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Water security risk index

0–10 index of water security risk combining scarcity and stress, WASH access, water quality and transboundary dependence; geometric so that good access does not offset severe scarcity.

Page GRX-IDX-WATEdition Baseline Edition 2026Evidence close 2026-09-30Indicator Standard IDX.WAT.stress.water_security_riskValues not yet publishedMethod v1.0.0-draft
FIG 1 · Method card
Aggregation

geometric

equal weights · floor 0.1 where geometric

نادڵنیایی

1,000 draws

normalisation, weights, aggregation, imputation

پێکهاتە

4 components

11 leaf indicators

چوارچێوە

75% minimum

modelled share ≤ 20%

From the Indicator Standard definition of this index.
11
leaf indicators
4
components
1,000
Monte Carlo draws
6
series read it
01Construction

From indicators to the composite

The water dimension of a place profile; each sub-index stays visible beside the index.

computation
How Water security risk is computed
Graph18 nodes
گراف
01نیشاندەرەکان
02Sub-indices
03Domain index
04Pillar
05لێکدراو
100%
لیست
  1. ئاستی فشاری ئاو
    Indicator · IND · %
    Total freshwater withdrawn by all sectors as a percentage of total renewable freshwater resources after subtracting environmental flow requirements.
  2. کۆی سەرچاوە نوێبووەکانی ئاوی شیرین بۆ هەر تاکێک
    Indicator · IND · m3/a/person
    Long-term average internal and external renewable surface and groundwater resources per resident, in cubic metres per year.
  3. کەمبوونەوەی کۆگای ئاوی ژێرزەوی
    Indicator · IND · mm/a
    Trend in terrestrial groundwater storage over at least 15 years, in millimetres of equivalent water height per year (positive = decline), from satellite gravimetry with modelled soil-moisture and surface-water storage removed.
  4. کارایی بەکارهێنانی ئاو
    Indicator · IND · USD/m3
    Gross value added of agriculture, industry and services per cubic metre of water withdrawn by those sectors, at constant 2015 US dollars, weighted by each sector’s share of withdrawals; its change over time is the SDG target measure.
  5. دانیشتوانی بەکارهێنەری ئاوی خواردنەوەی بە سەلامەتی بەڕێوەبراو
    Indicator · IND · %
    Share of the population using an improved drinking-water source located on premises, available when needed and free from faecal and priority chemical contamination.
  6. دانیشتوانی بەکارهێنەری خاوێنکاریی بە سەلامەتی بەڕێوەبراو
    Indicator · IND · %
    Share of the population using an improved sanitation facility not shared with other households, whose excreta are safely disposed of in situ or treated off site.
  7. دانیشتوانی خاوەن کەرەستەی بنەڕەتیی دەستشوشتن
    Indicator · IND · %
    Share of the population with a hand-washing facility with soap and water available at home.
  8. ئاوگە بە کوالیتیی باشی ئاوی دەوروبەر
    Indicator · IND · %
    Share of monitored river, lake and groundwater bodies whose measured oxygen, salinity, nitrogen, phosphorus and acidity meet national good-quality targets.
  9. ئاوە پیسە بە سەلامەتی چارەسەرکراوەکان
    Indicator · IND · %
    Share of domestic and industrial wastewater flows that are treated to a level meeting national or local standards before discharge.
  10. ڕێژەی پشتبەستن بە ئاوی نوێبووی دەرەکی
    Indicator · IND · %
    Share of total renewable water resources that originates outside the country, as inflow from upstream countries or shared aquifers.
  11. ڕووبەری حەوزی سنووربڕ بە هاوکاریی کارا
    Indicator · IND · %
    Share of the country’s transboundary river, lake and aquifer basin area covered by an arrangement for water cooperation that is operational.
  12. Water scarcity and stress sub-index
    Sub-index · SUB · w 2 · 40.0%
    Composite of the level of water stress, renewable water per capita, groundwater storage decline and water-use efficiency.
  13. Drinking water, sanitation and hygiene access sub-index
    Sub-index · SUB · w 1 · 20.0%
    Composite of safely managed drinking water, safely managed sanitation and basic hand-washing coverage.
  14. Water quality sub-index
    Sub-index · SUB · w 1 · 20.0%
    Composite of the share of water bodies with good ambient quality and the share of wastewater safely treated.
  15. Transboundary water dependence sub-index
    Sub-index · SUB · w 1 · 20.0%
    Composite of the external water dependency ratio and the share of transboundary basin area under operational cooperation.
  16. Water security risk index
    Domain index · IDX · geometric
    0–10 index of water security risk combining scarcity and stress, WASH access, water quality and transboundary dependence; geometric so that good access does not offset severe scarcity.
  17. Human and systems vulnerability
    Pillar · PILLAR · 8 indices
    How susceptible are people, livelihoods, ecosystems and essential systems to harm when a shock arrives?
  18. NXS-GRX (canonical data, provenance and risk) Composite Risk
    Composite · COMPOSITE · four pillars
    Composite = (HTE × VUL × MSF × LCC)^(1/4), each pillar on 0–10 floored at 0.1; pillar = expert-weighted geometric mean of its domain indices
Not runلە ئەنجامداندایەتەواو بوو
FIG 2. 11 indicators, 4 components, real Indicator Standard weights (the bar under each node is its share). Select a node to trace what it feeds and what feeds it; Simulate run plays the computation in order. Schematic of the construction; source: Indicator Standard composite definitions.
02Simulator

