Data for 2015

Water Stress, 2015

Name: Water Stress, 2015
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2015, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Water Stress, 2015 covers 177 countries. Kuwait is highest, at 3,399.00; Republic of the Congo is lowest, at 0.03. The middle country reads 10.19. Against 2014, 114 values changed (59 up, 55 down), the same countries are covered.

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Water Stress · Data for 2015

HighestKuwait

3,399.00

LowestRepublic of the Congo

0.03

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

177countries
1measure
2015the 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, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	3,399.00
2	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1,794.67
3	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	948.88
4	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	817.14
5	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	431.03
6	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	281.48
7	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	158.13
8	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	144.73
9	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	137.16
10	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	125.99
11	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	124.36
12	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	120.80
13	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	118.66
14	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	116.71
15	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	113.66
16	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	98.78
17	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	96.16
18	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	90.79
19	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	89.13
20	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	87.71
21	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	87.50
22	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	85.22
23	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	77.56
24	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	68.74
25	India`IND`Southern Asia	66.18
26	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	65.99
27	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	59.75
28	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	58.84
29	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	58.79
30	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	58.12
31	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	54.76
32	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	51.62
33	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	51.36
34	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	49.07
35	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	48.37
36	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	44.10
37	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	42.96
38	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	41.61
39	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	40.53
40	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	39.89
41	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	39.55
42	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	37.28
43	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	36.74
44	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	36.16
45	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	32.79
46	Mexico`MEX`Central America	32.13
47	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	31.96
48	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	31.88
49	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	31.71
50	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	31.51
51	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	30.04
52	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	29.92
53	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	29.71
54	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	28.78
55	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	28.27
56	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	27.74
57	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	26.55
58	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	26.41
59	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	26.19
60	France`FRA`Western Europe	24.61
61	United States`USA`Northern America	24.54
62	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	24.53
63	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	24.38
64	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	24.03
65	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	22.25
66	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	21.95
67	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	20.83
68	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	20.77
69	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	20.04
70	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	18.86
71	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	17.76
72	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	17.48
73	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	17.30
74	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	15.97
75	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	14.33
76	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	14.30
77	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	13.91
78	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	13.38
79	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	13.25
80	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	12.99
81	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	12.96
82	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	12.55
83	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	12.47
84	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	12.28
85	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	11.80
86	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	11.18
87	Uruguay`URY`South America	11.17
88	Argentina`ARG`South America	10.46
89	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	10.19
90	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	10.00
91	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	9.62
92	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	9.11
93	Chile`CHL`South America	8.98
94	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	8.31
95	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	8.05
96	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	7.90
97	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	7.78
98	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	7.67
99	Venezuela`VEN`South America	7.54
100	Niger`NER`Western Africa	7.34
101	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	7.05
102	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	6.96
103	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6.51
104	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	6.46
105	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	6.33
106	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	6.27
107	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	6.12
108	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	6.07
109	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	6.06
110	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	6.05
111	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	Peru`PER`South America	5.62
116	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	5.53
117	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	5.45
118	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	5.38
119	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	5.28
120	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	5.12
121	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	5.09
122	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	4.77
123	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	4.72
124	Honduras`HND`Central America	4.62
125	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.29
126	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	4.23
127	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	3.97
128	Suriname`SUR`South America	3.95
=129	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	3.71
=129	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	3.71
131	Canada`CAN`Northern America	3.68
132	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	3.47
133	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3.43
134	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.39
135	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3.19
136	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	3.15
137	Brazil`BRA`South America	3.02
138	Colombia`COL`South America	2.97
139	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.78
140	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2.75
141	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2.57
142	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2.47
143	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2.42
144	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2.21
145	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.06
146	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.96
147	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1.87
148	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1.84
149	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1.81
150	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1.75
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	1.38
155	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.26
=156	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.04
=156	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.04
158	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.98
159	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.96
160	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.93
161	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.84
162	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.83
163	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.79
=164	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.50
=164	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.50
=164	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.50
167	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.49
168	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.38
169	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.34
170	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.31
171	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.26
172	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.23
=173	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.18
=173	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.18
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 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Kuwait3,399.00
2United Arab Emirates1,794.67
3Saudi Arabia948.88
4Libya817.14
5Qatar431.03

Lowest

177Republic of the Congo0.03
176Belize0.12
175Papua New Guinea0.13
173Equatorial Guineashared0.18
173Boliviashared0.18

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 10.19. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
114values changed, of 177 in both
59 · 55rose · fell
63unchanged

Rose most

Kuwait0.30 → 3,399.00+3,398.70
Algeria67.82 → 125.99+58.17
Saudi Arabia894.71 → 948.88+54.17
Mali13.58 → 26.19+12.61
Uzbekistan148.53 → 158.13+9.60

Fell most

Singapore82.04 → 58.12−23.92
Bahrain154.40 → 137.16−17.24
Jordan107.41 → 96.16−11.25
Rwanda15.75 → 5.38−10.37
United Arab Emirates1,801.87 → 1,794.67−7.20

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 2015.
172 distinct values among 177
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 3 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 177 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2015). Water Stress, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/water-stress/2015

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