Which country ranks first on Water Stress Rank?

Kuwait ranks first on Water Stress Rank in 2023, at 1st, followed by Cyprus (2nd) and Oman (3rd). Rank 1 is the worst country.

Which country ranks last on Water Stress Rank?

Papua New Guinea ranks last of the 163 countries with data in 2023, at 164th.

Where does this water stress by country data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Baseline Water Stress Ranking- World Resources Institute.

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Water Stress by Country

Name: Water Stress by Country
Creator: Rankodex

Kuwait ranks 1st on Water Stress Rank in 2023, followed by Cyprus (2nd) and Oman (3rd); rank 1 is the worst. Papua New Guinea ranks last (164th).

Environment Infrastructure & Energy164 countries · 6 metricsUpdated Feb 3, 2025Original page

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Baseline Water Stress Ranking- World Resources Institute

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Water Stress Rank, 2023

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Ranking

Worst first: the first 15 and last 5 of 163 countries; rank 1 is the worst.

Data

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164 countries · # = rank by Water Stress Rank

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1	Kuwait	1st	5	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
2	Cyprus	2nd	5	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
3	Oman	3rd	5	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
4	Qatar	4th	5	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
5	Bahrain	5th	5	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
6	Lebanon	6th	5	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
7	United Arab Emirates	7th	5	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
8	Saudi Arabia	8th	4.98	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
9	Israel	9th	4.94	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
10	Egypt	10th	4.85	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
11	Libya	11th	4.81	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
12	Yemen	12th	4.69	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
13	Botswana	13th	4.66	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
14	Iran	14th	4.65	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
15	Jordan	15th	4.62	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
16	Chile	16th	4.47	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
17	San Marino	17th	4.45	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
18	Belgium	18th	4.41	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
19	Greece	19th	4.34	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
20	Tunisia	20th	4.28	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
21	Namibia	21st	4.18	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
22	South Africa	22nd	4.17	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
23	Iraq	23rd	4.15	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
24	India	24th	4.11	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
25	Syria	25th	4.01	5 - Extremely High (>80%)
26	Mexico	26th	4	4 - High (40%-80%)
27	Morocco	27th	3.99	4 - High (40%-80%)
28	Eritrea	28th	3.94	4 - High (40%-80%)
29	Spain	29th	3.94	4 - High (40%-80%)
30	Algeria	30th	3.87	4 - High (40%-80%)
31	Pakistan	31st	3.79	4 - High (40%-80%)
32	Peru	32nd	3.74	4 - High (40%-80%)
33	Turkmenistan	33rd	3.74	4 - High (40%-80%)
34	Uzbekistan	34th	3.63	4 - High (40%-80%)
35	Thailand	35th	3.62	4 - High (40%-80%)
36	Andorra	36th	3.54	4 - High (40%-80%)
37	Niger	37th	3.47	4 - High (40%-80%)
38	Albania	38th	3.47	4 - High (40%-80%)
39	Turkey	39th	3.39	4 - High (40%-80%)
40	Afghanistan	40th	3.37	4 - High (40%-80%)
41	Italy	41st	3.34	4 - High (40%-80%)
42	Kyrgyzstan	42nd	3.28	4 - High (40%-80%)
43	Portugal	43rd	3.26	4 - High (40%-80%)
44	Djibouti	44th	3.18	4 - High (40%-80%)
45	Nepal	45th	3.18	4 - High (40%-80%)
46	Mongolia	46th	3.13	4 - High (40%-80%)
47	Armenia	48th	2.99	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
48	Lesotho	49th	2.95	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
49	Luxembourg	50th	2.93	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
50	Australia	51st	2.91	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
51	China	52nd	2.8	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
52	Mauritania	53rd	2.73	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
53	Guyana	54th	2.7	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
54	Indonesia	55th	2.67	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
55	Bangladesh	56th	2.66	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
56	United States	57th	2.6	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
57	Kazakhstan	58th	2.51	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
58	Azerbaijan	59th	2.47	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
59	South Korea	60th	2.38	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
60	Sri Lanka	61st	2.36	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
61	Tajikistan	62nd	2.34	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
62	North Korea	63rd	2.32	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
63	Senegal	64th	2.22	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
64	Zimbabwe	65th	2.17	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
65	Lithuania	66th	2.14	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
66	Myanmar	67th	2.13	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
67	Vietnam	68th	2.11	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
68	Germany	69th	2.04	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
69	Philippines	70th	2.03	3 - Medium-High (20%-40%)
70	Japan	71st	1.97	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
71	El Salvador	72nd	1.95	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
72	France	73rd	1.92	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
73	Tanzania	74th	1.91	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
74	Cambodia	75th	1.87	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
75	Czechia	76th	1.84	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
76	Argentina	77th	1.83	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
77	Uruguay	78th	1.83	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
78	Venezuela	79th	1.82	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
79	Timor-Leste	80th	1.77	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
80	Somalia	81st	1.67	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
81	Suriname	82nd	1.67	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
82	Poland	83rd	1.66	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
83	Burkina Faso	84th	1.65	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
84	Cuba	85th	1.65	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
85	Slovakia	86th	1.62	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
86	Dominican Republic	87th	1.6	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
87	Haiti	88th	1.6	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
88	Netherlands	89th	1.58	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
89	Sudan	90th	1.46	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
90	Bulgaria	91st	1.46	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
91	South Sudan	92nd	1.39	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
92	Ukraine	93rd	1.37	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
93	United Kingdom	94th	1.3	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
94	Moldova	95th	1.26	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
95	Serbia	96th	1.24	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
96	Canada	97th	1.23	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
97	Estonia	98th	1.22	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
98	Romania	99th	1.19	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
99	Belarus	100th	1.18	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
100	Russia	101st	1.17	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
101	Angola	102nd	1.13	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
102	Brazil	103rd	1.04	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
103	Malaysia	104th	1.03	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
104	Guatemala	105th	1.03	2 - Low-Medium (10%-20%)
105	Ethiopia	106th	0.96	1 - Low (<10%)
106	Denmark	107th	0.95	1 - Low (<10%)
107	Georgia	108th	0.93	1 - Low (<10%)
108	Madagascar	109th	0.9	1 - Low (<10%)
109	Chad	110th	0.85	1 - Low (<10%)
110	Zambia	111th	0.85	1 - Low (<10%)
111	Finland	112th	0.81	1 - Low (<10%)
112	Liechtenstein	113th	0.81	1 - Low (<10%)
113	Nigeria	114th	0.8	1 - Low (<10%)
114	Kenya	115th	0.79	1 - Low (<10%)
115	Sweden	116th	0.78	1 - Low (<10%)
116	Malawi	117th	0.75	1 - Low (<10%)
117	Panama	118th	0.75	1 - Low (<10%)
118	Laos	119th	0.74	1 - Low (<10%)
119	Montenegro	120th	0.72	1 - Low (<10%)
120	Mali	121st	0.68	1 - Low (<10%)
121	Ecuador	122nd	0.66	1 - Low (<10%)
122	Costa Rica	123rd	0.65	1 - Low (<10%)
123	Latvia	124th	0.57	1 - Low (<10%)
124	Slovenia	125th	0.53	1 - Low (<10%)
125	Colombia	126th	0.5	1 - Low (<10%)
126	Hungary	127th	0.43	1 - Low (<10%)
127	Switzerland	128th	0.41	1 - Low (<10%)
128	Bosnia and Herzegovina	129th	0.4	1 - Low (<10%)
129	Bhutan	130th	0.37	1 - Low (<10%)
130	Mozambique	131st	0.37	1 - Low (<10%)
131	Ireland	132nd	0.36	1 - Low (<10%)
132	Guinea	133rd	0.36	1 - Low (<10%)
133	Eswatini	134th	0.31	—
134	Guinea-Bissau	135th	0.31	1 - Low (<10%)
135	Austria	136th	0.26	1 - Low (<10%)
136	Nicaragua	137th	0.21	1 - Low (<10%)
137	Uganda	138th	0.2	1 - Low (<10%)
138	Norway	139th	0.19	1 - Low (<10%)
139	Croatia	140th	0.17	1 - Low (<10%)
140	Bolivia	141st	0.16	1 - Low (<10%)
141	Honduras	142nd	0.11	1 - Low (<10%)
142	Ghana	143rd	0.11	1 - Low (<10%)
143	Belize	144th	0.07	1 - Low (<10%)
144	New Zealand	145th	0.05	1 - Low (<10%)
145	Gambia	146th	0.02	1 - Low (<10%)
146	Republic of the Congo	147th	0.01	1 - Low (<10%)
147	Cameroon	148th	0.01	1 - Low (<10%)
148	DR Congo	149th	0.01	1 - Low (<10%)
149	Central African Republic	150th	0.01	1 - Low (<10%)
150	Benin	151st	—	1 - Low (<10%)
151	Togo	152nd	—	1 - Low (<10%)
152	Paraguay	153rd	—	1 - Low (<10%)
153	Gabon	154th	—	1 - Low (<10%)
154	Sierra Leone	155th	—	1 - Low (<10%)
155	Rwanda	156th	—	1 - Low (<10%)
156	Ivory Coast	157th	—	1 - Low (<10%)
157	Brunei	158th	—	1 - Low (<10%)
158	Burundi	159th	—	1 - Low (<10%)
159	Jamaica	160th	—	1 - Low (<10%)
160	Liberia	161st	—	1 - Low (<10%)
161	Equatorial Guinea	162nd	—	1 - Low (<10%)
162	Iceland	163rd	—	1 - Low (<10%)
163	Papua New Guinea	164th	—	1 - Low (<10%)
—	North Macedonia	—	—	4 - High (40%-80%)

