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Freshwater withdrawals as a share of internal resources by country

Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources (%).

Countries reporting
182
Highest
3,850.5%
Kuwait
Lowest
0.0%
French Guiana
Median
9.8%
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,223

What the numbers show

Freshwater withdrawals as a share of internal resources is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 3,850.5% in Kuwait; the lowest is 0.0% in French Guiana.

The median across all reporting countries is 9.8%, and the mean is 66.5%.

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%).

Freshwater withdrawals as a share of internal resources: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Kuwait 3,850.5% 2023 up 1,283,400.0% volatile
2 United Arab Emirates 1,437.3% 2023 down 20.5% flat
3 Saudi Arabia 974.2% 2023 up 14.1% rising
4 Libya 817.1% 2023 unchanged rising
5 Qatar 431.0% 2023 down 0.1% rising
6 Yemen 281.5% 2023 up 4.3% rising
7 Bahrain 152.5% 2023 down 12.9% falling
8 Algeria 144.8% 2023 up 121.7% rising
9 Turkmenistan 135.2% 2023 down 6.4% flat
10 Syria 124.4% 2023 unchanged falling
11 Uzbekistan 123.0% 2023 down 20.5% falling
12 Israel 119.6% 2023 up 13.3% falling
13 Sudan 118.7% 2023 unchanged flat
14 Oman 116.7% 2023 unchanged rising
15 Egypt 112.9% 2023 down 1.9% rising
16 Jordan 105.2% 2023 up 17.5% rising
17 Pakistan 98.1% 2023 down 12.8% rising
18 Tunisia 97.0% 2023 up 31.3% rising
19 Sri Lanka 90.8% 2023 unchanged flat
20 Barbados 87.5% 2023 unchanged falling
21 South Korea 85.2% 2023 unchanged flat
22 Iran 80.4% 2023 down 13.2% flat
23 Eswatini 77.6% 2023 unchanged flat
24 Tajikistan 69.9% 2023 up 0.1% falling
25 Iraq 67.8% 2023 down 1.3% falling
26 South Africa 67.6% 2023 up 15.1% rising
27 North Macedonia 65.9% 2023 up 450.4% volatile
28 India 65.9% 2023 down 0.7% flat
29 Armenia 62.0% 2023 up 4.0% rising
30 Cape Verde 59.7% 2023 up 83.3% volatile
31 Lebanon 58.8% 2023 up 8.6% rising
32 Azerbaijan 57.5% 2023 up 8.6% rising
33 Afghanistan 54.8% 2023 unchanged flat
34 Belgium 52.8% 2023 down 10.9% falling
35 Kyrgyzstan 49.7% 2023 down 9.3% falling
36 Turkey 47.9% 2023 up 25.8% rising
37 Zimbabwe 46.1% 2023 up 42.7% rising
38 Malta 45.5% 2023 down 19.7% rising
39 Palestine 45.2% 2023 down 7.3% rising
40 Mexico 45.0% 2023 up 46.8% rising
41 Spain 43.2% 2023 down 1.9% falling
42 Mali 43.0% 2023 up 290.5% volatile
43 China 41.6% 2023 down 7.2% rising
44 Dominican Republic 39.5% 2023 unchanged rising
45 Bulgaria 38.8% 2023 down 3.9% falling
46 Japan 35.4% 2023 down 4.2% falling
47 Kazakhstan 33.6% 2023 up 4.7% rising
48 Poland 32.5% 2023 down 16.5% falling
49 Ethiopia 32.3% 2023 up 7.5% rising
50 Saint Kitts and Nevis 32.0% 2023 unchanged rising
51 Germany 31.5% 2023 down 9.4% falling
52 Cyprus 30.8% 2023 up 8.8% rising
