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Comparison · Water stress vs GDP

Who lives beyond their water means

The water-stress ratio against national wealth. Both the very poor and the very rich can run high stress — the poor through agriculture on thin supplies, the rich through desalination and aquifer mining. The number alone won't tell you which; the wealth axis helps.

Correlation · r
+0.092
little to no relationship
Countries
175
with both measures
X axis
GDP per capita
vs Water-stress ratio
Each point is one country · named points highlighted
05001k1.5k2k2.5k3k3.5k4k1k10k100kKuwaitUnited Arab EmiratesSaudi ArabiaPakistan GDP per capita (US$, log) Water-stress ratio (%)

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GDP per capita (US$) and Water-stress ratio (%), by country
CountryRegionGDP per capitaWater-stress ratio
Kuwait Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan $32,718 3,851
United Arab Emirates Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan $50,274 1,510
Saudi Arabia Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan $35,122 974
Libya Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan $6,569 817
Qatar Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan $76,689 431
Yemen, Rep. Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan $634 170
Algeria Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan $5,753 145
Egypt, Arab Rep. Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan $3,338 141
Turkmenistan Europe & Central Asia $6,857 135
Bahrain Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan $29,654 134
Israel Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan $54,177 132
Syrian Arab Republic Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan $1,052 124
Uzbekistan Europe & Central Asia $3,162 123
Sudan Sub-Saharan Africa $985 119
Oman Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan $20,285 117
Pakistan Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan $1,479 110
Jordan Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan $4,618 105
Tunisia Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan $4,181 98.1
Sri Lanka South Asia $4,516 90.8
Barbados Latin America & Caribbean $26,545 87.5
Korea, Rep. East Asia & Pacific $36,239 85.2
Iran, Islamic Rep. Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan $5,190 81.3
Eswatini Sub-Saharan Africa $3,910 77.6
Malta Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan $43,899 72.6
Tajikistan Europe & Central Asia $1,341 69.9
South Africa Sub-Saharan Africa $6,267 67.6
India South Asia $2,695 66.5
Armenia Europe & Central Asia $8,556 62.0
Cabo Verde Sub-Saharan Africa $5,192 59.7
Iraq Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan $6,074 59.6
Lebanon Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan $3,478 58.8
Azerbaijan Europe & Central Asia $7,284 57.5
Afghanistan Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan $414 54.8
Belgium Europe & Central Asia $56,615 52.8
North Macedonia Europe & Central Asia $9,292 52.6
St. Kitts and Nevis Latin America & Caribbean $23,961 50.8
Morocco Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan $4,153 50.8
Kyrgyz Republic Europe & Central Asia $2,420 50.0
Turkiye Europe & Central Asia $15,893 47.9
West Bank and Gaza Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan $2,592 47.8
Zimbabwe Sub-Saharan Africa $2,497 46.1
Mexico Latin America & Caribbean $14,186 44.9
Spain Europe & Central Asia $35,327 43.3
China East Asia & Pacific $13,303 41.5
Bulgaria Europe & Central Asia $17,596 40.2
Dominican Republic Latin America & Caribbean $10,876 39.6
Japan East Asia & Pacific $32,487 36.6
Germany Europe & Central Asia $56,104 35.4
Kazakhstan Europe & Central Asia $14,155 34.6
Singapore East Asia & Pacific $90,674 33.3
Kenya Sub-Saharan Africa $2,132 33.2
Poland Europe & Central Asia $25,104 32.5
Ethiopia Sub-Saharan Africa $1,134 32.3
Cyprus Europe & Central Asia $38,674 30.5
Italy Europe & Central Asia $40,385 29.8
Indonesia East Asia & Pacific $4,925 29.7
Timor-Leste East Asia & Pacific $1,332 28.3
United States North America $84,534 28.2
Philippines East Asia & Pacific $3,985 27.8
Denmark Europe & Central Asia $71,026 25.3
Somalia, Fed. Rep. Sub-Saharan Africa $630 24.5
Cuba Latin America & Caribbean $9,605 23.9
Thailand East Asia & Pacific $7,347 23.0
Mauritius Sub-Saharan Africa $11,991 23.0
Czechia Europe & Central Asia $31,823 22.0
France Europe & Central Asia $46,103 21.4
Trinidad and Tobago Latin America & Caribbean $18,733 20.3
Greece Europe & Central Asia $24,626 20.3
Rwanda Sub-Saharan Africa $1,000 20.2
