Data for 2016

Water Stress, 2016

2016, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Water Stress, 2016 covers 177 countries. Kuwait is highest, at 3,575.00; Republic of the Congo is lowest, at 0.03. The middle country reads 10.46. Against 2015, 109 values changed (68 up, 41 down), the same countries are covered.

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Water Stress · Data for 2016

HighestKuwait

3,575.00

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.

177countries
1measure
2016the year it describes
174distinct 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	3,575.00
2	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	1,679.33
3	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	929.58
4	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	817.14
5	QatarQATWestern Asia	432.41
6	YemenYEMWestern Asia	281.48
7	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	156.45
8	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	144.86
9	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	133.71
10	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	129.87
11	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	124.36
12	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	122.55
13	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	118.66
14	OmanOMNWestern Asia	116.71
15	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	113.66
16	IsraelISRWestern Asia	103.44
17	JordanJORWestern Asia	100.08
18	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	94.61
19	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	90.79
20	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	87.50
21	IranIRNSouthern Asia	87.39
22	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	85.22
23	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	77.56
24	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	66.12
25	IraqIRQWestern Asia	65.31
26	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	64.17
27	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	60.97
28	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	58.79
29	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	58.50
30	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	57.72
31	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	54.76
32	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	52.45
33	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	51.51
34	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	51.48
35	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	47.72
36	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	44.28
37	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	43.60
38	SpainESPSouthern Europe	42.56
39	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	42.05
40	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	39.65
41	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	39.55
42	MaliMLIWestern Africa	38.79
43	JapanJPNEastern Asia	36.64
44	PolandPOLEastern Europe	35.61
45	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	33.50
46	KenyaKENEastern Africa	33.24
47	MexicoMEXCentral America	32.48
48	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	32.26
49	Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	31.96
50	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	31.94
51	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	30.00
52	ItalyITASouthern Europe	29.84
53	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	29.80
54	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	29.71
55	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	29.70
56	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	28.46
57	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	28.27
58	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	27.74
59	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	26.63
60	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	25.31
61	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	25.26
62	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	24.86
63	United StatesUSANorthern America	24.54
64	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	24.53
65	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	23.99
66	FranceFRAWestern Europe	23.14
67	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	22.54
68	CubaCUBCaribbean	20.61
69	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	20.51
70	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	20.50
71	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	18.95
72	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	17.76
73	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	17.17
74	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	15.23
75	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	14.35
76	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	14.30
77	HaitiHTICaribbean	13.38
78	AndorraANDSouthern Europe	13.33
79	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	13.25
80	SenegalSENWestern Africa	13.08
81	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	12.96
82	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	12.50
83	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	12.49
84	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	12.47
85	UkraineUKREastern Europe	12.08
86	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	11.82
87	UruguayURYSouth America	11.26
88	EritreaERIEastern Africa	11.18
89	ArgentinaARGSouth America	10.46
90	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	10.19
91	DominicaDMACaribbean	10.00
92	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	9.62
93	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	9.00
94	ChileCHLSouth America	8.98
95	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	8.31
96	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	8.17
97	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	8.05
98	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	7.90
99	VenezuelaVENSouth America	7.54
100	NigerNERWestern Africa	7.45
101	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	7.05
102	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	6.87
103	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	6.84
104	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	6.56
105	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	6.53
106	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	6.50
107	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	6.33
108	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	6.31
109	PeruPERSouth America	6.07
110	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	6.00
111	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	5.97
112	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	5.83
113	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	5.80
114	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	5.74
115	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	5.72
116	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	5.64
117	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	5.45
118	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	5.30
119	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	5.09
=120	Costa RicaCRICentral America	4.99
=120	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	4.99
122	BelarusBLREastern Europe	4.78
123	HondurasHNDCentral America	4.62
124	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	4.51
125	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	4.29
126	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	4.27
127	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	4.23
128	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	4.12
129	SurinameSURSouth America	3.95
130	CanadaCANNorthern America	3.71
131	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	3.68
132	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	3.47
133	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	3.46
134	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	3.40
135	TogoTGOWestern Africa	3.39
136	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	3.36
137	BrazilBRASouth America	3.14
138	ColombiaCOLSouth America	3.01
139	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	2.79
140	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	2.57
141	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	2.39
142	NicaraguaNICCentral America	2.37
143	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	2.22
144	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	2.21
145	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	2.10
146	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	2.01
147	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	1.88
148	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	1.87
149	ParaguayPRYSouth America	1.84
150	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	1.75
151	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	1.56
152	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	1.50
153	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	1.42
154	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	1.41
155	GuineaGINWestern Africa	1.29
156	EcuadorECUSouth America	1.11
157	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	1.10
158	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	1.04
159	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.98
160	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.97
161	PanamaPANCentral America	0.90
162	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.88
163	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.83
=164	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.50
=164	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.50
=164	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.50
167	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.47
168	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.35
169	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.34
170	GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.31
171	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.26
172	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.23
173	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.19
174	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.18
175	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.13
176	BelizeBLZCentral America	0.12
177	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.03

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Kuwait3,575.00
2United Arab Emirates1,679.33
3Saudi Arabia929.58
4Libya817.14
5Qatar432.41

Lowest

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 10.46. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
109values changed, of 177 in both
68 · 41rose · fell
68unchanged

Rose most

Kuwait3,399.00 → 3,575.00+176.00
Mali26.19 → 38.79+12.60
Tunisia87.71 → 94.61+6.90
Kenya26.55 → 33.24+6.69
Iraq58.84 → 65.31+6.47

Fell most

United Arab Emirates1,794.67 → 1,679.33−115.34
Saudi Arabia948.88 → 929.58−19.30
Tajikistan68.74 → 57.72−11.02
Germany40.53 → 33.50−7.03
Morocco32.79 → 28.46−4.33

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

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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 2016.
174 distinct values among 177
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 3 countries share 0.50. 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 177 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2016). Water Stress, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/water-stress/2016

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