Run this index’s own aggregation

Set each component, change the aggregation or the weight uncertainty, and watch the interval, the class probability and each component’s contribution respond.

FIG 3 · Simulator: aggregate water security risk on your numbers
Components (0 to 10)
3.0
5.0
7.0
4.0
25
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runs in your browser
Contribution of each component (leave one out)
Simulator: the index’s published aggregation run on numbers you set, with 1,000 draws over weights and aggregation. The slider positions are starting points for the explainer, not NXS-GRX values. Simulated on your own inputs; not a measured result.
03ڕێباز

Treatment, normalisation, weighting, aggregation, uncertainty

Treatment
WINSORISE
Outlier rule
|skew| > 2, kurtosis > 3.5
Normalisation
min–max rescaling
Imputation
NONE
Coverage minimum
75% of components
Modelled share cap
20% of weight
Weighting
equal
Aggregation
geometric
Scale
0 to 10
نادڵنیایی
1,000 Monte Carlo runs over normalisation, weights, aggregation, imputation
Framework basis
SDG 6; UN-Water framing of water security; OECD/JRC Handbook (2008)
Very low0.0 to < 2.0
Low2.0 to < 3.5
Medium3.5 to < 5.0
High5.0 to < 6.5
زۆر بەرز6.5 تا 10.0
04Components

4 components, 11 indicators

Water scarcity and stress sub-index w 2

Composite of the level of water stress, renewable water per capita, groundwater storage decline and water-use efficiency.

نیشاندەریەکەبەڵگەسەرچاوەکانڕێژە
ئاستی فشاری ئاوIND.WAT.stress.water_stress%Class Bfao-aquastat, un-sdg-database, wb-wdi44.4%
کۆی سەرچاوە نوێبووەکانی ئاوی شیرین بۆ هەر تاکێکIND.WAT.stress.renewable_water.pcm3/a/{person}Class Bfao-aquastat, wb-wdi22.2%
کەمبوونەوەی کۆگای ئاوی ژێرزەویIND.WAT.stress.groundwater_depletionmm/aClass Cnasa-grace-fo, igrac-ggis, national-groundwater-monitoring22.2%
کارایی بەکارهێنانی ئاوIND.WAT.stress.water_use_efficiency[USD]/m3Class Bfao-aquastat, un-sdg-database, wb-wdi11.1%

Drinking water, sanitation and hygiene access sub-index w 1

Composite of safely managed drinking water, safely managed sanitation and basic hand-washing coverage.

نیشاندەریەکەبەڵگەسەرچاوەکانڕێژە
دانیشتوانی بەکارهێنەری ئاوی خواردنەوەی بە سەلامەتی بەڕێوەبراوIND.WAT.access.safely_managed_drinking_water.share%Class Bwho-unicef-jmp, wb-wdi33.3%
دانیشتوانی بەکارهێنەری خاوێنکاریی بە سەلامەتی بەڕێوەبراوIND.WAT.access.safely_managed_sanitation.share%Class Bwho-unicef-jmp, wb-wdi33.3%
دانیشتوانی خاوەن کەرەستەی بنەڕەتیی دەستشوشتنIND.WAT.access.basic_handwashing.share%Class Bwho-unicef-jmp, wb-wdi33.3%

Water quality sub-index w 1

Composite of the share of water bodies with good ambient quality and the share of wastewater safely treated.

