Which country ranks first on Water Scarcity Ranking?

Bahrain ranks first on Water Scarcity Ranking in 2019, at 1st, followed by Cyprus (2nd) and Kuwait (3rd). Rank 1 is the best country.

Which country ranks last on Water Scarcity Ranking?

Sierra Leone ranks last of the 163 countries with data in 2019, at 164th.

Where does this countries with water scarcity data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: 10 Countries With Water Stress & Scarcity - Concern Worldwise US; 25 Countries, Housing One-quarter of the Population, Face Extremely High Water Stress - World Resources Institute; Aqueduct Projected Water Stress Country Rankings - World Resources Institute.

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Countries with Water Scarcity

Name: Countries with Water Scarcity
Creator: Rankodex

Bahrain ranks 1st on Water Scarcity Ranking in 2019, followed by Cyprus (2nd) and Kuwait (3rd); rank 1 is the best. Sierra Leone ranks last (164th).

Environment163 countries · 2 metricsUpdated Feb 3, 2025Original page

3 sources

10 Countries With Water Stress & Scarcity - Concern Worldwise US
25 Countries, Housing One-quarter of the Population, Face Extremely High Water Stress - World Resources Institute
Aqueduct Projected Water Stress Country Rankings - World Resources Institute

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Year 2019163 of 235 countries

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Water Scarcity Ranking, 2019

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Ranking

Best first: the first 15 and last 5 of 163 countries; rank 1 is the best.

Data

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163 countries · # = rank by Water Scarcity Ranking

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1	Bahrain	1st	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
2	Cyprus	2nd	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
3	Kuwait	3rd	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
4	Lebanon	4th	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
5	Oman	5th	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
6	Qatar	6th	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
7	United Arab Emirates	7th	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
8	Saudi Arabia	8th	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
9	Israel	9th	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
10	Egypt	10th	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
11	Libya	11th	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
12	Yemen	12th	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
13	Botswana	13th	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
14	Iran	14th	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
15	Jordan	15th	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
16	Chile	16th	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
17	San Marino	17th	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
18	Belgium	18th	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
19	Greece	19th	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
20	Tunisia	20th	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
21	Namibia	21st	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
22	South Africa	22nd	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
23	Iraq	23rd	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
24	India	24th	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
25	Syria	25th	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
26	Mexico	26th	4 - High (40%-80%)
27	Morocco	27th	4 - High (40%-80%)
28	Eritrea	28th	4 - High (40%-80%)
29	Spain	29th	4 - High (40%-80%)
30	Algeria	30th	4 - High (40%-80%)
31	Pakistan	31st	4 - High (40%-80%)
32	Peru	32nd	4 - High (40%-80%)
33	Turkmenistan	33rd	4 - High (40%-80%)
34	Uzbekistan	34th	4 - High (40%-80%)
35	Thailand	35th	4 - High (40%-80%)
36	Andorra	36th	4 - High (40%-80%)
37	Albania	37th	4 - High (40%-80%)
38	Niger	38th	4 - High (40%-80%)
39	Turkey	39th	4 - High (40%-80%)
40	Afghanistan	40th	4 - High (40%-80%)
41	Italy	41st	4 - High (40%-80%)
42	Kyrgyzstan	42nd	4 - High (40%-80%)
43	Portugal	43rd	4 - High (40%-80%)
44	Nepal	44th	4 - High (40%-80%)
45	Djibouti	45th	4 - High (40%-80%)
46	Mongolia	46th	4 - High (40%-80%)
47	North Macedonia	47th	4 - High (40%-80%)
48	Armenia	48th	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
49	Lesotho	49th	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
50	Luxembourg	50th	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
51	Australia	51st	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
52	China	52nd	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
53	Mauritania	53rd	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
54	Guyana	54th	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
55	Indonesia	55th	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
56	Bangladesh	56th	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
57	United States	57th	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
58	Kazakhstan	58th	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
59	Azerbaijan	59th	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
60	South Korea	60th	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
61	Sri Lanka	61st	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
62	Tajikistan	62nd	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
63	North Korea	63rd	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
64	Senegal	64th	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
65	Zimbabwe	65th	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
66	Lithuania	66th	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
67	Myanmar	67th	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
68	Vietnam	68th	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
69	Germany	69th	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
70	Philippines	70th	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
71	Japan	71st	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
72	El Salvador	72nd	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
73	France	73rd	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
74	Tanzania	74th	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
75	Cambodia	75th	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
76	Czechia	76th	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
77	Argentina	77th	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
78	Uruguay	78th	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
79	Venezuela	79th	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
80	Timor-Leste	80th	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
81	Somalia	81st	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
82	Suriname	82nd	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
83	Poland	83rd	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
84	Cuba	84th	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
85	Burkina Faso	85th	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
86	Slovakia	86th	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
87	Dominican Republic	87th	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
88	Haiti	88th	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
89	Netherlands	89th	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
90	Sudan	90th	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
91	Bulgaria	91st	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
92	South Sudan	92nd	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
93	Ukraine	93rd	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
94	United Kingdom	94th	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
95	Moldova	95th	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
96	Serbia	96th	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
97	Canada	97th	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
98	Estonia	98th	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
99	Romania	99th	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
100	Belarus	100th	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
101	Russia	101st	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
102	Angola	102nd	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
103	Brazil	103rd	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
104	Malaysia	104th	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
105	Guatemala	105th	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
106	Ethiopia	106th	1 - Low (<10%)
107	Denmark	107th	1 - Low (<10%)
108	Georgia	108th	1 - Low (<10%)
109	Madagascar	109th	1 - Low (<10%)
110	Chad	110th	1 - Low (<10%)
111	Zambia	111th	1 - Low (<10%)
112	Liechtenstein	112th	1 - Low (<10%)
113	Finland	113th	1 - Low (<10%)
114	Nigeria	114th	1 - Low (<10%)
115	Kenya	115th	1 - Low (<10%)
116	Sweden	116th	1 - Low (<10%)
117	Malawi	117th	1 - Low (<10%)
118	Panama	118th	1 - Low (<10%)
119	Laos	119th	1 - Low (<10%)
120	Montenegro	120th	1 - Low (<10%)
121	Mali	121st	1 - Low (<10%)
122	Ecuador	122nd	1 - Low (<10%)
123	Costa Rica	123rd	1 - Low (<10%)
124	Latvia	124th	1 - Low (<10%)
125	Slovenia	125th	1 - Low (<10%)
126	Colombia	126th	1 - Low (<10%)
127	Hungary	127th	1 - Low (<10%)
128	Switzerland	128th	1 - Low (<10%)
129	Bosnia and Herzegovina	129th	1 - Low (<10%)
130	Mozambique	130th	1 - Low (<10%)
131	Bhutan	131st	1 - Low (<10%)
132	Ireland	132nd	1 - Low (<10%)
133	Guinea	133rd	1 - Low (<10%)
134	Guinea-Bissau	135th	1 - Low (<10%)
135	Austria	136th	1 - Low (<10%)
136	Nicaragua	137th	1 - Low (<10%)
137	Uganda	138th	1 - Low (<10%)
138	Norway	139th	1 - Low (<10%)
139	Croatia	140th	1 - Low (<10%)
140	Bolivia	141st	1 - Low (<10%)
141	Honduras	142nd	1 - Low (<10%)
142	Ghana	143rd	1 - Low (<10%)
143	Belize	144th	1 - Low (<10%)
144	New Zealand	145th	1 - Low (<10%)
145	Gambia	146th	1 - Low (<10%)
146	Republic of the Congo	147th	1 - Low (<10%)
147	DR Congo	148th	1 - Low (<10%)
148	Central African Republic	149th	1 - Low (<10%)
149	Cameroon	150th	1 - Low (<10%)
150	Benin	151st	1 - Low (<10%)
151	Togo	152nd	1 - Low (<10%)
152	Paraguay	153rd	1 - Low (<10%)
153	Burundi	154th	1 - Low (<10%)
154	Brunei	155th	1 - Low (<10%)
155	Ivory Coast	156th	1 - Low (<10%)
156	Gabon	157th	1 - Low (<10%)
157	Equatorial Guinea	158th	1 - Low (<10%)
158	Iceland	159th	1 - Low (<10%)
159	Jamaica	160th	1 - Low (<10%)
160	Liberia	161st	1 - Low (<10%)
161	Papua New Guinea	162nd	1 - Low (<10%)
162	Rwanda	163rd	1 - Low (<10%)
163	Sierra Leone	164th	1 - Low (<10%)

