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Countries: Water Stress, Drought & Drinking Water Profiles
Explore country-level water risk through structured public data.
Compare water stress, drinking water access, drought pressure, agricultural demand, and groundwater dependence across different national contexts.
Featured Country Profiles
Start with key countries that highlight structural scarcity, agricultural pressure, drought variability, infrastructure strain, and regional contrast.
India
High agricultural demand, groundwater dependence, and climate variability make India one of the world’s most consequential water-risk cases.
Extremely high stress · Agriculture-led demand · Groundwater pressure
South Asia
Egypt
A structurally water-constrained country shaped by very high stress, heavy agricultural demand, and limited renewable supply.
Extremely high stress · Agriculture pressure · Structural scarcity
North Africa
Mexico
Urban growth, irrigation, industry, and uneven regional water availability make Mexico an important water-risk case.
Regional contrasts · Irrigation pressure · Urban demand
North America / Latin America
Saudi Arabia
An extremely water-stressed country where scarcity, concentrated demand, and non-conventional supply shape long-term resilience.
Extremely high stress · Arid system · Strategic supply dependence
Arabian Peninsula
United Arab Emirates
A highly water-stressed Gulf state where severe natural scarcity and demand management are central to long-term water security.
Extremely high stress · Gulf water risk · Structural scarcity
Gulf
South Africa
Water insecurity in South Africa is shaped by structural stress, drought variability, infrastructure strain, and uneven service outcomes.
Structural stress · Drought variability · Infrastructure pressure
Southern Africa
Gulf & Arabian Peninsula
Structural high-stress systems shaped by aridity, chronic scarcity, and tightly managed freshwater supply.
Bahrain
A small Gulf state facing severe structural water scarcity and long-term dependence on carefully managed supply systems.
Extremely high stress · Structural scarcity · Gulf system pressure
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Kuwait
An arid, highly water-stressed country where natural scarcity and concentrated demand create a tightly constrained water system.
Extremely high stress · Arid system · Demand concentration
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Qatar
A Gulf country with very high structural scarcity, limited natural freshwater availability, and intense long-term water pressure.
Extremely high stress · Structural scarcity · High demand pressure
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Oman
A water-stressed Arabian Peninsula country shaped by aridity, local supply constraints, and long-term pressure on freshwater systems.
Extremely high stress · Arid conditions · Supply constraints
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Saudi Arabia
An extremely water-stressed country where scarcity, concentrated demand, and non-conventional supply shape long-term resilience.
Extremely high stress · Arid system · Strategic supply dependence
United Arab Emirates
A highly water-stressed Gulf state where severe natural scarcity and demand management are central to long-term water security.
Extremely high stress · Gulf water risk · Structural scarcity
Yemen
A severe water-stress case where scarcity, weak infrastructure, and long-term instability reinforce water insecurity.
Structural scarcity · Infrastructure strain · Chronic water insecurity
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Near East & Eastern Mediterranean
Regional pressure and governance-sensitive systems shaped by basin stress, demand concentration, agriculture, and system fragility.
Iran
A large and complex water-risk case shaped by basin-level stress, groundwater pressure, agriculture, and long-term overuse.
Basin pressure · Groundwater stress · Agriculture demand
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Iraq
A country where water risk is shaped by river-basin dependence, supply pressure, infrastructure constraints, and regional instability.
Basin dependence · Infrastructure strain · System pressure
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Jordan
One of the region’s most water-constrained systems, defined by chronic scarcity, demand pressure, and limited natural supply.
Severe scarcity · Demand pressure · Limited renewable supply
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Israel
A highly managed water system where scarcity, demand concentration, and long-term adaptation shape national water resilience.
Structural scarcity · Managed system · Demand concentration
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Lebanon
A high-stress Eastern Mediterranean case where infrastructure strain, uneven service quality, and system fragility matter as much as resource pressure.
Infrastructure strain · Service-access contrast · System fragility
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Turkey
A major agriculture and growth economy where irrigation demand, basin-level variation, and long-term water management increasingly intersect.
Irrigation demand · Basin variability · Growth pressure
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Cyprus
A Mediterranean water-stress case shaped by drought variability, limited renewable supply, and long-term resource constraints.
Extremely high stress · Drought variability · Supply limits
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North Africa
Water-stressed systems shaped by aridity, agriculture, supply constraints, and climate-sensitive variability.
Egypt
A structurally water-constrained country shaped by very high stress, heavy agricultural demand, and limited renewable supply.
Extremely high stress · Agriculture pressure · Structural scarcity
Libya
A highly water-stressed North African case defined by aridity, limited renewable resources, and strong structural supply pressure.
Extremely high stress · Arid conditions · Structural supply pressure
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Morocco
A country where drought variability, agricultural demand, and supply pressure increasingly shape water security.
Drought variability · Agriculture demand · Water security pressure
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Tunisia
A water-stressed North African system shaped by limited supply, strong demand pressure, and climate-sensitive variability.
High stress · Supply constraints · Climate variability
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South Asia, Southern Europe & Africa Contrasts
Scale, growth, drought, irrigation, and uneven infrastructure show that water risk is not only a Gulf or MENA story.
India
High agricultural demand, groundwater dependence, and climate variability make India one of the world’s most consequential water-risk cases.
Extremely high stress · Agriculture-led demand · Groundwater pressure
Pakistan
A large South Asian water-risk case shaped by irrigation dependence, groundwater pressure, and vulnerability to both scarcity and variability.
Irrigation dependence · Groundwater pressure · Climate variability
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Mexico
Urban growth, irrigation, industry, and uneven regional water availability make Mexico an important water-risk case.
Regional contrasts · Irrigation pressure · Urban demand
Spain
Spain’s water risk is driven by irrigation demand, drought variability, tourism pressure, and strong regional contrasts.
Irrigation-led demand · Drought variability · Regional contrast
Greece
A Southern European water-risk case shaped by drought sensitivity, seasonal demand, and strong geographic variation.
Drought sensitivity · Seasonal demand · Regional variation
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South Africa
Water insecurity in South Africa is shaped by structural stress, drought variability, infrastructure strain, and uneven service outcomes.
Structural stress · Drought variability · Infrastructure pressure
Namibia
A highly water-constrained Southern African country where aridity, low supply reliability, and structural scarcity shape long-term risk.
Structural scarcity · Arid conditions · Low supply reliability
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About These Profiles
These country pages bring together public-source indicators and plain-language interpretation in one place. They focus on how water stress, service access, drought pressure, agricultural demand, and infrastructure interact at country level.
Indicators may come from different years and sources, so they should be read together as a structured reference view rather than as a single harmonized dataset.