Data for 2018

Water Stress, 2018

Name: Water Stress, 2018
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2018, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Water Stress, 2018 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 2017, 91 values changed (46 up, 45 down), the same countries are covered.

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Water Stress · Data for 2018

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
2018the 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, 2018, 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, 2018: 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	1,667.33
3	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	974.17
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	160.38
8	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	155.00
9	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	141.80
10	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	138.49
11	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	124.36
12	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	118.66
13	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	118.24
14	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	116.71
15	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	112.93
16	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	102.23
17	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	96.00
18	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	95.94
19	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	90.79
20	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	87.50
21	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	85.22
22	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	83.91
23	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	77.56
24	India`IND`Southern Asia	65.99
25	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	64.48
26	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	62.89
27	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	59.95
28	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	58.79
29	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	54.92
30	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	54.76
31	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	54.75
32	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	53.73
33	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	52.51
34	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	52.12
35	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	51.29
36	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	49.72
37	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	45.38
38	Mexico`MEX`Central America	44.46
39	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	44.39
40	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	43.30
41	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	40.10
42	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	40.09
43	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	39.55
44	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	37.22
45	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	37.16
46	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	36.37
47	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	35.41
48	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	33.22
49	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	32.65
50	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	32.26
51	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	31.96
52	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	29.90
53	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	29.71
54	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	29.70
55	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	29.68
56	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	28.69
57	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	28.29
58	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	28.27
59	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	28.17
60	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	27.86
61	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	27.74
62	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	25.41
63	United States`USA`Northern America	24.54
64	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	24.53
65	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	24.18
66	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	23.93
67	France`FRA`Western Europe	23.57
68	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	21.48
69	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	20.48
70	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	20.29
71	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	17.76
72	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	17.41
73	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	16.37
74	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	16.09
75	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	15.46
76	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	14.35
77	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	14.30
78	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	13.87
79	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	13.38
80	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	13.25
81	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	12.96
82	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	12.43
83	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	12.37
84	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	12.36
85	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	12.32
86	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	12.21
87	Uruguay`URY`South America	11.45
88	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	11.18
89	Argentina`ARG`South America	10.46
90	Niger`NER`Western Africa	10.37
91	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	10.19
92	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	10.00
93	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	9.62
94	Chile`CHL`South America	8.98
95	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	8.78
96	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	8.49
97	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	8.31
98	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	8.21
99	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	8.05
100	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	7.90
101	Venezuela`VEN`South America	7.54
102	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	7.35
103	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	7.05
104	Peru`PER`South America	6.95
105	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	6.64
=106	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	6.50
=106	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6.50
108	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	6.33
109	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	6.31
110	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	6.26
111	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	6.18
112	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	6.01
113	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	5.83
114	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	5.80
115	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	5.76
116	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	5.74
117	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	5.72
118	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	5.21
119	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	5.09
120	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	4.96
121	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	4.77
122	Honduras`HND`Central America	4.62
123	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	4.58
124	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	4.55
125	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	4.33
126	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.29
127	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	4.23
128	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	4.21
129	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	4.12
130	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	3.96
131	Suriname`SUR`South America	3.95
132	Canada`CAN`Northern America	3.73
133	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3.52
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	3.22
138	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2.57
139	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2.39
140	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2.27
141	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2.21
142	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.13
=143	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.07
=143	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2.07
145	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.04
146	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1.88
147	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1.87
148	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1.84
149	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.83
150	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1.75
151	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.56
152	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1.50
153	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	1.49
154	Brazil`BRA`South America	1.46
155	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.41
156	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.37
157	Ecuador`ECU`South America	1.09
158	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.08
159	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.04
160	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.03
161	Benin`BEN`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	0.42
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 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Kuwait3,850.50
2United Arab Emirates1,667.33
3Saudi Arabia974.17
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.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
91values changed, of 177 in both
46 · 45rose · fell
86unchanged

Rose most

United Arab Emirates1,630.00 → 1,667.33+37.33
Saudi Arabia955.96 → 974.17+18.21
North Macedonia38.69 → 52.12+13.43
Tajikistan52.70 → 64.48+11.78
Mexico32.95 → 44.46+11.51

Fell most

Singapore83.22 → 54.92−28.30
Iraq70.30 → 59.95−10.35
Turkmenistan148.67 → 138.49−10.18
Uzbekistan168.92 → 160.38−8.54
Israel103.61 → 95.94−7.67

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 2018.
174 distinct values among 177
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 6.50. 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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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2018). Water Stress, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/water-stress/2018

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