Data for 2007

Water Stress, 2007

Name: Water Stress, 2007
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2007, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Water Stress, 2007 covers 171 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 1,852.27; Republic of the Congo is lowest, at 0.03. The middle country reads 11.18. Against 2006, 121 values changed (71 up, 50 down), 3 countries joined.

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Water Stress · Data for 2007

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

1,852.27

LowestRepublic of the Congo

0.03

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

171countries
1measure
2007the year it describes
166distinct 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, 2007, 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, 2007: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1,852.27
2	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	877.23
3	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	732.09
4	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	425.86
5	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	307.93
6	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	237.68
7	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	184.14
8	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	152.01
9	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	143.69
10	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	125.96
11	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	119.01
12	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	115.23
13	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	112.93
14	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	110.21
15	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	96.38
16	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	92.83
17	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	90.79
18	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	87.63
19	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	87.50
20	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	85.22
21	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	82.44
22	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	77.56
23	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	76.35
24	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	73.29
25	India`IND`Southern Asia	65.35
26	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	64.24
27	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	60.76
28	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	56.22
29	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	55.38
30	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	54.76
31	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	53.37
32	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	47.68
33	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	45.84
34	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	45.78
35	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	45.21
36	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	44.21
37	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	42.31
38	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	41.60
39	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	40.21
40	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	38.05
41	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	36.71
42	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	33.95
43	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	33.51
44	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	31.65
45	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	30.80
46	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	29.95
47	Mexico`MEX`Central America	29.50
48	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	29.44
49	United States`USA`Northern America	28.81
50	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	28.27
51	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	27.74
52	France`FRA`Western Europe	27.13
53	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	26.76
54	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	25.54
55	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	25.37
56	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	24.53
57	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	24.47
58	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	23.36
59	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	23.01
60	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	22.90
61	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	22.43
62	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	21.49
63	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	20.81
64	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	20.77
65	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	19.90
66	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	19.85
67	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	19.46
68	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	18.73
69	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	18.38
70	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	18.34
71	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	18.06
72	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	16.32
73	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	15.02
74	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	14.55
75	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	14.51
76	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	14.30
77	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	13.82
78	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	13.34
79	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	13.25
80	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	13.17
81	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	13.14
82	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	13.08
83	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	13.02
84	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	12.96
85	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	12.26
86	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	11.18
87	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	10.67
88	Uruguay`URY`South America	10.43
89	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	10.19
90	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	9.98
91	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	9.73
92	Argentina`ARG`South America	9.72
93	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	9.70
94	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	9.48
95	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	9.25
96	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	9.15
97	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	9.10
98	Chile`CHL`South America	8.98
99	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	8.62
100	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	8.31
101	Venezuela`VEN`South America	7.54
102	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	7.50
103	Ecuador`ECU`South America	6.78
104	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	6.59
105	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	6.45
106	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	6.40
107	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	6.35
108	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	6.33
109	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	6.32
110	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	5.80
111	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	5.60
112	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	5.54
113	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	5.46
114	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	5.41
115	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	5.11
116	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	4.93
117	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	4.75
118	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	4.74
119	Niger`NER`Western Africa	4.70
120	Honduras`HND`Central America	4.62
121	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	4.46
122	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.29
123	Canada`CAN`Northern America	4.26
124	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	4.13
125	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	4.06
126	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	3.99
127	Suriname`SUR`South America	3.95
128	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3.80
129	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3.51
130	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	3.47
131	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.39
132	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3.03
133	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2.96
134	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.94
135	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2.87
136	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2.67
137	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.59
138	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2.57
139	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.30
140	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2.21
=141	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1.87
=141	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.87
143	Colombia`COL`South America	1.69
=144	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.56
=144	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	1.56
146	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1.50
147	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1.39
148	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1.27
149	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1.26
150	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.22
151	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1.17
152	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.04
153	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.98
154	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.96
155	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.84
156	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.83
157	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.72
=158	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.50
=158	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.50
160	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.46
161	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.34
=162	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.30
=162	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.30
164	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.29
165	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.26
166	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.25
167	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.23
168	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.18
=169	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.13
=169	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.13
171	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.03

02In 2007

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1United Arab Emirates1,852.27
2Saudi Arabia877.23
3Libya732.09
4Qatar425.86
5Singapore307.93

Lowest

171Republic of the Congo0.03
169Papua New Guineashared0.13
169Belizeshared0.13
168Equatorial Guinea0.18
167DR Congo0.23

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 11.18. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032006 → 2007

Since 2006

What changed between 2006 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −0countries joined / left
121values changed, of 168 in both
71 · 50rose · fell
47unchanged

Rose most

Libya715.08 → 732.09+17.01
Kyrgyzstan50.04 → 55.38+5.34
Yemen232.70 → 237.68+4.98
Algeria91.46 → 96.38+4.92
Armenia57.03 → 60.76+3.73

Fell most

Saudi Arabia943.33 → 877.23−66.10
Singapore339.16 → 307.93−31.23
Uzbekistan168.10 → 152.01−16.09
Bahrain197.84 → 184.14−13.70
Germany54.43 → 44.21−10.22

+ Andorra

+ Saint Lucia

+ Thailand

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 2007.
166 distinct values among 171
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 1.87. 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 171 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2007). Water Stress, 2007 [data set], describing 2007. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/water-stress/2007

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