Puerto Rico (US) Latin America & Caribbean $39,344 19.5
Viet Nam East Asia & Pacific $4,717 18.1
Malawi Sub-Saharan Africa $523 17.5
Netherlands Europe & Central Asia $67,520 16.7
Senegal Sub-Saharan Africa $1,773 16.3
Maldives South Asia $13,379 15.7
United Kingdom Europe & Central Asia $53,246 14.4
St. Lucia Latin America & Caribbean $14,182 14.3
Haiti Latin America & Caribbean $2,143 13.4
Mauritania Sub-Saharan Africa $2,110 13.2
Estonia Europe & Central Asia $31,428 13.0
Tanzania Sub-Saharan Africa $1,187 13.0
Moldova Europe & Central Asia $7,576 12.6
Jamaica Latin America & Caribbean $7,754 12.4
Portugal Europe & Central Asia $29,292 12.3
El Salvador Latin America & Caribbean $5,580 12.1
Uruguay Latin America & Caribbean $23,907 12.1
Madagascar Sub-Saharan Africa $545 11.3
Niger Sub-Saharan Africa $735 11.0
Argentina Latin America & Caribbean $13,970 10.5
Burundi Sub-Saharan Africa $219 10.2
Dominica Latin America & Caribbean $10,405 10.0
Nigeria Sub-Saharan Africa $1,084 9.7
Chile Latin America & Caribbean $16,710 9.0
Austria Europe & Central Asia $58,269 8.7
Antigua and Barbuda Latin America & Caribbean $23,542 8.5
Nepal South Asia $1,447 8.3
Hungary Europe & Central Asia $23,292 8.1
Ireland Europe & Central Asia $112,895 8.1
New Zealand East Asia & Pacific $49,205 8.0
Mali Sub-Saharan Africa $1,095 8.0
St. Vincent and the Grenadines Latin America & Caribbean $11,501 7.9
Burkina Faso Sub-Saharan Africa $982 7.8
Romania Europe & Central Asia $20,080 7.6
Venezuela, RB Latin America & Caribbean $4,218 7.5
Finland Europe & Central Asia $53,150 7.1
Grenada Latin America & Caribbean $11,705 7.1
Ecuador Latin America & Caribbean $6,875 6.8
Switzerland Europe & Central Asia $103,998 6.5
Djibouti Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan $3,553 6.3
Ghana Sub-Saharan Africa $2,391 6.3
Ukraine Europe & Central Asia $5,389 6.3
Costa Rica Latin America & Caribbean $18,587 5.9
Uganda Sub-Saharan Africa $1,078 5.8
Myanmar East Asia & Pacific $1,359 5.8
Guatemala Latin America & Caribbean $6,150 5.7
Serbia Europe & Central Asia $13,679 5.7
Bangladesh South Asia $2,593 5.7
Slovenia Europe & Central Asia $34,301 5.6
Cote d'Ivoire Sub-Saharan Africa $2,728 5.1
Peru Latin America & Caribbean $8,452 4.8
Lao PDR East Asia & Pacific $2,124 4.8
Albania Europe & Central Asia $11,378 4.8
Australia East Asia & Pacific $64,604 4.7
Belarus Europe & Central Asia $8,318 4.7
Honduras Latin America & Caribbean $3,426 4.6
Chad Sub-Saharan Africa $962 4.3
Georgia Europe & Central Asia $9,241 4.2
Russian Federation Europe & Central Asia $14,889 4.1
Luxembourg Europe & Central Asia $137,782 4.0
Suriname Latin America & Caribbean $6,962 4.0
Canada North America $54,340 3.7
Colombia Latin America & Caribbean $7,919 3.6
Sweden Europe & Central Asia $57,117 3.6
Brunei Darussalam East Asia & Pacific $33,153 3.5
Malaysia East Asia & Pacific $11,874 3.4
Mongolia East Asia & Pacific $6,751 3.4
Togo Sub-Saharan Africa $1,119 3.4
Guyana Latin America & Caribbean $29,675 3.3
Zambia Sub-Saharan Africa $1,187 2.8
Lesotho Sub-Saharan Africa $972 2.6
Slovak Republic Europe & Central Asia $25,993 2.4
Botswana Sub-Saharan Africa $7,696 2.2
Nicaragua Latin America & Caribbean $2,848 2.2
Gambia, The Sub-Saharan Africa $871 2.2
Lithuania Europe & Central Asia $29,384 2.2
Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe & Central Asia $9,359 2.1
Norway Europe & Central Asia $86,785 2.0
Sao Tome and Principe Sub-Saharan Africa $3,491 1.9
Angola Sub-Saharan Africa $2,666 1.9
Paraguay Latin America & Caribbean $6,416 1.8
Mozambique Sub-Saharan Africa $657 1.8
Cameroon Sub-Saharan Africa $1,830 1.6
Croatia Europe & Central Asia $24,050 1.5
Brazil Latin America & Caribbean $10,311 1.5
Guinea-Bissau Sub-Saharan Africa $1,008 1.5
Bhutan South Asia $3,831 1.4
Guinea Sub-Saharan Africa $1,695 1.4
Belize Latin America & Caribbean $7,681 1.3
Cambodia East Asia & Pacific $2,628 1.0
Latvia Europe & Central Asia $23,409 1.0
Benin Sub-Saharan Africa $1,485 1.0
Panama Latin America & Caribbean $19,161 0.9
Comoros Sub-Saharan Africa $1,663 0.8
Gabon Sub-Saharan Africa $8,230 0.5
Sierra Leone Sub-Saharan Africa $807 0.5
Iceland Europe & Central Asia $86,041 0.4
Central African Republic Sub-Saharan Africa $516 0.3
Namibia Sub-Saharan Africa $4,413 0.3
Fiji East Asia & Pacific $6,426 0.3
Liberia Sub-Saharan Africa $851 0.3
Congo, Dem. Rep. Sub-Saharan Africa $649 0.2
Bolivia Latin America & Caribbean $4,421 0.2
Equatorial Guinea Sub-Saharan Africa $6,745 0.2
Papua New Guinea East Asia & Pacific $3,007 0.1
Congo, Rep. Sub-Saharan Africa $2,482 0.0

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