Freshwater withdrawn as a share of what nature renews each year. Above 100% means a country is drawing down more than its renewable supply — possible only by desalinating seawater or mining fossil aquifers that don't refill. Ranked from the most stressed down.
175 countries · source: FAO AQUASTAT · years 2021–2022 · open this measure in the console →
| # | Country | Region | % | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuwait | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 3,851 | 2022 |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1,510 | 2022 |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 974 | 2022 |
| 4 | Libya | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 817 | 2022 |
| 5 | Qatar | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 431 | 2022 |
| 6 | Yemen, Rep. | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 170 | 2022 |
| 7 | Algeria | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 145 | 2022 |
| 8 | Egypt, Arab Rep. | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 141 | 2022 |
| 9 | Turkmenistan | Europe & Central Asia | 135 | 2022 |
| 10 | Bahrain | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 134 | 2022 |
| 11 | Israel | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 132 | 2021 |
| 12 | Syrian Arab Republic | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 124 | 2022 |
| 13 | Uzbekistan | Europe & Central Asia | 123 | 2022 |
| 14 | Sudan | Sub-Saharan Africa | 119 | 2022 |
| 15 | Oman | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 117 | 2022 |
| 16 | Pakistan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 110 | 2022 |
| 17 | Jordan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 105 | 2022 |
| 18 | Tunisia | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 98.1 | 2022 |
| 19 | Sri Lanka | South Asia | 90.8 | 2022 |
| 20 | Barbados | Latin America & Caribbean | 87.5 | 2022 |
| 21 | Korea, Rep. | East Asia & Pacific | 85.2 | 2022 |
| 22 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 81.3 | 2022 |
| 23 | Eswatini | Sub-Saharan Africa | 77.6 | 2022 |
| 24 | Malta | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 72.6 | 2022 |
| 25 | Tajikistan | Europe & Central Asia | 69.9 | 2022 |
| 26 | South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | 67.6 | 2022 |
| 27 | India | South Asia | 66.5 | 2022 |
| 28 | Armenia | Europe & Central Asia | 62.0 | 2022 |
| 29 | Cabo Verde | Sub-Saharan Africa | 59.7 | 2022 |
| 30 | Iraq | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 59.6 | 2022 |
| 31 | Lebanon | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 58.8 | 2022 |
| 32 | Azerbaijan | Europe & Central Asia | 57.5 | 2022 |
| 33 | Afghanistan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 54.8 | 2022 |
| 34 | Belgium | Europe & Central Asia | 52.8 | 2022 |
| 35 | North Macedonia | Europe & Central Asia | 52.6 | 2022 |
| 36 | St. Kitts and Nevis | Latin America & Caribbean | 50.8 | 2022 |
| 37 | Morocco | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 50.8 | 2022 |
| 38 | Kyrgyz Republic | Europe & Central Asia | 50.0 | 2022 |
| 39 | Turkiye | Europe & Central Asia | 47.9 | 2022 |
| 40 | West Bank and Gaza | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 47.8 | 2021 |
| 41 | Zimbabwe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 46.1 | 2022 |
| 42 | Mexico | Latin America & Caribbean | 44.9 | 2022 |
| 43 | Spain | Europe & Central Asia | 43.3 | 2022 |
| 44 | China | East Asia & Pacific | 41.5 | 2022 |
| 45 | Bulgaria | Europe & Central Asia | 40.2 | 2022 |
| 46 | Dominican Republic | Latin America & Caribbean | 39.6 | 2022 |
| 47 | Japan | East Asia & Pacific | 36.6 | 2022 |
| 48 | Germany | Europe & Central Asia | 35.4 | 2022 |
| 49 | Kazakhstan | Europe & Central Asia | 34.6 | 2022 |
| 50 | Singapore | East Asia & Pacific | 33.3 | 2022 |
| 51 | Kenya | Sub-Saharan Africa | 33.2 | 2022 |
| 52 | Poland | Europe & Central Asia | 32.5 | 2022 |