نیشاندەریەکەبەڵگەسەرچاوەکانڕێژە
ئاوگە بە کوالیتیی باشی ئاوی دەوروبەرIND.WAT.quality.good_ambient_water_quality.share%Class Bunep-gems-water, un-sdg-database50.0%
ئاوە پیسە بە سەلامەتی چارەسەرکراوەکانIND.WAT.quality.wastewater_safely_treated.share%Class Bwho-un-habitat-wastewater, un-sdg-database50.0%

Transboundary water dependence sub-index w 1

Composite of the external water dependency ratio and the share of transboundary basin area under operational cooperation.

نیشاندەریەکەبەڵگەسەرچاوەکانڕێژە
ڕێژەی پشتبەستن بە ئاوی نوێبووی دەرەکیIND.WAT.dependence.external_water_dependency%Class Bfao-aquastat66.7%
ڕووبەری حەوزی سنووربڕ بە هاوکاریی کاراIND.WAT.dependence.transboundary_cooperation.share%Class Bunece-unesco-sdg652, un-sdg-database33.3%
05بوار

ئاو

Water availability, stress, access, quality and transboundary dependence.

Sub-domainنیشاندەرەکان
Water stress5
Drinking water and sanitation4
Water quality2
Transboundary dependence2

Anchor frameworks (pillar structure and definitions only): SDG 6; FAO AQUASTAT.

06نیشاندەرەکان

All 13 water indicators

FIG 4 · Indicators in scope, by domain and sub-domain
WAT · 13
Area is the number of indicator definitions; colour is the pillar the domain feeds (Macroeconomy and Space feed through their indices). Select a block to filter the table. Source: Indicator Standard Nexus Indicator Standard register.
نیشاندەربوارSub-domainComponentیەکەئاستەکانCrosswalks
ئاستی فشاری ئاوIND.WAT.stress.water_stressWATWater stresshazard%COUNTRY, ADM1SDG 6.4.2 WB_WDI ER.H2O.FWST.ZS
نمرەی بنەڕەتیی فشاری ئاو (ژێرحەوز)IND.WAT.stress.baseline_water_stressWATWater stresshazard{score}COUNTRY, ADM1, CITY, GRID, SITE, PORTFOLIO
کۆی سەرچاوە نوێبووەکانی ئاوی شیرین بۆ هەر تاکێکIND.WAT.stress.renewable_water.pcWATWater stresshazardm3/a/{person}COUNTRYWB_WDI ER.H2O.INTR.PC
کەمبوونەوەی کۆگای ئاوی ژێرزەویIND.WAT.stress.groundwater_depletionWATWater stresshazardmm/aCOUNTRY, ADM1, GRID
کارایی بەکارهێنانی ئاوIND.WAT.stress.water_use_efficiencyWATWater stressadaptive capacity[USD]/m3COUNTRYSDG 6.4.1 WB_WDI ER.GDP.FWTL.M3.KD
دانیشتوانی بەکارهێنەری ئاوی خواردنەوەی بە سەلامەتی بەڕێوەبراوIND.WAT.access.safely_managed_drinking_water.shareWATDrinking water and sanitationvulnerability%COUNTRY, ADM1, CITYSDG 6.1.1 WB_WDI SH.H2O.SMDW.ZS EPI UWD
دانیشتوانی بەکارهێنەری لانیکەم ئاوی خواردنەوەی بنەڕەتیIND.WAT.access.basic_drinking_water.shareWATDrinking water and sanitationvulnerability%COUNTRY, ADM1WB_WDI SH.H2O.BASW.ZS
دانیشتوانی بەکارهێنەری خاوێنکاریی بە سەلامەتی بەڕێوەبراوIND.WAT.access.safely_managed_sanitation.shareWATDrinking water and sanitationvulnerability%COUNTRY, ADM1, CITYWB_WDI SH.STA.SMSS.ZS SDG 6.2.1 EPI USD
دانیشتوانی خاوەن کەرەستەی بنەڕەتیی دەستشوشتنIND.WAT.access.basic_handwashing.shareWATDrinking water and sanitationvulnerability%COUNTRY, ADM1WB_WDI SH.STA.HYGN.ZS SDG 6.2.1
ئاوگە بە کوالیتیی باشی ئاوی دەوروبەرIND.WAT.quality.good_ambient_water_quality.shareWATWater qualityvulnerability%COUNTRY, ADM1SDG 6.3.2
ئاوە پیسە بە سەلامەتی چارەسەرکراوەکانIND.WAT.quality.wastewater_safely_treated.shareWATWater qualitycoping capacity%COUNTRY, CITYSDG 6.3.1 EPI WWT
ڕێژەی پشتبەستن بە ئاوی نوێبووی دەرەکیIND.WAT.dependence.external_water_dependencyWATTransboundary dependenceexposure%COUNTRY
ڕووبەری حەوزی سنووربڕ بە هاوکاریی کاراIND.WAT.dependence.transboundary_cooperation.shareWATTransboundary dependencecoping capacity%COUNTRYSDG 6.5.2
07Quote

