Water stress score 0–5

Name: Water stress by country
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Bahrain had the highest water stress: 5.0.

Definition. How much of the available surface and ground water is withdrawn each year, as a score from 0 (low) to 5 (extremely high). How we measure

Source: WRI Aqueduct, accessed on 25 Oct 2026, aqueduct.wri.org (CC BY 4.0)Updated 25 Oct 2026

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164 countries and territories have a figure.

1	Bahrain	5.0
1	Cyprus	5.0
1	Kuwait	5.0
1	Lebanon	5.0
1	Oman	5.0
1	Qatar	5.0
7	United Arab Emirates	5.0
8	Saudi Arabia	5.0
9	Israel	4.9
10	Egypt	4.9
11	Libya	4.8
12	Yemen	4.7
13	Botswana	4.7
14	Iran	4.7
15	Jordan	4.6
16	Chile	4.5
17	San Marino	4.4
18	Belgium	4.4
19	Greece	4.3
20	Tunisia	4.3
21	Namibia	4.2
22	South Africa	4.2
23	Iraq	4.1
24	India	4.1
25	Syria	4.0
26	Mexico	4.0
27	Morocco	4.0
28	Eritrea	3.9
29	Spain	3.9
30	Algeria	3.9
31	Pakistan	3.8
32	Peru	3.7
33	Turkmenistan	3.7
34	Uzbekistan	3.6
35	Thailand	3.6
36	Andorra	3.5
37	Albania	3.5
38	Niger	3.5
39	Türkiye	3.4
40	Afghanistan	3.4
41	Italy	3.3
42	Kyrgyzstan	3.3
43	Portugal	3.3
44	Nepal	3.2
45	Djibouti	3.2
46	Mongolia	3.1
47	North Macedonia	3.0
48	Armenia	3.0
49	Lesotho	2.9
50	Luxembourg	2.9
51	Australia	2.9
52	China	2.8
53	Mauritania	2.7
54	Guyana	2.7
55	Indonesia	2.7
56	Bangladesh	2.7
57	United States	2.6
58	Kazakhstan	2.5
59	Azerbaijan	2.5
60	South Korea	2.4
61	Sri Lanka	2.4
62	Tajikistan	2.3
63	North Korea	2.3
64	Senegal	2.2
65	Zimbabwe	2.2
66	Lithuania	2.1
67	Myanmar	2.1
68	Vietnam	2.1
69	Germany	2.0
70	Philippines	2.0
71	Japan	2.0
72	El Salvador	1.9
73	France	1.9
74	Tanzania	1.9
75	Cambodia	1.9
76	Czechia	1.8
77	Argentina	1.8
78	Uruguay	1.8
79	Venezuela	1.8
80	Timor-Leste	1.8
81	Somalia	1.7
82	Suriname	1.7
83	Poland	1.7
84	Cuba	1.7
85	Burkina Faso	1.6
86	Slovakia	1.6
87	Dominican Republic	1.6
88	Haiti	1.6
89	Netherlands	1.6
90	Sudan	1.5
91	Bulgaria	1.5
92	South Sudan	1.4
93	Ukraine	1.4
94	United Kingdom	1.3
95	Moldova	1.3
96	Serbia	1.2
97	Canada	1.2
98	Estonia	1.2
99	Romania	1.2
100	Belarus	1.2
101	Russia	1.2
102	Angola	1.1
103	Brazil	1.0
104	Malaysia	1.0
105	Guatemala	1.0
106	Ethiopia	1.0
107	Denmark	1.0
108	Georgia	0.9
109	Madagascar	0.9
110	Chad	0.9
111	Zambia	0.8
112	Liechtenstein	0.8
113	Finland	0.8
114	Nigeria	0.8
115	Kenya	0.8
116	Sweden	0.8
117	Malawi	0.8
118	Panama	0.7
119	Laos	0.7
120	Montenegro	0.7
121	Mali	0.7
122	Ecuador	0.7
123	Costa Rica	0.6
124	Latvia	0.6
125	Slovenia	0.5
126	Colombia	0.5
127	Hungary	0.4
128	Switzerland	0.4
129	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.4
130	Mozambique	0.4
131	Bhutan	0.4
132	Ireland	0.4
133	Guinea	0.4
134	Eswatini	0.3
135	Guinea-Bissau	0.3
136	Austria	0.3
137	Nicaragua	0.2
138	Uganda	0.2
139	Norway	0.2
140	Croatia	0.2
141	Bolivia	0.2
142	Honduras	0.1
143	Ghana	0.1
144	Belize	0.1
145	New Zealand	0.1
146	Gambia	0.0
147	Republic of the Congo	0.0
148	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.0
149	Central African Republic	0.0
150	Cameroon	0.0
151	Benin	0.0
152	Togo	0.0
153	Paraguay	0.0
154	Burundi	0.0
154	Brunei	0.0
154	Côte d'Ivoire	0.0
154	Gabon	0.0
154	Equatorial Guinea	0.0
154	Iceland	0.0
154	Jamaica	0.0
154	Liberia	0.0
154	Papua New Guinea	0.0
154	Rwanda	0.0
154	Sierra Leone	0.0

Source: WRI Aqueduct, accessed on 25 Oct 2026, aqueduct.wri.org (CC BY 4.0)Updated 25 Oct 2026

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