Data for 2022

Water Stress, 2022

Name: Water Stress, 2022
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2022, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Water Stress, 2022 covers 177 countries. Kuwait is highest, at 3,850.50; Republic of the Congo is lowest, at 0.03. The middle country reads 10.19. Against 2021, 68 values changed (42 up, 26 down), the same countries are covered.

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Water Stress · Data for 2022

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
2022the year it describes
169distinct 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, 2022, 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, 2022: 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	1,668.67
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	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	152.50
8	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	144.81
9	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	135.21
10	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	129.67
11	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	124.36
12	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	123.03
13	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	118.66
14	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	116.71
15	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	112.93
16	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	109.99
17	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	105.20
18	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	94.51
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	80.43
23	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	77.56
24	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	69.94
25	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	67.81
26	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	67.60
27	India`IND`Southern Asia	65.87
28	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	61.97
29	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	59.68
30	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	58.79
31	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	57.53
32	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	54.76
33	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	52.83
34	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	52.55
35	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	49.72
36	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	47.89
37	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	46.09
38	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	45.01
39	Mexico`MEX`Central America	44.95
40	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	43.25
41	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	42.95
42	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	42.52
43	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	40.22
44	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	39.55
45	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	35.40
46	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	34.40
47	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	32.49
48	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	32.26
49	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	32.05
50	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	31.96
51	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	31.46
52	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	30.48
53	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	29.77
54	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	29.71
55	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	29.70
56	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	28.27
57	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	27.83
58	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	27.74
59	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	25.89
60	United States`USA`Northern America	24.54
61	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	24.53
62	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	22.97
63	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	22.17
64	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	21.99
65	France`FRA`Western Europe	21.39
66	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	20.82
67	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	20.18
68	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	19.88
69	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	17.77
70	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	17.76
71	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	16.66
72	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	16.28
73	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	14.35
74	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	14.30
75	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	13.38
76	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	13.25
77	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	13.05
78	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	12.96
79	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	12.41
80	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	12.38
81	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	12.32
82	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	12.09
83	Uruguay`URY`South America	12.05
84	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	11.87
85	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	11.28
86	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	11.18
87	Niger`NER`Western Africa	11.02
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	Chile`CHL`South America	8.98
93	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	8.68
94	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	8.44
95	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	8.31
96	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	8.11
=97	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	8.05
=97	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	8.05
99	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	7.90
100	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	7.63
101	Venezuela`VEN`South America	7.54
102	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	7.11
103	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	7.05
104	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	7.04
105	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	6.55
106	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6.50
107	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	6.33
108	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	6.30
109	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	5.88
110	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	5.83
111	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	5.80
=112	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	5.74
=112	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	5.74
114	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	5.72
115	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	5.59
116	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	5.09
=117	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	4.79
=117	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	4.79
119	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	4.67
120	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	4.66
121	Honduras`HND`Central America	4.62
122	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	4.53
123	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.29
124	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	4.23
125	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	4.21
126	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	4.11
127	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	3.96
128	Suriname`SUR`South America	3.95
129	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	3.92
130	Canada`CAN`Northern America	3.72
131	Colombia`COL`South America	3.66
=132	Peru`PER`South America	3.58
=132	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3.58
134	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	3.47
135	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3.44
136	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.39
137	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	3.15
138	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2.57
139	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2.43
140	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.23
141	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2.22
142	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2.21
143	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2.17
144	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	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	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1.75
=150	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.56
=150	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	1.56
=152	Brazil`BRA`South America	1.50
=152	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1.50
154	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.41
155	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.37
156	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.28
157	Ecuador`ECU`South America	1.14
158	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.04
159	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.02
160	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.98
161	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.90
162	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.83
163	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.56
164	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.55
=165	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.50
=165	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.50
167	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.39
168	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.34
=169	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.31
=169	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.31
171	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.26
172	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.23
173	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.20
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 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Kuwait3,850.50
2United Arab Emirates1,668.67
3Saudi Arabia974.17
4Libya817.14
5Qatar431.03

Lowest

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

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
68values changed, of 177 in both
42 · 26rose · fell
109unchanged

Rose most

United Arab Emirates1,516.67 → 1,668.67+152.00
North Macedonia37.93 → 52.55+14.62
Türkiye43.38 → 47.89+4.51
Algeria140.59 → 144.81+4.22
Jordan102.52 → 105.20+2.68

Fell most

Singapore31.84 → 7.04−24.80
Iraq80.48 → 67.81−12.67
Ukraine10.84 → 6.30−4.54
Malta48.68 → 45.01−3.67
Pakistan112.97 → 109.99−2.98

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 2022.
169 distinct values among 177
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 8.05. 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) (2022). Water Stress, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/water-stress/2022

0624 held

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How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions