |
| 157 | Madagascar | 0.1 % | 2023 | down 54.5% | falling |
| 159 | Papua New Guinea | 0.08 % | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 160 | Bhutan | 0.07 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 160 | Namibia | 0.07 % | 2023 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 162 | Cambodia | 0.05 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 163 | Congo | 0.02 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 164 | Belize | 0.01 % | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 164 | Guyana | 0.01 % | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Cabo Verde 35.15 %
- Northern Africa 13.23 %
- Western Asia and Northern Africa 10.72 %
- Türkiye 5.3 %
- Western Asia 9.73 %
- Western Europe 9.64 %
- Eastern Asia 8.99 %
- Southern Europe 6.44 %
- Central Asia 5.45 %
- Caribbean 5.41 %
- Southern Asia 5.12 %
- Central Asia and Southern Asia 4.71 %
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