Data for 2012

Water Stress, 2012

Name: Water Stress, 2012
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2012, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Water Stress, 2012 covers 177 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 1,816.27; Republic of the Congo is lowest, at 0.03. The middle country reads 10.46. Against 2011, 123 values changed (71 up, 52 down), 2 countries joined.

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Water Stress · Data for 2012

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

1,816.27

LowestRepublic of the Congo

0.03

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

177countries
1measure
2012the 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, 2012, 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, 2012: 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	1,816.27
2	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	817.14
3	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	797.72
4	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	431.03
5	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	264.16
6	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	170.09
7	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	161.16
8	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	152.90
9	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	144.34
10	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	124.36
11	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	118.66
12	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	116.68
13	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	115.26
14	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	114.75
15	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	109.75
16	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	108.88
17	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	94.35
18	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	90.79
19	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	89.69
20	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	87.50
21	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	85.22
22	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	77.56
23	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	72.22
24	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	70.45
25	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	68.82
26	India`IND`Southern Asia	66.37
27	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	65.11
28	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	61.97
29	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	59.33
30	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	58.46
31	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	54.76
32	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	52.88
33	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	51.82
34	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	49.58
35	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	49.27
36	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	45.27
37	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	44.45
38	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	42.24
39	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	39.70
40	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	39.55
41	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	37.52
42	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	37.04
43	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	34.90
44	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	32.49
45	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	31.96
46	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	31.34
47	Mexico`MEX`Central America	31.03
48	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	30.18
49	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	29.88
50	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	29.71
51	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	29.57
52	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	29.27
53	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	28.27
54	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	27.99
55	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	27.74
56	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	26.54
57	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	26.06
58	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	26.05
59	United States`USA`Northern America	25.74
60	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	25.50
61	France`FRA`Western Europe	24.57
62	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	24.53
63	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	21.16
64	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	20.75
65	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	20.35
66	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	20.20
67	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	20.10
68	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	19.70
69	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	17.91
70	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	17.87
71	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	17.71
72	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	17.65
73	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	17.59
74	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	15.31
75	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	14.30
76	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	14.10
77	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	13.67
78	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	13.38
79	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	13.25
80	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	13.00
81	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	12.96
82	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	12.75
83	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	12.72
84	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	12.71
85	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	12.62
86	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	11.18
87	Uruguay`URY`South America	10.89
88	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	10.60
89	Argentina`ARG`South America	10.46
90	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	10.19
91	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	10.00
92	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	9.50
93	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	9.43
94	Chile`CHL`South America	8.98
95	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	8.72
96	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	8.46
97	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	8.31
98	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	8.10
99	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	7.86
100	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	7.63
101	Venezuela`VEN`South America	7.54
102	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	6.76
103	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	6.64
104	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	6.59
105	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	6.38
106	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	6.33
107	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	6.27
108	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	6.14
109	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	6.07
110	Niger`NER`Western Africa	5.95
111	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	5.83
112	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	5.80
113	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	5.74
114	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	5.73
115	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	5.72
116	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	5.46
117	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	5.41
118	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	4.96
119	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4.88
120	Honduras`HND`Central America	4.62
121	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	4.34
122	Peru`PER`South America	4.30
123	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.29
124	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	4.23
125	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	4.22
126	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	3.99
127	Suriname`SUR`South America	3.95
128	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3.87
129	Canada`CAN`Northern America	3.75
=130	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	3.70
=130	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3.70
132	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	3.60
133	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	3.47
134	Brazil`BRA`South America	3.30
135	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3.13
136	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	2.95
137	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.91
138	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2.86
139	Ecuador`ECU`South America	2.67
140	Colombia`COL`South America	2.66
=141	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2.57
=141	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2.57
143	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2.56
144	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2.21
145	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.08
146	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.03
147	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1.87
148	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1.84
=149	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1.61
=149	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1.61
151	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.56
152	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1.50
153	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.46
154	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	1.45
155	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.41
156	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.14
157	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.04
158	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1.02
159	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.98
160	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.86
161	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.83
162	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.70
163	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.59
=164	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.50
=164	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.50
166	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.40
167	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.34
168	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.31
=169	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.30
=169	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.30
171	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.26
172	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.23
173	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.18
174	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.15
175	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.13
176	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.12
177	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.03

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1United Arab Emirates1,816.27
2Libya817.14
3Saudi Arabia797.72
4Qatar431.03
5Yemen264.16

Lowest

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

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
123values changed, of 175 in both
71 · 52rose · fell
52unchanged

Rose most

Saudi Arabia735.56 → 797.72+62.16
Uzbekistan139.81 → 161.16+21.35
Libya800.13 → 817.14+17.01
Armenia49.18 → 59.33+10.15
Iraq62.78 → 68.82+6.04

Fell most

Singapore180.51 → 152.90−27.61
Tunisia84.29 → 72.22−12.07
United Arab Emirates1,823.47 → 1,816.27−7.20
Morocco34.68 → 29.57−5.11
Bulgaria47.19 → 42.24−4.95

+ Sudan

+ South Sudan

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 2012.
172 distinct values among 177
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 3.70. 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 177 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2012). Water Stress, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/water-stress/2012

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