Edition 2023

Baseline Water Stress (Aqueduct) 2023

Name: Baseline Water Stress (Aqueduct) 2023
Creator: World Resources Institute (WRI)
License: https://datasets.wri.org/datasets/aqueduct-40-current-and-future-country-rankings

Published 2023 · describes 2019 · stored as published, never rewritten

Baseline water stress compares how much water a country's people, farms and industry withdraw with how much renewable surface and ground water is available, scored from 0 to 5. The World Resources Institute scores each river basin and averages the scores up to the country, weighted by where the water is used.

Baseline Water Stress (Aqueduct) 2023 covers 164 countries. 6 countries share the highest reading, 5.00000; 11 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00000. The middle country reads 1.66310.

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Baseline Water Stress (Aqueduct) · Edition 2023

Highest6 countries share it

5.00000

Lowest11 countries share it

0.00000

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

164countries
1measure
2019the year it describes
149distinct values9 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Baseline Water Stress (Aqueduct) 2023, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Baseline Water Stress (Aqueduct) 2023: every country, as published by World Resources Institute (WRI).

Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	5.00000	Extremely High (>80%)
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	5.00000	Extremely High (>80%)
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	5.00000	Extremely High (>80%)
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	5.00000	Extremely High (>80%)
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	5.00000	Extremely High (>80%)
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	5.00000	Extremely High (>80%)
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.99999	Extremely High (>80%)
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	4.98081	Extremely High (>80%)
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	4.94165	Extremely High (>80%)
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	4.85163	Extremely High (>80%)
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	4.80521	Extremely High (>80%)
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	4.69368	Extremely High (>80%)
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	4.66431	Extremely High (>80%)
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	4.65337	Extremely High (>80%)
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	4.61958	Extremely High (>80%)
Chile`CHL`South America	4.47187	Extremely High (>80%)
San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	4.44920	Extremely High (>80%)
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	4.41084	Extremely High (>80%)
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	4.33890	Extremely High (>80%)
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4.28036	Extremely High (>80%)
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	4.17580	Extremely High (>80%)
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	4.16775	Extremely High (>80%)
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	4.14623	Extremely High (>80%)
India`IND`Southern Asia	4.10779	Extremely High (>80%)
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	4.01347	Extremely High (>80%)
Mexico`MEX`Central America	3.99502	High (40-80%)
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	3.98841	High (40-80%)
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	3.94254	High (40-80%)
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3.94024	High (40-80%)
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	3.87400	High (40-80%)
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	3.79057	High (40-80%)
Peru`PER`South America	3.74322	High (40-80%)
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	3.73813	High (40-80%)
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	3.62829	High (40-80%)
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3.62301	High (40-80%)
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	3.54500	High (40-80%)
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	3.47383	High (40-80%)
Niger`NER`Western Africa	3.47130	High (40-80%)
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	3.38648	High (40-80%)
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3.36919	High (40-80%)
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3.34402	High (40-80%)
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3.27685	High (40-80%)
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3.26003	High (40-80%)
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3.18229	High (40-80%)
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	3.17552	High (40-80%)
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	3.12844	High (40-80%)
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	3.00956	High (40-80%)
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2.99159	Medium - High (20-40%)
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2.94994	Medium - High (20-40%)
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.93152	Medium - High (20-40%)
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	2.90672	Medium - High (20-40%)
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2.80026	Medium - High (20-40%)
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	2.72790	Medium - High (20-40%)
Guyana`GUY`South America	2.69573	Medium - High (20-40%)
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	2.66916	Medium - High (20-40%)
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2.66056	Medium - High (20-40%)
United States`USA`Northern America	2.60441	Medium - High (20-40%)
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	2.51156	Medium - High (20-40%)
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	2.46835	Medium - High (20-40%)
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.38125	Medium - High (20-40%)
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2.36145	Medium - High (20-40%)
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2.33505	Medium - High (20-40%)
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	2.32240	Medium - High (20-40%)
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2.22010	Medium - High (20-40%)
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2.17459	Medium - High (20-40%)
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2.13963	Medium - High (20-40%)
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	2.13115	Medium - High (20-40%)
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	2.11277	Medium - High (20-40%)
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	2.04190	Medium - High (20-40%)
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	2.02628	Medium - High (20-40%)
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.96775	Low - Medium (10-20%)
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1.94800	Low - Medium (10-20%)
France`FRA`Western Europe	1.91645	Low - Medium (10-20%)
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1.90522	Low - Medium (10-20%)
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.87051	Low - Medium (10-20%)
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.83597	Low - Medium (10-20%)
