6.4.2 Level of water stress (Services (G to T)) — Value by country

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Countries reporting
165
Highest
1,381 %
Kuwait
Lowest
0.01 %
Guyana
Median
1.84 %
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,787

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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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

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Indicator
6.4.2 Level of water stress (Services (G to T)) — Value
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
208 places, 4,787 data points, 2000–2023
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