Data for 2002

Water Stress, 2002

Name: Water Stress, 2002
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: https://www.fao.org/contact-us/terms/db-terms-of-use/en/

2002, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Water Stress, 2002 covers 160 countries. Kuwait is highest, at 2,075.00; Republic of the Congo is lowest, at 0.03. The middle country reads 10.18. Against 2001, 140 values changed (87 up, 53 down), 3 countries joined.

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Water Stress · Data for 2002

HighestKuwait

2,075.00

LowestRepublic of the Congo

0.03

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

160countries
1measure
2002the year it describes
152distinct 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, 2002, 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, 2002: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2,075.00
2	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1,499.99
3	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	847.78
4	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	648.49
5	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	332.54
6	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	269.55
7	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	202.87
8	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	202.43
9	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	150.83
10	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	145.69
11	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	133.96
12	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	133.16
13	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	112.93
14	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	104.95
15	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	101.25
16	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	98.29
17	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	91.06
18	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	87.47
19	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	85.83
20	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	85.14
21	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	82.75
22	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	81.67
23	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	79.41
24	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	78.75
25	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	76.43
26	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	66.95
27	India`IND`Southern Asia	65.78
28	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	59.93
29	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	54.95
30	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	54.76
31	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	51.95
32	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	48.70
33	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	48.41
34	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	43.80
35	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	41.77
36	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	40.56
37	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	40.00
=38	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	39.48
=38	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	39.48
40	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	38.83
41	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	36.76
42	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	35.81
43	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	34.96
44	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	30.87
45	United States`USA`Northern America	30.14
46	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	30.01
47	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	29.62
48	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	29.02
49	France`FRA`Western Europe	28.32
50	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	28.26
51	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	27.54
52	Mexico`MEX`Central America	27.12
53	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	26.39
54	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	24.51
55	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	23.54
56	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	23.33
57	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	21.55
58	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	20.49
59	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	20.07
60	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	19.86
61	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	19.22
62	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	18.69
63	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	18.18
64	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	18.05
65	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	17.67
66	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	17.04
67	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	17.00
68	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	16.93
69	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	16.81
70	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	16.37
71	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	15.32
72	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	15.30
73	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	14.45
74	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	12.96
75	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	12.86
76	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	12.62
77	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	11.81
78	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	11.22
79	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	10.43
80	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	10.37
81	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	9.99
82	Uruguay`URY`South America	9.97
83	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	9.95
84	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	9.92
85	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	9.88
86	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	9.84
87	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	9.65
88	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	9.60
89	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	9.56
90	Argentina`ARG`South America	8.79
91	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	8.63
92	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	8.53
=93	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	8.38
=93	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	8.38
95	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	8.35
96	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	8.30
97	Chile`CHL`South America	7.90
98	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	7.88
99	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	6.85
100	Ecuador`ECU`South America	6.56
101	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	6.41
102	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	6.33
103	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	6.32
104	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	6.15
105	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	6.08
106	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	5.97
107	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	5.80
108	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	4.99
109	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	4.71
110	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	4.70
111	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	4.52
=112	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4.34
=112	Venezuela`VEN`South America	4.34
114	Canada`CAN`Northern America	4.30
115	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.21
116	Suriname`SUR`South America	4.18
117	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3.86
118	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3.83
119	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	3.71
=120	Guyana`GUY`South America	3.67
=120	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3.67
122	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	3.47
123	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3.31
124	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3.18
125	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	2.94
126	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2.93
127	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2.84
128	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.68
=129	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2.57
=129	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2.57
131	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2.54
132	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.49
133	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2.06
134	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.94
135	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.88
136	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1.77
137	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1.50
138	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.46
139	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.44
140	Colombia`COL`South America	1.31
141	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	1.28
=142	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1.13
=142	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1.13
144	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.98
145	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.93
=146	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.86
=146	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.86
148	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.83
149	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.63
=150	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.46
=150	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.46
152	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.32
153	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.29
154	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.25
155	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.22
156	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.21
157	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.17
158	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.14
159	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.11
160	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.03

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Kuwait2,075.00
2United Arab Emirates1,499.99
3Saudi Arabia847.78
4Libya648.49
5Singapore332.54

Lowest

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 10.18. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −0countries joined / left
140values changed, of 157 in both
87 · 53rose · fell
17unchanged

Rose most

Qatar234.69 → 269.55+34.86
Oman95.89 → 112.93+17.04
Libya631.96 → 648.49+16.53
South Africa36.09 → 51.95+15.86
Saudi Arabia832.64 → 847.78+15.14

Fell most

United Arab Emirates1,527.93 → 1,499.99−27.94
Kyrgyzstan67.46 → 54.95−12.51
Pakistan106.64 → 98.29−8.35
Belgium87.65 → 82.75−4.90
Tunisia71.33 → 66.95−4.38

+ Ethiopia

+ Croatia

+ Slovenia

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

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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 2002.
152 distinct values among 160
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 39.48. 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 160 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2002). Water Stress, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/water-stress/2002

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