Argentina`ARG`South America	1.83492	Low - Medium (10-20%)
Uruguay`URY`South America	1.83298	Low - Medium (10-20%)
Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.82025	Low - Medium (10-20%)
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1.77219	Low - Medium (10-20%)
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1.67466	Low - Medium (10-20%)
Suriname`SUR`South America	1.66755	Low - Medium (10-20%)
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.65864	Low - Medium (10-20%)
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1.65092	Low - Medium (10-20%)
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.64604	Low - Medium (10-20%)
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.61523	Low - Medium (10-20%)
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.60448	Low - Medium (10-20%)
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1.60258	Low - Medium (10-20%)
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1.58112	Low - Medium (10-20%)
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	1.45796	Low - Medium (10-20%)
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1.45732	Low - Medium (10-20%)
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1.39324	Low - Medium (10-20%)
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.37250	Low - Medium (10-20%)
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.29800	Low - Medium (10-20%)
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.26222	Low - Medium (10-20%)
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.23552	Low - Medium (10-20%)
Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.23332	Low - Medium (10-20%)
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.21806	Low - Medium (10-20%)
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1.18801	Low - Medium (10-20%)
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.18097	Low - Medium (10-20%)
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	1.16759	Low - Medium (10-20%)
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1.13079	Low - Medium (10-20%)
Brazil`BRA`South America	1.03791	Low - Medium (10-20%)
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	1.03263	Low - Medium (10-20%)
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1.02666	Low - Medium (10-20%)
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.96124	Low (<10%)
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.95142	Low (<10%)
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.92815	Low (<10%)
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.89864	Low (<10%)
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.85336	Low (<10%)
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.84557	Low (<10%)
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.81313	Low (<10%)
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.80863	Low (<10%)
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.80156	Low (<10%)
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.78821	Low (<10%)
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.78129	Low (<10%)
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.75280	Low (<10%)
Panama`PAN`Central America	0.74502	Low (<10%)
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.74162	Low (<10%)
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.71517	Low (<10%)
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.67747	Low (<10%)
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.65732	Low (<10%)
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.64823	Low (<10%)
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.57172	Low (<10%)
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.52612	Low (<10%)
Colombia`COL`South America	0.49614	Low (<10%)
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.42517	Low (<10%)
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.40562	Low (<10%)
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.39589	Low (<10%)
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.37050	Low (<10%)
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.36778	Low (<10%)
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.36334	Low (<10%)
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.35508	Low (<10%)
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.31385	Low (<10%)
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.30749	Low (<10%)
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.26150	Low (<10%)
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.21385	Low (<10%)
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.19809	Low (<10%)
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.18837	Low (<10%)
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.16765	Low (<10%)
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.15553	Low (<10%)
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.11262	Low (<10%)
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.11240	Low (<10%)
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.06820	Low (<10%)
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.05088	Low (<10%)
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.02451	Low (<10%)
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.01441	Low (<10%)
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.01216	Low (<10%)
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.01013	Low (<10%)
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.00813	Low (<10%)
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.00343	Low (<10%)
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.00324	Low (<10%)
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.00034	Low (<10%)
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.00000	Low (<10%)
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.00000	Low (<10%)
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.00000	Low (<10%)
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.00000	Low (<10%)
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.00000	Low (<10%)
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.00000	Low (<10%)
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.00000	Low (<10%)
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.00000	Low (<10%)
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.00000	Low (<10%)
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.00000	Low (<10%)
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.00000	Low (<10%)

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Bahrainshared5.00000
Cyprusshared5.00000
Kuwaitshared5.00000
Lebanonshared5.00000
Omanshared5.00000

Lowest

Sierra Leoneshared0.00000
Rwandashared0.00000
Papua New Guineashared0.00000
Liberiashared0.00000
Jamaicashared0.00000

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 1.66310. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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This edition describes 2019
WRI names each edition for the year it is released; the figures in Baseline Water Stress (Aqueduct) 2023 are for 2019.
149 distinct values among 164
Values are stored exactly as published, to 9 decimals. 11 countries share 0.00000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 164 countries has every column.

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