Level of water stress in Maldives

Freshwater withdrawals in Maldives were equal to 15.7% of available resources in 2022.

Measure: Level of water stress Unit: % of available freshwater resources Data: 1987 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Maldives, 2022 15.7% % of available freshwater resources
Change from 2021 0percentage points 2021: 15.7%
Position in 2022 74th of 176 See the full ranking

Level of water stress in Maldives 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 Maldives
2022 15.7%
2021 15.7%
2020 15.7%
2019 15.7%
2018 15.7%
2017 15.7%
2016 15.7%
2015 15.7%
2014 15.7%
2013 15.7%
2012 15.7%
2011 15.7%
2010 3.4%
2009 9.5%
2008 15.7%
2007 15.5%
2006 14.9%
2005 14.5%
2004 16.5%
2003 16.7%
2002 16.9%
2001 17.1%
2000 17.7%
1999 17.6%
1998 17.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 15.7%, the figure has changed by 0 percentage points.
  • Among the 176 countries with data for 2022, Maldives has the 74th 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
1987 to 2022 for Maldives
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