Data for 2000

Water Stress, 2000

2000, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Water Stress, 2000 covers 154 countries. Kuwait is highest, at 1,928.63; Republic of the Congo is lowest, at 0.03. The middle country reads 10.07.

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Water Stress · Data for 2000

HighestKuwait

1,928.63

LowestRepublic of the Congo

0.03

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

154countries
1measure
2000the year it describes
151distinct 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, 2000, 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, 2000: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	1,928.63
2	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	1,555.87
3	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	819.76
4	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	615.43
5	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	309.14
6	QatarQATWestern Asia	199.83
7	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	197.06
8	YemenYEMWestern Asia	161.14
9	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	153.08
10	IsraelISRWestern Asia	139.19
11	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	134.22
12	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	127.91
13	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	105.86
14	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	103.88
15	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	101.25
16	OmanOMNWestern Asia	92.86
17	IraqIRQWestern Asia	92.69
18	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	92.54
19	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	91.24
20	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	85.83
21	JordanJORWestern Asia	82.47
22	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	81.20
23	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	80.78
24	IranIRNSouthern Asia	77.39
25	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	75.67
26	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	64.14
27	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	62.68
28	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	61.52
29	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	60.48
30	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	54.76
31	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	52.11
32	SpainESPSouthern Europe	49.22
33	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	48.53
34	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	45.33
35	PolandPOLEastern Europe	42.05
36	JapanJPNEastern Asia	41.56
37	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	41.08
38	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	40.43
39	ItalyITASouthern Europe	39.70
40	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	38.02
41	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	37.74
42	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	35.74
43	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	32.57
44	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	31.87
45	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	31.20
46	United StatesUSANorthern America	30.01
47	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	29.12
48	FranceFRAWestern Europe	28.63
49	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	27.41
50	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	26.96
51	MexicoMEXCentral America	25.57
52	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	24.61
53	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	24.47
54	UkraineUKREastern Europe	23.68
55	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	22.01
56	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	21.85
57	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	21.43
58	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	21.29
59	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	20.53
60	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	19.59
61	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	18.24
62	CubaCUBCaribbean	18.02
63	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	17.67
64	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	16.75
65	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	16.01
66	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	15.90
67	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	15.71
68	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	15.13
69	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	15.11
70	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	13.63
71	KenyaKENEastern Africa	12.86
72	HaitiHTICaribbean	12.40
73	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	11.19
74	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	11.04
75	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	10.65
76	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	10.48
77	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	10.09
78	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	10.05
79	UruguayURYSouth America	9.79
80	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	9.75
81	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	9.66
82	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	9.62
83	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	9.03
84	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	8.71
85	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	8.58
86	SenegalSENWestern Africa	8.45
87	ArgentinaARGSouth America	8.42
88	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	8.37
89	DominicaDMACaribbean	8.30
90	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	7.99
91	EritreaERIEastern Africa	7.94
92	MaliMLIWestern Africa	7.45
93	ChileCHLSouth America	7.35
94	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	6.96
95	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	6.55
96	EcuadorECUSouth America	6.41
97	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	6.33
98	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	6.20
99	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	6.17
100	BelarusBLREastern Europe	6.05
101	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	5.80
102	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	5.77
103	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	5.14
104	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	5.04
105	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	4.97
106	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	4.93
107	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	4.67
108	CanadaCANNorthern America	4.31
109	SurinameSURSouth America	4.30
110	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	4.28
111	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	3.88
112	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	3.81
113	GuyanaGUYSouth America	3.74
=114	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	3.59
=114	NigerNERWestern Africa	3.59
116	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	3.47
117	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	3.28
=118	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	3.02
=118	VenezuelaVENSouth America	3.02
120	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	2.89
121	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	2.76
122	BrazilBRASouth America	2.65
123	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	2.63
124	TogoTGOWestern Africa	2.58
125	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	2.57
126	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	2.47
127	NicaraguaNICCentral America	2.42
128	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	1.97
129	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	1.83
130	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	1.71
=131	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	1.70
=131	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	1.70
133	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	1.50
134	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	1.39
135	ColombiaCOLSouth America	1.16
136	BoliviaBOLSouth America	1.11
137	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	1.04
138	BeninBENWestern Africa	1.00
139	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.92
140	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.89
141	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.83
142	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.79
143	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.44
144	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.43
145	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.37
146	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.31
147	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.29
148	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.24
149	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.22
150	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.19
151	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.16
152	BelizeBLZCentral America	0.11
153	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.09
154	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.03

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Kuwait1,928.63
2United Arab Emirates1,555.87
3Saudi Arabia819.76
4Libya615.43
5Singapore309.14

Lowest

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 10.07. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

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 2000.
151 distinct values among 154
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 3.59. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.
Which end is better
A higher value is the worse result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 154 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2000). Water Stress, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/water-stress/2000

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