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% of available freshwater resources. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Level of water stress (% of available freshwater resources), 1998 to 2022
Period PortugalSpain
2022 12.3% 43.3%
2021 12.3% 43.3%
2020 12.3% 43.3%
2019 12.3% 39.8%
2018 12.3% 40.1%
2017 12.4% 41.0%
2016 17.2% 42.6%
2015 17.3% 43.0%
2014 17.4% 44.8%
2013 17.6% 44.1%
2012 17.7% 49.6%
2011 17.8% 47.8%
2010 18.0% 47.7%
2009 18.1% 49.2%
2008 18.2% 47.4%
2007 18.4% 47.7%
2006 18.2% 49.4%
2005 19.1% 51.0%
2004 19.6% 50.2%
2003 20.0% 49.3%
2002 20.5% 48.4%
2001 21.0% 48.8%
2000 21.4% 49.2%
1999 21.9% 48.5%
1998 22.4% 47.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, AQUASTAT
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
ER.H2O.FWST.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1962 to 2022
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, AQUASTAT