Level of water stress in Azerbaijan

Freshwater withdrawals in Azerbaijan were equal to 57.5% of available resources in 2022. The value for 2022 is the highest since 1996.

Measure: Level of water stress Unit: % of available freshwater resources Data: 1992 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Azerbaijan, 2022 57.5% % of available freshwater resources
Change from 2021 +0.3percentage points 2021: 57.3%
Position in 2022 31st of 176 See the full ranking

Level of water stress in Azerbaijan over time

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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 Azerbaijan
2022 57.5%
2021 57.3%
2020 53.9%
2019 55.6%
2018 53.7%
2017 53.5%
2016 52.5%
2015 51.6%
2014 51.2%
2013 53.0%
2012 52.9%
2011 49.9%
2010 48.4%
2009 49.2%
2008 50.9%
2007 53.4%
2006 53.6%
2005 52.1%
2004 49.3%
2003 46.4%
2002 43.8%
2001 43.8%
2000 48.5%
1999 52.9%
1998 45.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 57.3% in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 52.9%, the figure has changed by +4.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 176 countries with data for 2022, Azerbaijan has the 31st highest value.

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
1992 to 2022 for Azerbaijan
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