Edition 2023
Baseline Water Stress (Aqueduct) 2023
Published 2023 · describes 2019 · stored as published, never rewritten
Baseline Water Stress (Aqueduct) 2023 covers 164 countries. 6 countries share the highest reading, 5.00000; 11 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00000. The middle country reads 1.66310.
Baseline Water Stress (Aqueduct) · Edition 2023
Highest6 countries share it
5.00000Lowest11 countries share it
0.00000Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.
01Values only
The table
Every country and every column of Baseline Water Stress (Aqueduct) 2023, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 164 countries · select a heading to sort
 BahrainBHRWestern Asia | 5.00000 | Extremely High (>80%) |
 CyprusCYPWestern Asia | 5.00000 | Extremely High (>80%) |
 KuwaitKWTWestern Asia | 5.00000 | Extremely High (>80%) |
 LebanonLBNWestern Asia | 5.00000 | Extremely High (>80%) |
 OmanOMNWestern Asia | 5.00000 | Extremely High (>80%) |
 QatarQATWestern Asia | 5.00000 | Extremely High (>80%) |
 United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia | 4.99999 | Extremely High (>80%) |
 Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia | 4.98081 | Extremely High (>80%) |
 IsraelISRWestern Asia | 4.94165 | Extremely High (>80%) |
 EgyptEGYNorthern Africa | 4.85163 | Extremely High (>80%) |
 LibyaLBYNorthern Africa | 4.80521 | Extremely High (>80%) |
 YemenYEMWestern Asia | 4.69368 | Extremely High (>80%) |
 BotswanaBWASouthern Africa | 4.66431 | Extremely High (>80%) |
 IranIRNSouthern Asia | 4.65337 | Extremely High (>80%) |
 JordanJORWestern Asia | 4.61958 | Extremely High (>80%) |
 ChileCHLSouth America | 4.47187 | Extremely High (>80%) |
 San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe | 4.44920 | Extremely High (>80%) |
 BelgiumBELWestern Europe | 4.41084 | Extremely High (>80%) |
 GreeceGRCSouthern Europe | 4.33890 | Extremely High (>80%) |
 TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa | 4.28036 | Extremely High (>80%) |
 NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa | 4.17580 | Extremely High (>80%) |
 South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa | 4.16775 | Extremely High (>80%) |
 IraqIRQWestern Asia | 4.14623 | Extremely High (>80%) |
 IndiaINDSouthern Asia | 4.10779 | Extremely High (>80%) |
 SyriaSYRWestern Asia | 4.01347 | Extremely High (>80%) |
 MexicoMEXCentral America | 3.99502 | High (40-80%) |
 MoroccoMARNorthern Africa | 3.98841 | High (40-80%) |
 EritreaERIEastern Africa | 3.94254 | High (40-80%) |
 SpainESPSouthern Europe | 3.94024 | High (40-80%) |
 AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa | 3.87400 | High (40-80%) |
 PakistanPAKSouthern Asia | 3.79057 | High (40-80%) |
 PeruPERSouth America | 3.74322 | High (40-80%) |
 TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia | 3.73813 | High (40-80%) |
 UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia | 3.62829 | High (40-80%) |
 ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia | 3.62301 | High (40-80%) |
 AndorraANDSouthern Europe | 3.54500 | High (40-80%) |
 AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe | 3.47383 | High (40-80%) |
 NigerNERWestern Africa | 3.47130 | High (40-80%) |
 TürkiyeTURWestern Asia | 3.38648 | High (40-80%) |
 AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia | 3.36919 | High (40-80%) |
 ItalyITASouthern Europe | 3.34402 | High (40-80%) |
 KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia | 3.27685 | High (40-80%) |
 PortugalPRTSouthern Europe | 3.26003 | High (40-80%) |
 NepalNPLSouthern Asia | 3.18229 | High (40-80%) |
 DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa | 3.17552 | High (40-80%) |
 MongoliaMNGEastern Asia | 3.12844 | High (40-80%) |
 North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe | 3.00956 | High (40-80%) |
 ArmeniaARMWestern Asia | 2.99159 | Medium - High (20-40%) |
 LesothoLSOSouthern Africa | 2.94994 | Medium - High (20-40%) |
 LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe | 2.93152 | Medium - High (20-40%) |
 AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand | 2.90672 | Medium - High (20-40%) |
 ChinaCHNEastern Asia | 2.80026 | Medium - High (20-40%) |
 MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa | 2.72790 | Medium - High (20-40%) |
 GuyanaGUYSouth America | 2.69573 | Medium - High (20-40%) |
 IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia | 2.66916 | Medium - High (20-40%) |
 BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia | 2.66056 | Medium - High (20-40%) |
 United StatesUSANorthern America | 2.60441 | Medium - High (20-40%) |
 KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia | 2.51156 | Medium - High (20-40%) |
 AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia | 2.46835 | Medium - High (20-40%) |
 South KoreaKOREastern Asia | 2.38125 | Medium - High (20-40%) |
 Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia | 2.36145 | Medium - High (20-40%) |
 TajikistanTJKCentral Asia | 2.33505 | Medium - High (20-40%) |
 North KoreaPRKEastern Asia | 2.32240 | Medium - High (20-40%) |
 SenegalSENWestern Africa | 2.22010 | Medium - High (20-40%) |
 ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa | 2.17459 | Medium - High (20-40%) |
 LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe | 2.13963 | Medium - High (20-40%) |
 MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia | 2.13115 | Medium - High (20-40%) |
 VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia | 2.11277 | Medium - High (20-40%) |
 GermanyDEUWestern Europe | 2.04190 | Medium - High (20-40%) |
 PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia | 2.02628 | Medium - High (20-40%) |
 JapanJPNEastern Asia | 1.96775 | Low - Medium (10-20%) |
 El SalvadorSLVCentral America | 1.94800 | Low - Medium (10-20%) |
 FranceFRAWestern Europe | 1.91645 | Low - Medium (10-20%) |
 TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa | 1.90522 | Low - Medium (10-20%) |
 CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia | 1.87051 | Low - Medium (10-20%) |
 CzechiaCZEEastern Europe | 1.83597 | Low - Medium (10-20%) |
 ArgentinaARGSouth America | 1.83492 | Low - Medium (10-20%) |
 UruguayURYSouth America | 1.83298 | Low - Medium (10-20%) |
 VenezuelaVENSouth America | 1.82025 | Low - Medium (10-20%) |
 Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia | 1.77219 | Low - Medium (10-20%) |
 SomaliaSOMEastern Africa | 1.67466 | Low - Medium (10-20%) |
 SurinameSURSouth America | 1.66755 | Low - Medium (10-20%) |
 PolandPOLEastern Europe | 1.65864 | Low - Medium (10-20%) |
 CubaCUBCaribbean | 1.65092 | Low - Medium (10-20%) |
 Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa | 1.64604 | Low - Medium (10-20%) |
 SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe | 1.61523 | Low - Medium (10-20%) |
 Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean | 1.60448 | Low - Medium (10-20%) |
 HaitiHTICaribbean | 1.60258 | Low - Medium (10-20%) |
 NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe | 1.58112 | Low - Medium (10-20%) |
 SudanSDNNorthern Africa | 1.45796 | Low - Medium (10-20%) |
 BulgariaBGREastern Europe | 1.45732 | Low - Medium (10-20%) |
 South SudanSSDEastern Africa | 1.39324 | Low - Medium (10-20%) |
 UkraineUKREastern Europe | 1.37250 | Low - Medium (10-20%) |
 United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe | 1.29800 | Low - Medium (10-20%) |
 MoldovaMDAEastern Europe | 1.26222 | Low - Medium (10-20%) |
 SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe | 1.23552 | Low - Medium (10-20%) |
 CanadaCANNorthern America | 1.23332 | Low - Medium (10-20%) |
 EstoniaESTNorthern Europe | 1.21806 | Low - Medium (10-20%) |
 RomaniaROUEastern Europe | 1.18801 | Low - Medium (10-20%) |
 BelarusBLREastern Europe | 1.18097 | Low - Medium (10-20%) |
 RussiaRUSEastern Europe | 1.16759 | Low - Medium (10-20%) |
 AngolaAGOMiddle Africa | 1.13079 | Low - Medium (10-20%) |
 BrazilBRASouth America | 1.03791 | Low - Medium (10-20%) |
 MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia | 1.03263 | Low - Medium (10-20%) |
 GuatemalaGTMCentral America | 1.02666 | Low - Medium (10-20%) |
 EthiopiaETHEastern Africa | 0.96124 | Low (<10%) |
 DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe | 0.95142 | Low (<10%) |
 GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia | 0.92815 | Low (<10%) |
 MadagascarMDGEastern Africa | 0.89864 | Low (<10%) |
 ChadTCDMiddle Africa | 0.85336 | Low (<10%) |
 ZambiaZMBEastern Africa | 0.84557 | Low (<10%) |
 LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe | 0.81313 | Low (<10%) |
 FinlandFINNorthern Europe | 0.80863 | Low (<10%) |
 NigeriaNGAWestern Africa | 0.80156 | Low (<10%) |
 KenyaKENEastern Africa | 0.78821 | Low (<10%) |
 SwedenSWENorthern Europe | 0.78129 | Low (<10%) |
 MalawiMWIEastern Africa | 0.75280 | Low (<10%) |
 PanamaPANCentral America | 0.74502 | Low (<10%) |
 LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia | 0.74162 | Low (<10%) |
 MontenegroMNESouthern Europe | 0.71517 | Low (<10%) |
 MaliMLIWestern Africa | 0.67747 | Low (<10%) |
 EcuadorECUSouth America | 0.65732 | Low (<10%) |
 Costa RicaCRICentral America | 0.64823 | Low (<10%) |
