Data for 2008

Water Stress, 2008

Name: Water Stress, 2008
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2008, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Water Stress, 2008 covers 174 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 1,845.07; Republic of the Congo is lowest, at 0.03. The middle country reads 10.82. Against 2007, 127 values changed (72 up, 55 down), 3 countries joined.

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Water Stress · Data for 2008

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

1,845.07

LowestRepublic of the Congo

0.03

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

174countries
1measure
2008the year it describes
172distinct 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, 2008, 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, 2008: 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	1,845.07
2	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	811.13
3	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	749.10
4	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	428.62
5	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	277.32
6	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	242.66
7	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	170.34
8	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	143.82
9	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	125.96
10	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	125.20
11	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	117.88
12	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	115.94
13	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	112.93
14	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	112.57
15	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	98.49
16	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	91.19
17	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	90.79
18	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	89.75
19	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	87.50
20	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	85.22
21	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	77.56
22	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	75.29
23	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	73.99
24	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	72.75
25	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	72.72
26	India`IND`Southern Asia	65.73
27	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	57.96
28	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	56.45
29	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	54.99
30	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	54.76
31	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	53.41
32	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	50.92
33	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	48.09
34	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	47.49
35	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	47.41
36	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	47.20
37	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	43.99
38	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	42.95
39	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	42.53
40	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	39.32
41	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	37.69
42	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	35.82
43	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	34.15
44	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	33.31
45	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	31.17
46	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	30.23
47	Mexico`MEX`Central America	29.93
48	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	28.39
49	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	28.27
50	United States`USA`Northern America	28.06
51	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	27.84
52	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	27.74
53	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	27.41
54	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	26.28
55	France`FRA`Western Europe	25.09
56	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	24.75
57	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	24.53
58	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	24.41
59	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	22.40
60	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	22.30
61	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	21.94
62	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	21.93
63	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	21.17
64	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	20.71
65	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	20.60
66	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	20.33
67	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	19.62
68	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	19.34
69	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	19.19
70	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	18.82
71	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	18.24
72	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	18.02
73	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	17.36
74	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	15.09
75	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	14.30
76	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	14.23
77	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	13.54
78	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	13.37
79	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	13.27
80	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	13.25
81	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	13.02
82	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	12.96
83	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	12.85
84	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	12.79
85	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	12.35
86	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	11.18
87	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	10.82
88	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	10.81
89	Uruguay`URY`South America	10.52
90	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	10.19
91	Argentina`ARG`South America	9.90
92	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	9.70
93	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	9.62
94	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	9.43
95	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	9.39
96	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	9.38
97	Chile`CHL`South America	8.98
98	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	8.90
99	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	8.43
100	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	8.31
101	Venezuela`VEN`South America	7.54
102	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	7.35
103	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	7.03
104	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	6.97
105	Ecuador`ECU`South America	6.78
106	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	6.76
107	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	6.33
108	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	6.21
109	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	6.11
110	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	5.94
111	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	5.83
112	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	5.80
113	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	5.72
114	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	5.68
115	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	5.40
116	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	5.29
117	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	5.23
118	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	5.12
119	Niger`NER`Western Africa	4.95
120	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	4.73
121	Honduras`HND`Central America	4.62
122	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.29
123	Canada`CAN`Northern America	4.13
124	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	4.12
125	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	4.02
126	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	4.01
127	Suriname`SUR`South America	3.95
128	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3.82
129	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3.58
130	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3.48
131	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	3.47
132	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.39
133	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	3.16
134	Brazil`BRA`South America	3.14
135	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3.05
136	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2.86
137	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2.69
138	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.60
139	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2.57
140	Peru`PER`South America	2.53
141	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.23
142	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2.21
143	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.95
144	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1.87
145	Colombia`COL`South America	1.76
146	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.56
147	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1.50
148	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	1.47
149	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1.43
150	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.41
151	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1.39
152	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.35
153	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1.34
154	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1.18
155	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.04
156	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.00
157	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.98
158	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.86
159	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.83
160	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.70
161	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.66
=162	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.50
=162	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.50
164	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.34
165	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.31
=166	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.30
=166	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.30
168	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.27
169	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.26
170	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.23
171	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.18
172	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.13
173	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.12
174	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.03

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1United Arab Emirates1,845.07
2Saudi Arabia811.13
3Libya749.10
4Qatar428.62
5Singapore277.32

Lowest

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 10.82. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −0countries joined / left
127values changed, of 171 in both
72 · 55rose · fell
44unchanged

Rose most

Italy29.44 → 47.20+17.76
Libya732.09 → 749.10+17.01
Tunisia64.24 → 73.99+9.75
Germany44.21 → 53.41+9.20
North Macedonia13.34 → 19.34+6.00

Fell most

Saudi Arabia877.23 → 811.13−66.10
Singapore307.93 → 277.32−30.61
Uzbekistan152.01 → 125.20−26.81
Bahrain184.14 → 170.34−13.80
Iraq82.44 → 72.75−9.69

+ Bangladesh

+ Bhutan

+ Peru

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 2008.
172 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 0.50. 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 174 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2008). Water Stress, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/water-stress/2008

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