Water security risk index, world

The world reading of this index, every country as a tile and the largest movements since the previous edition.

NXS-GRX · WAT · 195 profiles · 0–10 scale
Water security risk index, world
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Values publish with the edition; the interval, class and change appear here.
Previous edition
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Range since 2016
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Coupled composite
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Coupling score S
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Pulse, latest week
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Outlook, 12 months
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ڕێباز
Indicator Standard 1.0 · NXS-GRX 2026
Draws
1,000
Water security risk index, world, by edition

No released values yet. The first edition draws the history here with its interval band and class bounds.

The line is the point value by edition; the band is the 90% interval; dashed lines are the class bounds at 2, 3.5, 5 and 6.5.
No movements yet. Changes since the previous edition are listed here from the second edition on, with the indicators that drove them.
08بەهاکان

Country values

FIG 5 · Water security risk index: countries (values when released)
نەخشەکە باردەکرێت
ئەندۆرائەنتیگوا و باربودابەحرەینباربادۆسدوورگەکانی قەمەرکەیپ ڤێرددۆمینیکامایکرۆنیزیا (دەوڵەتە فیدراڵەکانی)گریناداکیریباتیسەینت کیتس و نێڤیسسەینت لووسیالیختنشتاینمۆناکۆمالدیڤدوورگەکانی مارشاڵماڵتامۆریشیۆسنائورووپالاوسەنگاپوورسان مارینۆسائۆ تۆمێ و پرینسیپیسیشێلتۆنگاتووڤالووڤاتیکانسەینت ڤینسێنت و گرینادینزساموا
Equal Earth · Natural Earth 1:110mValues when released
Until the first edition is released the map shows UN M49 regions or the Nexus Reports edition; it then shows this index’s classes with each country’s interval on hover. Countries are listed by name, never ordered by value.
Tiles
/api/v1/public/grix/risk-products/tiles/wat/{z}/{x}/{y}.mvt
ڕێنمای چاودێری
nis:IDX.WAT.stress.water_security_risk:{ISO3}:{YEAR}:A
10Validity

Crosswalks and validity checks

Crosswalks map leaf indicators to source code lists; established indices are used for validity checks, never re-weighted as inputs.

Code systemLeaf indicators mapped
SDG8
WB_WDI6
EPI3
11Across the Nexus

Platforms, standards and ways to take part

Field and service platforms of GCRI, GRF and GRA, the Nexus Risk Standards for this domain, learning, working groups and open calls. Every link is a live page.

12ئاماژەپێدان

ئاماژەپێدان و بەکارهێنانەوە

GCRI Canada (2026). The Global Risks Index (NXS-GRX): Water security risk index (GRX-IDX-WAT), Baseline Edition 2026. Preparatory working draft. https://risksindex.com/indices/water-security-risk/ UNI NXS-GRX-AR-000131.

See this index in every country profile

Each profile shows this index with its interval and class once released.