Level of water stress in Tunisia

Freshwater withdrawals in Tunisia were equal to 98.1% of available resources in 2022.

Measure: Level of water stress Unit: % of available freshwater resources Data: 1975 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Tunisia, 2022 98.1% % of available freshwater resources
Change from 2021 0percentage points 2021: 98.1%
Position in 2022 17th of 176 See the full ranking

Level of water stress in Tunisia 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 Tunisia
2022 98.1%
2021 98.1%
2020 98.1%
2019 96.3%
2018 96.0%
2017 89.5%
2016 94.6%
2015 92.0%
2014 89.4%
2013 86.9%
2012 84.3%
2011 81.7%
2010 79.1%
2009 76.6%
2008 74.0%
2007 73.6%
2006 73.2%
2005 72.8%
2004 72.5%
2003 72.1%
2002 71.7%
2001 71.3%
2000 66.0%
1999 67.8%
1998 69.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 84.3%, the figure has changed by +13.8 percentage points.
  • Among the 176 countries with data for 2022, Tunisia has the 17th 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 Tunisia
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