53 Italy 29.8% 2023 down 0.6% falling
54 Nigeria 29.7% 2023 unchanged rising
55 Indonesia 29.7% 2023 up 10.2% rising
56 East Timor 28.3% 2023 unchanged flat
57 Philippines 27.9% 2023 up 8.7% rising
58 North Korea 27.7% 2023 unchanged flat
59 Denmark 26.6% 2023 down 2.4% rising
60 Madagascar 25.0% 2023 up 16.3% rising
61 United States 24.5% 2023 down 3.2% falling
62 Somalia 24.5% 2023 unchanged flat
63 Mauritius 22.5% 2023 up 1.6% falling
64 Cuba 22.2% 2023 down 7.4% rising
65 Thailand 21.5% 2023 up 30.2% falling
66 France 20.6% 2023 down 13.5% falling
67 Czechia 20.1% 2023 down 19.8% falling
68 Trinidad and Tobago 19.9% 2023 down 6.1% flat
69 Puerto Rico 19.5% 2023 down 6.1% falling
70 Morocco 18.8% 2023 down 37.2% falling
71 Vietnam 17.8% 2023 down 0.4% flat
72 Greece 17.7% 2023 down 11.7% flat
73 Senegal 16.3% 2023 up 27.2% rising
74 Netherlands 14.9% 2023 down 26.2% falling
75 United Kingdom 14.3% 2023 up 10.0% falling
76 Saint Lucia 14.3% 2023 unchanged flat
77 Haiti 13.4% 2023 unchanged rising
78 Mauritania 13.2% 2023 unchanged falling
79 Tanzania 13.0% 2023 unchanged rising
80 El Salvador 12.7% 2023 up 0.2% rising
81 Moldova 12.4% 2023 down 0.4% falling
82 Jamaica 12.4% 2023 down 8.4% rising
83 Portugal 12.3% 2023 down 29.9% falling
84 Andorra 11.9% 2023 down 11.4% flat
85 Uruguay 11.6% 2023 up 5.8% rising
86 Kenya 11.2% 2023 down 57.8% falling
87 Eritrea 11.2% 2023 unchanged rising
88 Niger 11.0% 2023 up 77.7% rising
89 Argentina 10.5% 2023 unchanged rising
90 Burundi 10.2% 2023 unchanged flat
91 Dominica 10.0% 2023 unchanged rising
92 Maldives 9.6% 2023 up 373.9% falling
93 Ireland 9.4% 2023 up 78.1% rising
94 Chile 9.0% 2023 unchanged rising
95 Austria 8.7% 2023 down 6.9% falling
96 Zambia 8.6% 2023 up 22.8% rising
97 Estonia 8.6% 2023 down 54.7% falling
98 Nepal 8.3% 2023 unchanged flat
99 New Zealand 8.1% 2023 up 13.4% rising
100 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7.9% 2023 unchanged falling
101 Hungary 7.6% 2023 down 15.9% falling
102 Venezuela 7.5% 2023 unchanged rising
103 Romania 7.5% 2023 up 24.6% falling
104 Ukraine 7.3% 2023 down 56.1% falling
105 Finland 7.1% 2023 down 16.3% falling
106 Grenada 7.0% 2023 up 3.4% rising
107 Singapore 7.0% 2023 down 94.4% volatile
108 Rwanda 6.5% 2023 down 56.1% falling
109 Switzerland 6.5% 2023 down 0.9% falling
110 Slovenia 6.4% 2023 down 17.9% flat
111 Djibouti 6.3% 2023 unchanged flat
112 Costa Rica 5.9% 2023 up 39.7% volatile
113 Uganda 5.8% 2023 unchanged rising
114 Serbia 5.8% 2023 up 9.4% rising
115 Myanmar 5.8% 2023 unchanged flat
116 Guatemala 5.7% 2023 unchanged volatile
117 Bangladesh 5.7% 2023 unchanged flat
118 Cote d'Ivoire 5.1% 2023 down 3.6% falling
119 Mongolia 5.0% 2023 up 44.1% rising
120 Albania 4.8% 2023 down 27.4% falling
121 Laos 4.8% 2023 up 3.2% rising
122 Belarus 4.7% 2023 down 5.2% falling
