Level of water stress in Ethiopia

Freshwater withdrawals in Ethiopia were equal to 32.3% of available resources in 2022.

Measure: Level of water stress Unit: % of available freshwater resources Data: 2002 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Ethiopia, 2022 32.3% % of available freshwater resources
Change from 2021 0percentage points 2021: 32.3%
Position in 2022 51st of 176 See the full ranking

Level of water stress in Ethiopia 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), 2002 to 2022
Period Ethiopia
2022 32.3%
2021 32.3%
2020 32.3%
2019 32.3%
2018 32.3%
2017 32.3%
2016 32.3%
2015 31.5%
2014 30.8%
2013 30.0%
2012 29.3%
2011 28.5%
2010 27.8%
2009 27.0%
2008 26.3%
2007 25.5%
2006 24.8%
2005 24.0%
2004 21.7%
2003 19.3%
2002 17.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 29.3%, the figure has changed by +3.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 176 countries with data for 2022, Ethiopia has the 51st 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
2002 to 2022 for Ethiopia
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