Environment > Water > Severe water stress: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Percent of country's territory under severe water stress
Units: Percent of Land Area
Units: This data is derived from the WaterGap 2.1 gridded hydrological model developed by the Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, Germany. The modellers derived, for each country, grid cell by grid cell estimates of whether the water consumption exceeds 40 percent of the water available in that particular grid cell. These were then converted to land area equivalents in order to calculate the percentage of the territory under severe water stress.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
=1	IsraelIsrael	100	2000
=1	Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad+	100	2000
3	SyriaSyria	99.6	2000
4	NepalNepal	98.1	2000
5	KuwaitKuwait	97.7	2000
6	AzerbaijanAzerbaijan	95.4	2000
7	BelgiumBelgium	93.9	2000
8	TajikistanTajikistan	93.2	2000
9	KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan	93	2000
10	TurkmenistanTurkmenistan	92.9	2000
11	Republic of MacedoniaMacedonia Rep.	91.6	2000
12	TunisiaTunisia	89	2000
13	Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia	88.3	2000
14	EgyptEgypt	88.1	2000
15	IranIran	87.5	2000
16	UzbekistanUzbekistan	87.1	2000
17	IraqIraq	86.9	2000
18	ArmeniaArmenia	84.6	2000
	Middle Eastern and North Africa averageMiddle Eastern and North Africa average (profile)	84.08	2000
19	LibyaLibya	83.7	2000
20	JordanJordan	82.6	2000
21	LebanonLebanon	82.1	2000
22	MoroccoMorocco	81.5	2000
23	IndiaIndia	80.2	2000
24	PakistanPakistan	76.3	2000
25	United Arab EmiratesUAE	74	2000
26	SpainSpain	72.3	2000
27	AlgeriaAlgeria	71	2000
28	South AfricaSouth Africa	68.5	2000
	South and Central Asia averageSouth and Central Asia average (profile)	67.53	2000
29	TurkeyTurkey	61.7	2000
	OPEC countries averageOPEC countries average (profile)	60.93	2000
30	KazakhstanKazakhstan	60.4	2000
31	GreeceGreece	58	2000
32	PortugalPortugal	54.7	2000
33	South KoreaSouth Korea	49.8	2000
34	OmanOman	49.2	2000
35	BulgariaBulgaria	45.9	2000
	Former Soviet republics averageFormer Soviet republics average (profile)	45.31	2000
36	ChinaChina	44.7	2000
	South Asia averageSouth Asia average (profile)	44.65	2000
37	MexicoMexico	43.8	2000
38	ChileChile	41.1	2000
39	NigerNiger	40.5	2000
40	Sri LankaSri Lanka	39.5	2000
41	NetherlandsNetherlands	36	2000
42	United StatesUnited States	31.3	2000
43	SudanSudan	31.1	2000
44	SomaliaSomalia	26.9	2000
45	ItalyItaly	26.3	2000
46	EthiopiaEthiopia	24.7	2000
47	CubaCuba	24.6	2000
	Eurozone averageEurozone average (profile)	24.27	2000
48	PeruPeru	23.6	2000
49	ArgentinaArgentina	23.3	2000
	Non-religious countries averageNon-religious countries average (profile)	23.25	2000
50	BangladeshBangladesh	22.1	2000
	Emerging markets averageEmerging markets average (profile)	22	2000
	Cold countries averageCold countries average (profile)	21.62	2000
	High income OECD countries averageHigh income OECD countries average (profile)	21.15	2000
51	United KingdomUnited Kingdom	21	2000
	Former French colonies averageFormer French colonies average (profile)	20.78	2000