What correlates with Water Scarcity Ranking (2019)?

Pearson r against 1,469 other country metrics sharing at least 98 countries, 1 near-identical series hidden. Ranks are read by standing: a better rank counts as higher, whether rank 1 is the best place on a list or the worst. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that rank better on Water Scarcity Ranking tend to score higher on these

Total ScoreWater Stress by Country
r = −0.99 · very strong · n = 148
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Agricultural ScoreWater Stress by Country
r = −0.97 · very strong · n = 142
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Domestic ScoreWater Stress by Country
r = −0.96 · very strong · n = 148
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Stress Industrial ScoreWater Stress by Country
r = −0.96 · very strong · n = 142
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Yearly Sunshine HoursBest Weather by Country
r = −0.51 · strong · n = 130
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Onion Consumption per CapitaVegetable Consumption by Country
r = −0.43 · moderate · n = 147
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Opposite directions

Places that rank better on Water Scarcity Ranking tend to score lower on these

Renewable Energy Consumption inc. HydroRenewable Energy by Country
r = +0.56 · strong · n = 159
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Renewable Energy Consumption as % of Total ConsumptionRenewable Energy by Country
r = +0.56 · strong · n = 159
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Women’s Employment 2011 to 2016Most Dangerous Countries for Women
r = +0.52 · strong · n = 157
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Miscarriage Rate (Lower Limit)Miscarriage Rates by Country
r = +0.51 · strong · n = 160
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Miscarriage Rate (Overall Est.)Miscarriage Rates by Country
r = +0.51 · strong · n = 160
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Miscarriage Rate (Upper Limit)Miscarriage Rates by Country
r = +0.51 · strong · n = 160
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Quick answers

Which country ranks first on Water Scarcity Ranking?: Bahrain ranks first on Water Scarcity Ranking in 2019, at 1st, followed by Cyprus (2nd) and Kuwait (3rd). Rank 1 is the best country.
Which country ranks last on Water Scarcity Ranking?: Sierra Leone ranks last of the 163 countries with data in 2019, at 164th.
Where does this countries with water scarcity data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: 10 Countries With Water Stress & Scarcity - Concern Worldwise US; 25 Countries, Housing One-quarter of the Population, Face Extremely High Water Stress - World Resources Institute; Aqueduct Projected Water Stress Country Rankings - World Resources Institute.