Data for 2001

Water Stress, 2001

Name: Water Stress, 2001
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: https://www.fao.org/contact-us/terms/db-terms-of-use/en/

2001, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Water Stress, 2001 covers 157 countries. Kuwait is highest, at 2,061.31; Republic of the Congo is lowest, at 0.03. The middle country reads 10.13. Against 2000, 135 values changed (82 up, 53 down), 3 countries joined.

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Water Stress · Data for 2001

HighestKuwait

2,061.31

LowestRepublic of the Congo

0.03

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

157countries
1measure
2001the year it describes
154distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 12, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Water Stress, 2001, as published. FAO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Water Stress, 2001: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2,061.31
2	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1,527.93
3	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	832.64
4	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	631.96
5	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	323.01
6	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	234.69
7	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	199.97
8	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	194.00
9	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	154.12
10	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	138.52
11	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	136.18
12	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	130.94
13	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	106.64
14	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	104.42
15	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	101.25
16	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	95.89
17	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	91.15
18	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	90.08
19	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	87.65
20	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	85.83
21	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	84.84
22	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	82.96
23	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	79.98
24	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	78.40
25	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	76.05
26	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	71.33
27	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	67.46
28	India`IND`Southern Asia	64.23
29	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	61.30
30	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	54.76
31	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	48.82
32	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	43.82
33	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	43.12
34	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	41.31
35	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	40.31
36	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	40.28
37	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	40.20
38	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	39.90
39	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	38.23
40	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	37.61
41	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	36.09
42	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	34.82
43	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	34.22
44	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	30.79
45	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	30.41
46	United States`USA`Northern America	30.08
47	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	28.90
48	France`FRA`Western Europe	28.47
49	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	28.03
50	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	27.61
51	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	27.48
52	Mexico`MEX`Central America	25.80
53	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	24.61
54	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	24.49
55	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	23.96
56	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	22.86
57	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	21.42
58	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	20.96
59	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	20.50
60	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	19.96
61	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	19.10
62	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	18.57
63	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	18.46
64	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	18.03
65	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	17.12
66	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	16.93
67	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	16.36
68	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	16.04
69	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	16.02
70	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	15.21
71	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	15.08
72	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	14.95
73	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	12.98
74	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	12.51
75	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	11.81
76	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	11.20
77	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	10.52
78	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	10.42
79	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	10.13
80	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	10.02
81	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	9.97
82	Uruguay`URY`South America	9.88
83	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	9.77
84	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	9.70
85	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	9.63
86	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	9.51
87	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	8.75
88	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	8.66
89	Argentina`ARG`South America	8.61
90	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	8.48
91	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	8.40
92	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	8.36
93	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	8.30
94	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	8.18
95	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	7.84
96	Chile`CHL`South America	7.62
97	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	7.18
98	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	6.68
99	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	6.52
100	Ecuador`ECU`South America	6.48
101	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	6.33
102	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	6.29
103	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	6.10
104	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	5.80
105	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	5.64
106	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	5.01
107	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	4.88
108	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	4.81
109	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	4.72
110	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4.50
111	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	4.40
112	Canada`CAN`Northern America	4.31
113	Suriname`SUR`South America	4.24
114	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.01
115	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3.86
=116	Guyana`GUY`South America	3.71
=116	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3.71
118	Venezuela`VEN`South America	3.68
119	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	3.65
120	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	3.47
121	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3.16
122	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	3.06
123	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	2.97
124	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2.91
125	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	2.79
126	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.67
127	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2.58
128	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2.57
129	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2.51
130	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.48
131	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2.02
132	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.95
133	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1.73
134	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.70
135	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.58
136	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1.50
137	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.42
138	Colombia`COL`South America	1.23
139	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1.12
140	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1.07
141	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.98
142	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.89
=143	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.86
=143	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.86
145	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.83
146	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.50
=147	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.45
=147	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.45
149	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.31
150	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.29
151	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.24
152	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.22
153	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.20
154	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.17
155	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.12
156	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.10
157	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.03

02In 2001

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Kuwait2,061.31
2United Arab Emirates1,527.93
3Saudi Arabia832.64
4Libya631.96
5Singapore323.01

Lowest

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 10.13. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −0countries joined / left
135values changed, of 154 in both
82 · 53rose · fell
19unchanged

Rose most

Kuwait1,928.63 → 2,061.31+132.68
Qatar199.83 → 234.69+34.86
Yemen161.14 → 194.00+32.86
Libya615.43 → 631.96+16.53
Kyrgyzstan52.11 → 67.46+15.35

Fell most

Morocco60.48 → 28.03−32.45
United Arab Emirates1,555.87 → 1,527.93−27.94
Belgium92.54 → 87.65−4.89
Azerbaijan48.53 → 43.82−4.71
Israel139.19 → 136.18−3.01

+ Cabo Verde

+ Guatemala

+ Saint Kitts and Nevis

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2001.
154 distinct values among 157
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 3.71. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 157 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2001). Water Stress, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/water-stress/2001

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