	NATO countries averageNATO average (profile)	20.05	2000
	failed states averagefailed states average (profile)	19.81	2000
52	AlbaniaAlbania	19.5	2000
53	FranceFrance	19.4	2000
=54	NigeriaNigeria	17.8	2000
=54	NamibiaNamibia	17.8	2000
	European Union averageEuropean Union average (profile)	17.66	2000
56	UkraineUkraine	17	2000
57	ZimbabweZimbabwe	16.2	2000
	Group of 7 countries (G7) averageGroup of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	15.64	2000
58	BotswanaBotswana	14.2	2000
59	BoliviaBolivia	14	2000
60	MozambiqueMozambique	13.6	2000
61	PhilippinesPhilippines	10.4	2000
	Former Spanish colonies averageFormer Spanish colonies average (profile)	10.32	2000
62	JapanJapan	9.5	2000
63	MongoliaMongolia	8.1	2000
64	AustraliaAustralia	8	2000
65	DenmarkDenmark	7.7	2000
66	MauritaniaMauritania	6.9	2000
67	MoldovaMoldova	6.3	2000
68	SenegalSenegal	5	2000
69	DominicaDominica	4.5	2000
70	RussiaRussia	3.8	2000
=71	VietnamVietnam	2.8	2000
=71	North KoreaNorth Korea	2.8	2000
73	MaliMali	2.7	2000
74	VenezuelaVenezuela	2.4	2000
75	ChadChad	2.3	2000
76	FinlandFinland	2.1	2000
=77	MadagascarMadagascar	1.7	2000
=77	RomaniaRomania	1.7	2000
79	MalaysiaMalaysia	1.6	2000
80	IndonesiaIndonesia	1.4	2000
81	EcuadorEcuador	1.2	2000
=82	KenyaKenya	1.1	2000
=82	GermanyGermany	1.1	2000
84	ColombiaColombia	1	2000
85	CanadaCanada	0.9	2000
=86	ThailandThailand	0.6	2000
=86	SwedenSweden	0.6	2000
=88	NorwayNorway	0.4	2000
=88	LithuaniaLithuania	0.4	2000
=90	EstoniaEstonia	0.3	2000
=90	BrazilBrazil	0.3	2000
=90	NicaraguaNicaragua	0.3	2000
=93	CameroonCameroon	0.0	2000
=93	Burkina FasoBurkina Faso	0.0	2000
=93	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina	0.0	2000
=93	LiberiaLiberia	0.0	2000
=93	TanzaniaTanzania	0.0	2000
=93	SlovakiaSlovakia	0.0	2000
=93	MalawiMalawi	0.0	2000
=93	Central African RepublicCentral Africa	0.0	2000
=93	GuineaGuinea	0.0	2000
=93	PanamaPanama	0.0	2000
=93	Costa RicaCosta Rica	0.0	2000
=93	IrelandIreland	0.0	2000
=93	El SalvadorEl Salvador	0.0	2000
=93	RwandaRwanda	0.0	2000
=93	Sierra LeoneSierra Leone	0.0	2000
=93	Papua New GuineaPapua NG	0.0	2000
=93	HungaryHungary	0.0	2000
=93	ParaguayParaguay	0.0	2000
=93	CambodiaCambodia	0.0	2000
=93	GhanaGhana	0.0	2000
=93	SloveniaSlovenia	0.0	2000
=93	GuatemalaGuatemala	0.0	2000
=93	GabonGabon	0.0	2000
=93	New ZealandNew Zealand	0.0	2000
=93	JamaicaJamaica	0.0	2000
=93	Czech RepublicCzech Republic	0.0	2000
=93	LaosLaos	0.0	2000
=93	Cote d'IvoireCote d'Ivoire	0.0	2000
=93	BeninBenin	0.0	2000
=93	TogoTogo	0.0	2000
=93	AngolaAngola	0.0	2000
=93	AustriaAustria	0.0	2000
=93	LatviaLatvia	0.0	2000
=93	UgandaUganda	0.0	2000
=93	BelarusBelarus	0.0	2000
=93	HaitiHaiti	0.0	2000
=93	CroatiaCroatia	0.0	2000
=93	Guinea-BissauGuinea-Bissau	0.0	2000
=93	SwitzerlandSwitzerland	0.0	2000
=93	UruguayUruguay	0.0	2000
=93	BurundiBurundi	0.0	2000
=93	BhutanBhutan	0.0	2000
=93	Democratic Republic of the CongoCongo, DR.	0.0	2000
=93	IcelandIceland	0.0	2000
=93	ZambiaZambia	0.0	2000
=93	PolandPoland	0.0	2000
=93	BurmaBurma	0.0	2000
=93	HondurasHonduras	0.0	2000

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