 LatviaLVANorthern Europe | 0.57172 | Low (<10%) |
 SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe | 0.52612 | Low (<10%) |
 ColombiaCOLSouth America | 0.49614 | Low (<10%) |
 HungaryHUNEastern Europe | 0.42517 | Low (<10%) |
 SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe | 0.40562 | Low (<10%) |
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe | 0.39589 | Low (<10%) |
 MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa | 0.37050 | Low (<10%) |
 BhutanBTNSouthern Asia | 0.36778 | Low (<10%) |
 IrelandIRLNorthern Europe | 0.36334 | Low (<10%) |
 GuineaGINWestern Africa | 0.35508 | Low (<10%) |
 EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa | 0.31385 | Low (<10%) |
 Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa | 0.30749 | Low (<10%) |
 AustriaAUTWestern Europe | 0.26150 | Low (<10%) |
 NicaraguaNICCentral America | 0.21385 | Low (<10%) |
 UgandaUGAEastern Africa | 0.19809 | Low (<10%) |
 NorwayNORNorthern Europe | 0.18837 | Low (<10%) |
 CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe | 0.16765 | Low (<10%) |
 BoliviaBOLSouth America | 0.15553 | Low (<10%) |
 HondurasHNDCentral America | 0.11262 | Low (<10%) |
 GhanaGHAWestern Africa | 0.11240 | Low (<10%) |
 BelizeBLZCentral America | 0.06820 | Low (<10%) |
 New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand | 0.05088 | Low (<10%) |
 GambiaGMBWestern Africa | 0.02451 | Low (<10%) |
 Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa | 0.01441 | Low (<10%) |
 DR CongoCODMiddle Africa | 0.01216 | Low (<10%) |
 Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa | 0.01013 | Low (<10%) |
 CameroonCMRMiddle Africa | 0.00813 | Low (<10%) |
 BeninBENWestern Africa | 0.00343 | Low (<10%) |
 TogoTGOWestern Africa | 0.00324 | Low (<10%) |
 ParaguayPRYSouth America | 0.00034 | Low (<10%) |
 BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia | 0.00000 | Low (<10%) |
 BurundiBDIEastern Africa | 0.00000 | Low (<10%) |
 Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa | 0.00000 | Low (<10%) |
 Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa | 0.00000 | Low (<10%) |
 GabonGABMiddle Africa | 0.00000 | Low (<10%) |
 IcelandISLNorthern Europe | 0.00000 | Low (<10%) |
 JamaicaJAMCaribbean | 0.00000 | Low (<10%) |
 LiberiaLBRWestern Africa | 0.00000 | Low (<10%) |
 Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia | 0.00000 | Low (<10%) |
 RwandaRWAEastern Africa | 0.00000 | Low (<10%) |
 Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa | 0.00000 | Low (<10%) |
02In 2019
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
Lowest
- Sierra Leoneshared0.00000
- Rwandashared0.00000
- Papua New Guineashared0.00000
- Liberiashared0.00000
- Jamaicashared0.00000
A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 1.66310. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
03Caveats
Read before you use
What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
This edition describes 2019
WRI names each edition for the year it is released; the figures in Baseline Water Stress (Aqueduct) 2023 are for 2019.
149 distinct values among 164
Values are stored exactly as published, to 9 decimals. 11 countries share 0.00000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Which end is better
A higher value is the worse result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 164 countries has every column.
04The files
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The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.
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The publisher’s original
WRI’s own file, on its own site.
aqueduct-4-0-country-rankings.zip
What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.
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World Resources Institute (WRI) (2023). Baseline Water Stress (Aqueduct) 2023 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/baseline-water-stress/2023
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06Questions
Baseline Water Stress (Aqueduct) 2023: questions and answers
Which country has the highest baseline water stress (Aqueduct) in Baseline Water Stress (Aqueduct) 2023?
6 countries share the highest reading, 5.00000, so no single country is named.
What year does Baseline Water Stress (Aqueduct) 2023 describe?
2019.
How many countries does Baseline Water Stress (Aqueduct) 2023 cover?
164.
Where can I download Baseline Water Stress (Aqueduct) 2023?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Baseline Water Stress (Aqueduct) 2023 the newest?
Yes, as of 2026-09-29, when it was read from the publisher.