What correlates with Water Stress Rank (2023)?

Pearson r against 1,460 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.

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Places that rank better on Water Stress Rank tend to score higher 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 = 156
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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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Opposite directions

Places that rank better on Water Stress Rank tend to score lower on these

Yearly Sunshine HoursBest Weather by Country
r = −0.51 · strong · n = 129
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Onion Consumption per CapitaVegetable Consumption by Country
r = −0.43 · moderate · n = 147
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Financial Power IndexMilitary Strength Index by Country
r = −0.43 · moderate · n = 139
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CO₂ Emissions per $1K GDPCO₂ Emissions by Country
r = −0.43 · moderate · n = 158
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Air Power IndexMilitary Strength Index by Country
r = −0.41 · moderate · n = 139
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Gun Imports 1970 to 1979Gun Exports by Country
r = −0.41 · moderate · n = 128
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Quick answers

Which country ranks first on Water Stress Rank?: Kuwait ranks first on Water Stress Rank in 2023, at 1st, followed by Cyprus (2nd) and Oman (3rd). Rank 1 is the worst country.
Which country ranks last on Water Stress Rank?: Papua New Guinea ranks last of the 163 countries with data in 2023, at 164th.
Where does this water stress by country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Baseline Water Stress Ranking- World Resources Institute.

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