Data for 2017

Water Stress, 2017

Name: Water Stress, 2017
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2017, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Water Stress, 2017 covers 177 countries. Kuwait is highest, at 3,850.50; Republic of the Congo is lowest, at 0.03. The middle country reads 10.46. Against 2016, 99 values changed (54 up, 45 down), the same countries are covered.

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Water Stress · Data for 2017

HighestKuwait

3,850.50

LowestRepublic of the Congo

0.03

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

177countries
1measure
2017the 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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	3,850.50
2	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1,630.00
3	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	955.96
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	168.92
8	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	159.22
9	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	148.67
10	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	137.92
11	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	124.36
12	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	122.67
13	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	118.66
14	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	116.71
15	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	112.93
16	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	103.61
17	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	100.44
18	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	90.79
19	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	89.53
20	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	87.50
21	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	85.65
22	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	85.22
23	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	83.22
24	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	77.56
25	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	70.30
26	India`IND`Southern Asia	66.06
27	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	62.06
28	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	58.79
29	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	57.90
30	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	56.52
31	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	54.76
32	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	53.96
33	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	53.52
34	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	52.70
35	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	49.72
36	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	43.67
37	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	43.54
38	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	42.02
39	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	41.82
40	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	41.03
41	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	39.55
42	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	38.69
43	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	38.15
44	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	36.46
45	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	34.89
46	Mexico`MEX`Central America	32.95
47	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	32.26
48	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	31.96
49	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	31.80
50	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	31.35
51	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	31.14
52	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	29.76
53	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	29.71
54	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	29.70
55	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	29.52
56	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	28.58
57	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	28.27
58	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	28.06
59	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	27.74
60	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	26.59
61	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	25.47
62	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	24.79
63	United States`USA`Northern America	24.54
64	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	24.53
65	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	24.22
66	France`FRA`Western Europe	23.59
67	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	22.92
68	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	22.17
69	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	20.50
70	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	20.40
71	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	19.32
72	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	17.76
73	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	15.03
74	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	14.35
75	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	14.30
76	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	13.87
77	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	13.78
78	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	13.38
79	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	13.25
80	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	13.16
81	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	12.96
82	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	12.57
83	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	12.47
84	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	12.42
85	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	12.38
86	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	12.34
87	Uruguay`URY`South America	11.36
88	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	11.18
89	Argentina`ARG`South America	10.46
90	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	10.19
91	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	10.00
92	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	9.62
93	Chile`CHL`South America	8.98
94	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	8.89
95	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	8.31
96	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	8.19
97	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	8.18
98	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	8.05
99	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	7.90
100	Venezuela`VEN`South America	7.54
101	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	7.05
102	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	6.94
103	Niger`NER`Western Africa	6.75
104	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	6.56
105	Peru`PER`South America	6.51
106	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6.50
107	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	6.34
108	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	6.33
109	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	6.31
110	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	6.30
111	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	6.06
112	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	5.91
113	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	5.83
114	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	5.80
115	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	5.74
116	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	5.72
117	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5.45
118	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	5.09
119	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	4.85
120	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	4.77
121	Honduras`HND`Central America	4.62
122	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	4.61
123	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	4.48
124	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	4.31
125	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.29
126	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	4.23
127	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	4.16
128	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	4.10
129	Suriname`SUR`South America	3.95
130	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	3.78
131	Canada`CAN`Northern America	3.73
132	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	3.68
133	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3.49
134	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	3.47
135	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3.44
136	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.39
137	Colombia`COL`South America	3.16
138	Brazil`BRA`South America	3.11
139	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.66
140	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2.57
141	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2.39
142	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2.32
143	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2.21
144	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.05
145	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.02
146	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1.88
=147	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1.87
=147	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.87
149	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1.84
150	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1.75
151	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.56
=152	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	1.50
=152	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1.50
154	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.41
155	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.33
156	Ecuador`ECU`South America	1.10
=157	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.07
=157	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1.07
159	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.04
=160	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.98
=160	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.98
162	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.90
163	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.83
164	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.51
=165	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.50
=165	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.50
167	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.45
168	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.39
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	0.19
174	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 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Kuwait3,850.50
2United Arab Emirates1,630.00
3Saudi Arabia955.96
4Libya817.14
5Qatar431.03

Lowest

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

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
99values changed, of 177 in both
54 · 45rose · fell
78unchanged

Rose most

Kuwait3,575.00 → 3,850.50+275.50
Saudi Arabia929.58 → 955.96+26.38
Bahrain133.71 → 159.22+25.51
Singapore58.50 → 83.22+24.72
North Macedonia25.26 → 38.69+13.43

Fell most

United Arab Emirates1,679.33 → 1,630.00−49.33
Mali38.79 → 31.80−6.99
Armenia64.17 → 57.90−6.27
Tunisia94.61 → 89.53−5.08
Tajikistan57.72 → 52.70−5.02

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 2017.
172 distinct values among 177
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 1.87. 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) (2017). Water Stress, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/water-stress/2017

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