Data for 2013

Water Stress, 2013

Name: Water Stress, 2013
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2013, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Water Stress, 2013 covers 177 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 1,809.07; Republic of the Congo is lowest, at 0.03. The middle country reads 10.46. Against 2012, 119 values changed (58 up, 61 down), the same countries are covered.

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Water Stress · Data for 2013

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

1,809.07

LowestRepublic of the Congo

0.03

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

177countries
1measure
2013the year it describes
174distinct 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, 2013, 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, 2013: 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	1,809.07
2	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	853.46
3	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	817.14
4	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	431.38
5	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	269.93
6	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	175.17
7	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	154.79
8	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	144.47
9	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	125.29
10	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	124.36
11	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	118.66
12	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	116.71
13	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	115.12
14	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	112.57
15	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	105.51
16	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	92.61
17	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	90.79
18	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	89.50
19	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	87.50
20	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	85.22
21	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	77.56
22	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	73.90
23	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	69.88
24	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	68.68
25	India`IND`Southern Asia	66.31
26	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	65.33
27	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	59.61
28	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	59.32
29	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	58.72
30	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	56.64
31	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	54.82
32	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	54.76
33	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	54.15
34	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	52.97
35	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	44.80
36	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	44.10
37	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	40.42
38	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	39.55
39	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	38.91
40	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	38.06
41	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	36.94
42	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	34.71
43	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	32.55
44	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	32.29
45	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	32.05
46	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	31.96
47	Mexico`MEX`Central America	30.63
48	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	30.02
49	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	30.00
50	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	29.94
51	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	29.71
=52	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	28.27
=52	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	28.27
54	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	27.74
55	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	27.29
56	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	26.96
57	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	26.54
58	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	25.66
59	United States`USA`Northern America	25.34
60	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	25.10
61	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	24.53
62	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	23.94
63	France`FRA`Western Europe	23.77
64	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	22.10
65	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	21.48
66	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	21.17
67	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	20.20
68	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	20.08
69	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	18.92
70	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	17.83
71	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	17.57
72	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	16.69
73	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	16.50
74	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	14.93
75	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	14.30
76	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	13.52
77	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	13.44
78	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	13.38
79	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	13.25
80	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	13.05
81	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	12.96
82	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	12.80
83	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	12.69
84	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	12.46
85	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	11.97
86	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	11.18
87	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	11.00
88	Uruguay`URY`South America	10.99
89	Argentina`ARG`South America	10.46
90	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	10.19
91	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	10.00
92	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	9.32
93	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	9.07
94	Chile`CHL`South America	8.98
95	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	8.49
96	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	8.31
97	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	7.90
98	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	7.81
99	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	7.70
100	Venezuela`VEN`South America	7.54
101	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	7.10
102	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	7.02
103	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	6.90
104	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	6.82
105	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	6.61
106	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6.56
107	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	6.33
108	Niger`NER`Western Africa	6.20
109	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	6.01
=110	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	5.83
=110	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	5.83
112	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	5.80
113	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	5.74
114	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	5.72
115	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	5.31
116	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5.29
117	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	5.28
118	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	5.27
119	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	4.99
120	Peru`PER`South America	4.74
121	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	4.64
122	Honduras`HND`Central America	4.62
123	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.29
124	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	4.23
125	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	4.21
126	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	4.14
127	Suriname`SUR`South America	3.95
128	Canada`CAN`Northern America	3.84
129	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3.61
130	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	3.57
131	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	3.47
132	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	3.45
133	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.39
134	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3.22
135	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3.15
136	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.97
137	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.89
138	Colombia`COL`South America	2.79
139	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2.74
140	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2.57
141	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2.51
142	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2.21
143	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.09
144	Ecuador`ECU`South America	2.04
145	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	2.03
146	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.95
147	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1.87
148	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1.84
149	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1.67
150	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1.66
151	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.56
152	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1.50
153	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.41
154	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	1.40
155	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.39
156	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.18
157	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.04
158	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.99
159	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.98
160	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.90
161	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.83
162	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.74
163	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.56
=164	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.50
=164	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.50
166	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.48
167	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.40
168	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.34
169	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.31
170	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	0.17
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 2013

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1United Arab Emirates1,809.07
2Saudi Arabia853.46
3Libya817.14
4Qatar431.38
5Yemen269.93

Lowest

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

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
119values changed, of 177 in both
58 · 61rose · fell
58unchanged

Rose most

Saudi Arabia797.72 → 853.46+55.74
Denmark19.70 → 27.29+7.59
Malta49.27 → 56.64+7.37
Yemen264.16 → 269.93+5.77
Bahrain170.09 → 175.17+5.08

Fell most

Algeria109.75 → 65.33−44.42
Singapore152.90 → 125.29−27.61
Germany45.27 → 34.71−10.56
United Arab Emirates1,816.27 → 1,809.07−7.20
Kyrgyzstan61.97 → 54.82−7.15

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 2013.
174 distinct values among 177
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 28.27. 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.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2013). Water Stress, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/water-stress/2013

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