123 Honduras 4.6% 2023 unchanged flat
124 Reunion 4.5% 2023 up 3.5% volatile
125 Chad 4.3% 2023 unchanged flat
126 Bermuda 4.2% 2023 unchanged falling
127 South Sudan 4.2% 2023 unchanged flat
128 Australia 4.2% 2023 down 45.2% falling
129 Georgia 4.2% 2023 down 39.0% falling
130 Russia 4.2% 2023 up 0.5% falling
131 Malawi 4.1% 2023 up 315.2% volatile
132 Luxembourg 4.0% 2023 up 10.9% falling
133 Suriname 4.0% 2023 unchanged falling
134 Canada 3.7% 2023 down 3.1% falling
134 Colombia 3.7% 2023 up 33.3% rising
136 Peru 3.6% 2023 down 24.1% rising
137 Sweden 3.6% 2023 down 0.8% falling
138 Brunei 3.5% 2023 unchanged flat
139 Malaysia 3.4% 2023 up 9.2% rising
140 Togo 3.4% 2023 unchanged rising
141 Antigua and Barbuda 3.1% 2023 down 40.2% falling
142 Lesotho 2.6% 2023 unchanged flat
143 Slovakia 2.4% 2023 down 11.3% falling
144 Botswana 2.3% 2023 up 19.0% rising
145 Nicaragua 2.2% 2023 down 11.6% falling
146 Gambia 2.2% 2023 unchanged rising
147 Lithuania 2.2% 2023 down 32.6% volatile
148 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.1% 2023 down 26.0% falling
149 Norway 2.0% 2023 down 2.4% flat
150 Sao Tome and Principe 1.9% 2023 up 12.6% rising
151 Angola 1.9% 2023 unchanged rising
152 Paraguay 1.8% 2023 unchanged rising
153 Mozambique 1.8% 2023 up 5.4% rising
154 Croatia 1.6% 2023 up 15.0% rising
155 Cameroon 1.6% 2023 unchanged rising
156 Guinea-Bissau 1.5% 2023 unchanged flat
157 Brazil 1.4% 2023 down 51.9% falling
158 Bhutan 1.4% 2023 unchanged flat
159 Guinea 1.4% 2023 up 16.1% rising
160 Burkina Faso 1.3% 2023 up 73.0% volatile
161 Ecuador 1.1% 2023 down 44.1% volatile
162 Cambodia 1.0% 2023 unchanged flat
162 Latvia 1.0% 2023 down 25.2% falling
164 Benin 1.0% 2023 unchanged flat
165 Panama 0.9% 2023 unchanged rising
166 Comoros 0.8% 2023 unchanged flat
167 Fiji 0.6% 2023 up 14.6% rising
168 Gabon 0.5% 2023 unchanged rising
168 Sierra Leone 0.5% 2023 unchanged rising
170 Ghana 0.5% 2023 down 91.8% falling
171 Iceland 0.4% 2023 down 2.5% rising
172 Central African Republic 0.3% 2023 unchanged rising
173 Guyana 0.3% 2023 unchanged volatile
173 Namibia 0.3% 2023 down 44.6% falling
175 Liberia 0.3% 2023 unchanged flat
176 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.2% 2023 unchanged rising
177 Bolivia 0.2% 2023 up 17.6% volatile
178 Equatorial Guinea 0.2% 2023 unchanged rising
179 Papua New Guinea 0.1% 2023 unchanged rising
180 Belize 0.1% 2023 unchanged falling
181 Congo 0.0% 2023 unchanged flat
182 French Guiana 0.0% 2023 up 100.0% rising

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Indicator
Freshwater withdrawals as a share of internal resources
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
182 places, 4,223 data points, 2000–2023
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Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources (%).