Level of water stress in Jordan

Freshwater withdrawals in Jordan were equal to 105.2% of available resources in 2022.

Measure: Level of water stress Unit: % of available freshwater resources Data: 1975 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Jordan, 2022 105.2% % of available freshwater resources
Change from 2021 +2.7percentage points 2021: 102.5%
Position in 2022 16th of 176 See the full ranking

Level of water stress in Jordan 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 Jordan
2022 105.2%
2021 102.5%
2020 106.0%
2019 104.3%
2018 102.2%
2017 100.4%
2016 100.1%
2015 96.2%
2014 107.4%
2013 99.8%
2012 94.0%
2011 88.2%
2010 98.9%
2009 95.6%
2008 102.8%
2007 103.2%
2006 101.6%
2005 95.9%
2004 88.9%
2003 82.3%
2002 81.8%
2001 77.3%
2000 82.6%
1999 85.8%
1998 89.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.7 percentage points from 102.5% in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 94.0%, the figure has changed by +11.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 176 countries with data for 2022, Jordan has the 16th 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
1975 to 2022 for Jordan
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