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Water stress by country

Annual freshwater withdrawals (% of internal resources) · % of internal resources · 175 countries ranked · 2022

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Rank 1 = best (lower is better for this indicator).25 of 175
  1. 1Republic of the CongoWorld rank 1st of 175
    unchanged +0.0 pts
  2. 2Papua New GuineaWorld rank 2nd of 175
    unchanged +0.0 pts
  3. 3Central African RepublicWorld rank 3rd of 175
    unchanged +0.0 pts
  4. 4LiberiaWorld rank 4th of 175
    unchanged +0.0 pts
  5. 5DR CongoWorld rank 5th of 175
    unchanged +0.0 pts
  6. 6Equatorial GuineaWorld rank 6th of 175
    unchanged +0.0 pts
  7. 7GabonWorld rank 7th of 175
    unchanged +0.0 pts
  8. 8BoliviaWorld rank 8th of 175
    unchanged +0.0 pts
  9. 9Sierra LeoneWorld rank 9th of 175
    unchanged +0.0 pts
  10. 10IcelandWorld rank 10th of 175
    unchanged +0.0 pts
  11. 11FijiWorld rank 11th of 175
    unchanged +0.0 pts
  12. 12GuineaWorld rank 12th of 175
    unchanged +0.0 pts
  13. 13CameroonWorld rank 13th of 175
    unchanged +0.0 pts
  14. 14BhutanWorld rank 14th of 175
    unchanged +0.0 pts
  15. 15AngolaWorld rank 15th of 175
    unchanged +0.0 pts
  16. 16GuyanaWorld rank 16th of 175
    unchanged +0.0 pts
  17. 17SurinameWorld rank 17th of 175
    unchanged +0.0 pts
  18. 18BelizeWorld rank 18th of 175
    unchanged +0.0 pts
  19. 19NorwayWorld rank 19th of 175
    up +0.0 pts
  20. 20NicaraguaWorld rank 20th of 175
    unchanged +0.0 pts
  21. 21ComorosWorld rank 21st of 175
    unchanged +0.0 pts
  22. 22LesothoWorld rank 22nd of 175
    unchanged +0.0 pts
  23. 23Bosnia and HerzegovinaWorld rank 23rd of 175
    up +0.0 pts
  24. 24PanamaWorld rank 24th of 175
    unchanged +0.0 pts
  25. 25LatviaWorld rank 25th of 175
    down −0.1 pts

On the map

Water stress, 2022. Quantile classes; hatched = no data.

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Rank over time

Position in the world ranking by year, up to 5 countries. Rank 1 is at the top.

Republic of the CongoPapua New GuineaCentral African Republic
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Rank by year for Republic of the Congo, Papua New Guinea, Central African Republic, 2000–2024.