| 53 | Ethiopia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 32.3 | 2022 |
| 54 | Cyprus | Europe & Central Asia | 30.5 | 2022 |
| 55 | Italy | Europe & Central Asia | 29.8 | 2022 |
| 56 | Indonesia | East Asia & Pacific | 29.7 | 2022 |
| 57 | Timor-Leste | East Asia & Pacific | 28.3 | 2022 |
| 58 | United States | North America | 28.2 | 2022 |
| 59 | Philippines | East Asia & Pacific | 27.8 | 2022 |
| 60 | Denmark | Europe & Central Asia | 25.3 | 2022 |
| 61 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | Sub-Saharan Africa | 24.5 | 2022 |
| 62 | Cuba | Latin America & Caribbean | 23.9 | 2022 |
| 63 | Thailand | East Asia & Pacific | 23.0 | 2022 |
| 64 | Mauritius | Sub-Saharan Africa | 23.0 | 2022 |
| 65 | Czechia | Europe & Central Asia | 22.0 | 2022 |
| 66 | France | Europe & Central Asia | 21.4 | 2022 |
| 67 | Trinidad and Tobago | Latin America & Caribbean | 20.3 | 2022 |
| 68 | Greece | Europe & Central Asia | 20.3 | 2022 |
| 69 | Rwanda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 20.2 | 2022 |
| 70 | Puerto Rico (US) | Latin America & Caribbean | 19.5 | 2022 |
| 71 | Viet Nam | East Asia & Pacific | 18.1 | 2022 |
| 72 | Malawi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 17.5 | 2022 |
| 73 | Netherlands | Europe & Central Asia | 16.7 | 2022 |
| 74 | Senegal | Sub-Saharan Africa | 16.3 | 2022 |
| 75 | Maldives | South Asia | 15.7 | 2022 |
| 76 | United Kingdom | Europe & Central Asia | 14.4 | 2022 |
| 77 | St. Lucia | Latin America & Caribbean | 14.3 | 2022 |
| 78 | Haiti | Latin America & Caribbean | 13.4 | 2022 |
| 79 | Mauritania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 13.2 | 2022 |
| 80 | Estonia | Europe & Central Asia | 13.0 | 2022 |
| 81 | Tanzania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 13.0 | 2022 |
| 82 | Moldova | Europe & Central Asia | 12.6 | 2022 |
| 83 | Jamaica | Latin America & Caribbean | 12.4 | 2022 |
| 84 | Portugal | Europe & Central Asia | 12.3 | 2022 |
| 85 | El Salvador | Latin America & Caribbean | 12.1 | 2022 |
| 86 | Uruguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 12.1 | 2022 |
| 87 | Madagascar | Sub-Saharan Africa | 11.3 | 2022 |
| 88 | Niger | Sub-Saharan Africa | 11.0 | 2022 |
| 89 | Argentina | Latin America & Caribbean | 10.5 | 2022 |
| 90 | Burundi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 10.2 | 2022 |
| 91 | Dominica | Latin America & Caribbean | 10.0 | 2022 |
| 92 | Nigeria | Sub-Saharan Africa | 9.7 | 2022 |
| 93 | Chile | Latin America & Caribbean | 9.0 | 2022 |
| 94 | Austria | Europe & Central Asia | 8.7 | 2022 |
| 95 | Antigua and Barbuda | Latin America & Caribbean | 8.5 | 2022 |
| 96 | Nepal | South Asia | 8.3 | 2022 |
| 97 | Hungary | Europe & Central Asia | 8.1 | 2022 |
| 98 | Ireland | Europe & Central Asia | 8.1 | 2022 |
| 99 | New Zealand | East Asia & Pacific | 8.0 | 2022 |
| 100 | Mali | Sub-Saharan Africa | 8.0 | 2022 |
| 101 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | Latin America & Caribbean | 7.9 | 2022 |
| 102 | Burkina Faso | Sub-Saharan Africa | 7.8 | 2022 |
| 103 | Romania | Europe & Central Asia | 7.6 | 2022 |
| 104 | Venezuela, RB | Latin America & Caribbean | 7.5 | 2022 |
| 105 | Finland | Europe & Central Asia | 7.1 | 2022 |
| 106 | Grenada | Latin America & Caribbean | 7.1 | 2022 |
| 107 | Ecuador | Latin America & Caribbean | 6.8 | 2022 |
| 108 | Switzerland | Europe & Central Asia | 6.5 | 2022 |
| 109 | Djibouti | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 6.3 | 2022 |
| 110 | Ghana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 6.3 | 2022 |
| 111 | Ukraine | Europe & Central Asia | 6.3 | 2022 |
| 112 | Costa Rica | Latin America & Caribbean | 5.9 | 2022 |
| 113 | Uganda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 5.8 | 2022 |
| 114 | Myanmar | East Asia & Pacific | 5.8 | 2022 |
| 115 | Guatemala | Latin America & Caribbean | 5.7 | 2022 |
