Global Rankings: Freshwater Withdrawals % (2022)

Rank Country Value
1 Kuwait 3,850
2 United Arab Emirates 1,510
3 Saudi Arabia 974.17
4 Libya 817.14
5 Qatar 431.03
6 Yemen 169.76
7 Algeria 144.81
8 Egypt 141.17
9 Turkmenistan 135.21
10 Bahrain 133.71
11 Syrian Arab Republic 124.36
12 Uzbekistan 123.03
13 Sudan 118.66
14 Oman 116.71
15 Pakistan 109.99
16 Jordan 105.20
17 Tunisia 98.11
18 Sri Lanka 90.79
19 Barbados 87.50
20 Korea, Republic of 85.22
21 Iran, Islamic Republic of 81.29
22 Eswatini 77.56
23 Malta 72.60
24 Tajikistan 69.94
25 South Africa 67.60
26 India 66.49
27 Armenia 61.97
28 Cabo Verde 59.68
29 Iraq 59.58
30 Lebanon 58.79
31 Azerbaijan 57.53
32 Afghanistan 54.76
33 Belgium 52.83
34 North Macedonia 52.55
35 Saint Kitts and Nevis 50.83
36 Morocco 50.75
37 Kyrgyzstan 50.04
38 Türkiye 47.89
39 Zimbabwe 46.09
40 Mexico 44.95
41 Spain 43.25
42 China 41.52
43 Bulgaria 40.24
44 Dominican Republic 39.55
45 Japan 36.64
46 Germany 35.35
47 Kazakhstan 34.63
48 Singapore 33.26
49 Kenya 33.24
50 Poland 32.49
51 Ethiopia 32.26
52 Cyprus 30.48
53 Italy 29.77
54 Indonesia 29.70
55 Timor-Leste 28.27
56 United States 28.16
57 Philippines 27.83
58 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 27.74
59 Denmark 25.27
60 Somalia 24.53
61 Cuba 23.94
62 Thailand 23.01
63 Mauritius 22.97
64 Czechia 21.97
65 France 21.38
66 Trinidad and Tobago 20.33
67 Greece 20.33
68 Rwanda 20.20
69 Puerto Rico 19.54
70 Viet Nam 18.13
71 Malawi 17.50
72 Netherlands 16.66
73 Senegal 16.28
74 Maldives 15.67
75 United Kingdom 14.35
76 Saint Lucia 14.30
77 Haiti 13.38
78 Mauritania 13.25
79 Estonia 13.05
80 Tanzania, United Republic of 12.96
81 Moldova, Republic of 12.56
82 Jamaica 12.38
83 Portugal 12.32
84 El Salvador 12.09
85 Uruguay 12.05
86 Madagascar 11.26
87 Eritrea 11.18
88 Niger 11.02
89 Argentina 10.46
90 Burundi 10.19
91 Dominica 10
92 Nigeria 9.67
93 Chile 8.98
94 Austria 8.68
95 Antigua and Barbuda 8.46
96 Nepal 8.31
97 Hungary 8.11
98 Ireland 8.05
99 New Zealand 8.05
100 Mali 8.00
101 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7.90
102 Burkina Faso 7.82
103 Romania 7.63
104 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 7.54
105 Finland 7.11
106 Grenada 7.05
107 Ecuador 6.78
108 Switzerland 6.50
109 Djibouti 6.33
110 Ghana 6.31
111 Ukraine 6.30
112 Costa Rica 5.88
113 Uganda 5.83
114 Myanmar 5.80
115 Guatemala 5.74
116 Serbia 5.74
117 Bangladesh 5.72
118 Slovenia 5.59
119 Côte d'Ivoire 5.09
120 Peru 4.83
121 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4.79
122 Albania 4.79
123 Australia 4.67
124 Belarus 4.66
125 Honduras 4.62
126 Chad 4.29
127 South Sudan 4.23
128 Georgia 4.21
129 Russian Federation 4.12
130 Luxembourg 3.96
131 Suriname 3.95
132 Canada 3.72
133 Colombia 3.63
134 Sweden 3.58
135 Brunei Darussalam 3.47
136 Malaysia 3.44
137 Mongolia 3.40
138 Togo 3.39
139 Guyana 3.30
140 Zambia 2.84
141 Lesotho 2.57
142 Slovakia 2.43
143 Botswana 2.23
144 Nicaragua 2.22
145 Gambia 2.21
146 Lithuania 2.17
147 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.07
148 Norway 2.04
149 Sao Tome and Principe 1.88
150 Angola 1.87
151 Paraguay 1.84
152 Mozambique 1.75
153 Cameroon 1.56
154 Croatia 1.51
155 Brazil 1.50
156 Guinea-Bissau 1.50
157 Bhutan 1.41
158 Guinea 1.37
159 Belize 1.26
160 Cambodia 1.04
161 Latvia 1.02
162 Benin 0.98
163 Panama 0.90
164 Comoros 0.83
165 Gabon 0.50
166 Sierra Leone 0.50
167 Iceland 0.39
168 Central African Republic 0.34
169 Namibia 0.31
170 Fiji 0.30
171 Liberia 0.26
172 Congo, The Democratic Republic of the 0.23
173 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.20
174 Equatorial Guinea 0.18
175 Papua New Guinea 0.13
176 Congo 0.03

About This Indicator

The level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources is the ratio between total freshwater withdrawn by all major sectors and total renewable freshwater resources, after taking into account environmental water requirements. Main sectors, as defined by ISIC standards, include agriculture; forestry and fishing; manufacturing; electricity industry; and services. This indicator is also known as water withdrawal intensity.

Data source: World Bank Development Indicators