environmental2022

Water stress: freshwater withdrawals relative to available resources

Name: Water stress: freshwater withdrawals relative to available resources
Creator: World Bank, World Development Indicators
Keywords: daily-trending-research, water, stress, freshwater, withdrawals, relative, to

Country comparison of water stress: freshwater withdrawals relative to available resources in 2022, using official World Bank WDI series ER.H2O.FWST.ZS with source-defined units and coverage.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators•176 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

68.3%

Median: 10.7%

Countries Covered

176

with available data

Highest

Kuwait

3,850.5%

Lowest

Republic of the Congo

0.0%

Top 5 Countries

1Kuwait3,850.5%

2United Arab Emirates1,509.9%

3Saudi Arabia974.2%

4Libya817.1%

5Qatar431.0%

By Region

Asia329.2%(24 countries)

Africa54.2%(9 countries)

Other30.5%(98 countries)

North America20.6%(4 countries)

Europe15.3%(32 countries)

Key Findings

•176 ISO countries have a finite 2022 observation.
•Kuwait is highest in the fixed-year data at 3850.5 %.
•Congo, Rep. is lowest in the fixed-year data at 0.027446301 %.

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0%)High (3,850.5%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 68.3%)

Asia (24)

Africa (9)

Other (98)

North America (4)

Europe (32)

South America (7)

Oceania (2)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

The level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources is the ratio between total freshwater withdrawn by all major sectors and total renewable freshwater resources, after taking into account environmental water requirements. Main sectors, as defined by ISIC standards, include agriculture; forestry and fishing; manufacturing; electricity industry; and services. This indicator is also known as water withdrawal intensity.

Values are fixed-year 2022 observations. Aggregates, nulls, non-finite values, non-ISO economies, and missing countries are excluded rather than estimated.

Methodology

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Kuwait	3,850.5%
2	United Arab Emirates	1,509.9%
3	Saudi Arabia	974.2%
4	Libya	817.1%
5	Qatar	431.0%
6	Yemen	169.8%
7	Algeria	144.8%
8	Egypt	141.2%
9	Turkmenistan	135.2%
10	Bahrain	133.7%
11	Syrian Arab Republic	124.4%
12	Uzbekistan	123.0%
13	Sudan	118.7%
14	Oman	116.7%
15	Pakistan	110.0%
16	Jordan	105.2%
17	Tunisia	98.1%
18	Sri Lanka	90.8%
19	Barbados	87.5%
20	South Korea	85.2%
21	Islamic Republic of Iran	81.3%
22	Eswatini	77.6%
23	Malta	72.6%
24	Tajikistan	69.9%
25	South Africa	67.6%
26	India	66.5%
27	Armenia	62.0%
28	Cape Verde	59.7%
29	Iraq	59.6%
30	Lebanon	58.8%
31	Azerbaijan	57.5%
32	Afghanistan	54.8%
33	Belgium	52.8%
34	The Republic of North Macedonia	52.6%
35	Saint Kitts and Nevis	50.8%
36	Morocco	50.8%
37	Kyrgyzstan	50.0%
38	Türkiye	47.9%
39	Zimbabwe	46.1%
40	Mexico	44.9%
41	Spain	43.3%
42	People's Republic of China	41.5%
43	Bulgaria	40.2%
44	Dominican Republic	39.6%
45	Japan	36.6%
46	Germany	35.4%
47	Kazakhstan	34.6%
48	Singapore	33.3%
49	Kenya	33.2%
50	Poland	32.5%
51	Ethiopia	32.3%
52	Cyprus	30.5%
53	Italy	29.8%
54	Indonesia	29.7%
55	Timor-Leste	28.3%
56	United States of America	28.2%
57	Philippines	27.8%
58	North Korea	27.7%
59	Denmark	25.3%
60	Somalia	24.5%
61	Cuba	23.9%
62	Thailand	23.0%
63	Mauritius	23.0%
64	Czech Republic	22.0%
65	France	21.4%
66	Trinidad and Tobago	20.3%
67	Greece	20.3%
68	Rwanda	20.2%
69	Puerto Rico	19.5%
70	Vietnam	18.1%
71	Malawi	17.5%
72	Netherlands	16.7%
73	Senegal	16.3%
74	Maldives	15.7%
75	United Kingdom	14.4%
76	Saint Lucia	14.3%
77	Haiti	13.4%
78	Mauritania	13.2%
79	Estonia	13.0%
80	United Republic of Tanzania	13.0%
81	Moldova, Republic of	12.6%
82	Jamaica	12.4%
83	Portugal	12.3%
84	El Salvador	12.1%
85	Uruguay	12.1%
86	Madagascar	11.3%
87	Eritrea	11.2%
88	Niger	11.0%
89	Argentina	10.5%
90	Burundi	10.2%
91	Dominica	10.0%
92	Nigeria	9.7%
93	Chile	9.0%
94	Austria	8.7%
95	Antigua and Barbuda	8.5%
96	Nepal	8.3%
97	Hungary	8.1%
98	Ireland	8.1%
99	New Zealand	8.0%
100	Mali	8.0%
101	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	7.9%
102	Burkina Faso	7.8%
103	Romania	7.6%
104	Venezuela	7.5%
105	Finland	7.1%
106	Grenada	7.1%
107	Ecuador	6.8%
108	Switzerland	6.5%
109	Djibouti	6.3%
110	Ghana	6.3%
111	Ukraine	6.3%
112	Costa Rica	5.9%
113	Uganda	5.8%
114	Myanmar	5.8%
115	Guatemala	5.7%
116	Serbia	5.7%
117	Bangladesh	5.7%
118	Slovenia	5.6%
119	Cote d'Ivoire	5.1%
120	Peru	4.8%
121	Lao People's Democratic Republic	4.8%
122	Albania	4.8%
123	Australia	4.7%
124	Belarus	4.7%
125	Honduras	4.6%
126	Chad	4.3%
127	South Sudan	4.2%
128	Georgia	4.2%
129	Russian Federation	4.1%
130	Luxembourg	4.0%
131	Suriname	4.0%
132	Canada	3.7%
133	Colombia	3.6%
134	Sweden	3.6%
135	Brunei Darussalam	3.5%
136	Malaysia	3.4%
137	Mongolia	3.4%
138	Togo	3.4%
139	Guyana	3.3%
140	Zambia	2.8%
141	Lesotho	2.6%
142	Slovakia	2.4%
143	Botswana	2.2%
144	Nicaragua	2.2%
145	Republic of The Gambia	2.2%
146	Lithuania	2.2%
147	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.1%
148	Norway	2.0%
149	Sao Tome and Principe	1.9%
150	Angola	1.9%
151	Paraguay	1.8%
152	Mozambique	1.8%
153	Cameroon	1.6%
154	Croatia	1.5%
155	Brazil	1.5%
156	Guinea-Bissau	1.5%
157	Bhutan	1.4%
158	Guinea	1.4%
159	Belize	1.3%
160	Cambodia	1.0%
161	Latvia	1.0%
162	Benin	1.0%
163	Panama	0.9%
164	Comoros	0.8%
165	Gabon	0.5%
166	Sierra Leone	0.5%
167	Iceland	0.4%
168	Central African Republic	0.3%
169	Namibia	0.3%
170	Fiji	0.3%
171	Liberia	0.3%
172	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.2%
173	Bolivia	0.2%
174	Equatorial Guinea	0.2%
175	Papua New Guinea	0.1%
176	Republic of the Congo	0.0%

Showing 176 of 176 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank, World Development Indicators (2022).

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