| 116 | Serbia | Europe & Central Asia | 5.7 | 2022 |
| 117 | Bangladesh | South Asia | 5.7 | 2022 |
| 118 | Slovenia | Europe & Central Asia | 5.6 | 2022 |
| 119 | Cote d'Ivoire | Sub-Saharan Africa | 5.1 | 2022 |
| 120 | Peru | Latin America & Caribbean | 4.8 | 2022 |
| 121 | Lao PDR | East Asia & Pacific | 4.8 | 2022 |
| 122 | Albania | Europe & Central Asia | 4.8 | 2022 |
| 123 | Australia | East Asia & Pacific | 4.7 | 2022 |
| 124 | Belarus | Europe & Central Asia | 4.7 | 2022 |
| 125 | Honduras | Latin America & Caribbean | 4.6 | 2022 |
| 126 | Chad | Sub-Saharan Africa | 4.3 | 2022 |
| 127 | Georgia | Europe & Central Asia | 4.2 | 2022 |
| 128 | Russian Federation | Europe & Central Asia | 4.1 | 2022 |
| 129 | Luxembourg | Europe & Central Asia | 4.0 | 2022 |
| 130 | Suriname | Latin America & Caribbean | 4.0 | 2022 |
| 131 | Canada | North America | 3.7 | 2022 |
| 132 | Colombia | Latin America & Caribbean | 3.6 | 2022 |
| 133 | Sweden | Europe & Central Asia | 3.6 | 2022 |
| 134 | Brunei Darussalam | East Asia & Pacific | 3.5 | 2022 |
| 135 | Malaysia | East Asia & Pacific | 3.4 | 2022 |
| 136 | Mongolia | East Asia & Pacific | 3.4 | 2022 |
| 137 | Togo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 3.4 | 2022 |
| 138 | Guyana | Latin America & Caribbean | 3.3 | 2022 |
| 139 | Zambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.8 | 2022 |
| 140 | Lesotho | Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.6 | 2022 |
| 141 | Slovak Republic | Europe & Central Asia | 2.4 | 2022 |
| 142 | Botswana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.2 | 2022 |
| 143 | Nicaragua | Latin America & Caribbean | 2.2 | 2022 |
| 144 | Gambia, The | Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.2 | 2022 |
| 145 | Lithuania | Europe & Central Asia | 2.2 | 2022 |
| 146 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe & Central Asia | 2.1 | 2022 |
| 147 | Norway | Europe & Central Asia | 2.0 | 2022 |
| 148 | Sao Tome and Principe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.9 | 2022 |
| 149 | Angola | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.9 | 2022 |
| 150 | Paraguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 1.8 | 2022 |
| 151 | Mozambique | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.8 | 2022 |
| 152 | Cameroon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.6 | 2022 |
| 153 | Croatia | Europe & Central Asia | 1.5 | 2022 |
| 154 | Brazil | Latin America & Caribbean | 1.5 | 2022 |
| 155 | Guinea-Bissau | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.5 | 2022 |
| 156 | Bhutan | South Asia | 1.4 | 2022 |
| 157 | Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.4 | 2022 |
| 158 | Belize | Latin America & Caribbean | 1.3 | 2022 |
| 159 | Cambodia | East Asia & Pacific | 1.0 | 2022 |
| 160 | Latvia | Europe & Central Asia | 1.0 | 2022 |
| 161 | Benin | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.0 | 2022 |
| 162 | Panama | Latin America & Caribbean | 0.9 | 2022 |
| 163 | Comoros | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.8 | 2022 |
| 164 | Gabon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.5 | 2022 |
| 165 | Sierra Leone | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.5 | 2022 |
| 166 | Iceland | Europe & Central Asia | 0.4 | 2022 |
| 167 | Central African Republic | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.3 | 2022 |
| 168 | Namibia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.3 | 2022 |
| 169 | Fiji | East Asia & Pacific | 0.3 | 2022 |
| 170 | Liberia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.3 | 2022 |
| 171 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.2 | 2022 |
| 172 | Bolivia | Latin America & Caribbean | 0.2 | 2022 |
| 173 | Equatorial Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.2 | 2022 |
| 174 | Papua New Guinea | East Asia & Pacific | 0.1 | 2022 |
| 175 | Congo, Rep. | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.0 | 2022 |