Data for 2011

Water Stress, 2011

Name: Water Stress, 2011
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2011, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Water Stress, 2011 covers 175 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 1,823.47; Republic of the Congo is lowest, at 0.03. The middle country reads 10.46. Against 2010, 123 values changed (68 up, 55 down), the same countries are covered.

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Water Stress · Data for 2011

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

1,823.47

LowestRepublic of the Congo

0.03

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

175countries
1measure
2011the year it describes
173distinct 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, 2011, 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, 2011: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1,823.47
2	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	800.13
3	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	735.56
4	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	431.03
5	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	258.39
6	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	180.51
7	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	174.91
8	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	144.21
9	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	139.81
10	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	124.76
11	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	116.64
12	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	112.57
13	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	112.24
14	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	110.10
15	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	105.74
16	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	96.09
17	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	90.79
18	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	88.16
19	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	87.50
20	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	85.22
21	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	84.29
22	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	77.56
23	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	71.01
24	India`IND`Southern Asia	66.43
25	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	62.78
26	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	62.43
27	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	57.82
28	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	56.53
29	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	54.76
30	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	49.88
31	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	49.52
32	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	49.50
33	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	49.18
34	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	47.81
35	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	47.19
36	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	46.81
37	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	44.28
38	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	41.23
39	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	39.55
40	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	37.14
41	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	36.20
42	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	34.68
43	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	33.82
44	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	32.70
45	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	30.18
46	Mexico`MEX`Central America	29.81
47	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	29.79
48	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	29.71
49	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	29.68
50	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	28.70
51	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	28.52
52	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	28.27
53	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	27.81
54	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	27.74
55	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	26.53
56	France`FRA`Western Europe	26.39
57	United States`USA`Northern America	26.14
58	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	25.35
59	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	25.14
60	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	24.53
61	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	23.41
62	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	22.55
63	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	20.76
64	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	20.33
65	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	20.28
66	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	20.10
67	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	19.35
68	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	18.92
69	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	18.67
70	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	18.66
71	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	17.91
72	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	17.84
73	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	17.74
74	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	14.30
75	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	13.38
76	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	13.28
77	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	13.25
78	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	13.10
79	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	12.96
80	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	12.82
81	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	12.62
82	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	12.58
83	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	12.57
84	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	11.92
85	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	11.18
86	Uruguay`URY`South America	10.80
87	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	10.51
88	Argentina`ARG`South America	10.46
89	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	10.21
90	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	10.19
91	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	10.00
92	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	9.54
93	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	9.02
94	Chile`CHL`South America	8.98
95	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	8.31
96	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	8.30
97	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	7.84
98	Venezuela`VEN`South America	7.54
99	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	7.23
100	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	7.05
101	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	6.91
102	Ecuador`ECU`South America	6.78
103	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	6.37
104	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	6.33
105	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	6.26
106	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	6.17
107	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	5.83
108	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	5.80
109	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	5.75
110	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	5.74
111	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	5.72
112	Niger`NER`Western Africa	5.70
113	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	5.65
114	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	5.59
115	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	5.40
116	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	5.35
117	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	5.31
118	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	5.19
119	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	4.93
120	Honduras`HND`Central America	4.62
121	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	4.52
122	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4.47
123	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	4.37
124	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.29
125	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	4.05
126	Suriname`SUR`South America	3.95
127	Peru`PER`South America	3.85
128	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	3.84
129	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3.79
130	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	3.75
131	Canada`CAN`Northern America	3.67
132	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	3.47
133	Brazil`BRA`South America	3.42
134	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.39
135	Guyana`GUY`South America	3.30
136	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3.11
137	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.81
138	Colombia`COL`South America	2.63
139	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2.61
140	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2.57
141	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2.55
142	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2.21
143	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2.18
144	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.11
145	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.06
146	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1.87
147	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1.82
148	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1.71
149	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1.57
150	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.56
151	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1.54
152	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1.50
153	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	1.48
154	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.41
155	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.11
156	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.04
157	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1.03
158	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.98
159	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.83
160	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.82
161	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.64
162	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.61
=163	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.50
=163	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.50
165	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.38
166	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.34
=167	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.30
=167	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.30
169	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.26
170	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.23
171	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.18
172	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.14
173	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.13
174	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.12
175	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.03

02In 2011

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1United Arab Emirates1,823.47
2Libya800.13
3Saudi Arabia735.56
4Qatar431.03
5Yemen258.39

Lowest

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 10.46. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
123values changed, of 175 in both
68 · 55rose · fell
52unchanged

Rose most

Saudi Arabia678.93 → 735.56+56.63
Libya783.12 → 800.13+17.01
Tunisia68.30 → 84.29+15.99
Bahrain165.43 → 174.91+9.48
Kyrgyzstan49.10 → 56.53+7.43

Fell most

Guatemala48.56 → 5.74−42.82
Singapore212.78 → 180.51−32.27
Uzbekistan163.95 → 139.81−24.14
Morocco50.75 → 34.68−16.07
Belgium73.13 → 62.43−10.70

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 2011.
173 distinct values among 175
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 175 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2011). Water Stress, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/water-stress/2011

0624 held

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