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Índice de riesgo de seguridad hídrica

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

Incertidumbre

1,000 draws

normalisation, weights, aggregation, imputation

Estructura

4 components

11 leaf indicators

Cobertura

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
Grafo
01Indicadores
02Sub-indices
03Domain index
04Pilar
05Compuesto
100%
Índice
  1. Nivel de estrés hídrico
    Indicator · IND · %
    Total freshwater withdrawn by all sectors as a percentage of total renewable freshwater resources after subtracting environmental flow requirements.
  2. Recursos totales de agua dulce renovable per cápita
    Indicator · IND · m3/a/person
    Long-term average internal and external renewable surface and groundwater resources per resident, in cubic metres per year.
  3. Disminución del almacenamiento de aguas subterráneas
    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. Eficiencia en el uso del agua
    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    Gross value added of agriculture, industry and services per cubic metre of water withdrawn by those sectors, at constant 2015 US dollars, weighted by each sector’s share of withdrawals; its change over time is the SDG target measure.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. Población que utiliza agua potable gestionada de forma segura
    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. Población que utiliza saneamiento gestionado de forma segura
    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. Población con instalaciones básicas para el lavado de manos
    Indicator · IND · %
    Share of the population with a hand-washing facility with soap and water available at home.
  8. Masas de agua con buena calidad ambiental
    Indicator · IND · %
    Share of monitored river, lake and groundwater bodies whose measured oxygen, salinity, nitrogen, phosphorus and acidity meet national good-quality targets.
  9. Aguas residuales tratadas de forma segura
    Indicator · IND · %
    Share of domestic and industrial wastewater flows that are treated to a level meeting national or local standards before discharge.
  10. Tasa de dependencia del agua renovable externa
    Indicator · IND · %
    Share of total renewable water resources that originates outside the country, as inflow from upstream countries or shared aquifers.
  11. Superficie de cuencas transfronterizas con cooperación operativa
    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. Índice de riesgo de seguridad hídrica
    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. Vulnerabilidad humana y de los sistemas
    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
Sin ejecutarEn cursoCompletado
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)
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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.
03Método

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
Incertidumbre
1,000 Monte Carlo runs over normalisation, weights, aggregation, imputation
Framework basis
SDG 6; UN-Water framing of water security; OECD/JRC Handbook (2008)
Muy bajo0,0 a < 2,0
Bajo2,0 a < 3,5
Medio3,5 a < 5,0
Alto5,0 a < 6,5
Muy alto6.5 a 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.

IndicadorUnidadEvidenciaFuentesProporción
Nivel de estrés hídricoIND.WAT.stress.water_stress%Class Bfao-aquastat, un-sdg-database, wb-wdi44.4%
Recursos totales de agua dulce renovable per cápitaIND.WAT.stress.renewable_water.pcm3/a/{person}Class Bfao-aquastat, wb-wdi22.2%
Disminución del almacenamiento de aguas subterráneasIND.WAT.stress.groundwater_depletionmm/aClass Cnasa-grace-fo, igrac-ggis, national-groundwater-monitoring22.2%
Eficiencia en el uso del aguaIND.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.

IndicadorUnidadEvidenciaFuentesProporción
Población que utiliza agua potable gestionada de forma seguraIND.WAT.access.safely_managed_drinking_water.share%Class Bwho-unicef-jmp, wb-wdi33.3%
Población que utiliza saneamiento gestionado de forma seguraIND.WAT.access.safely_managed_sanitation.share%Class Bwho-unicef-jmp, wb-wdi33.3%
Población con instalaciones básicas para el lavado de manosIND.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.

IndicadorUnidadEvidenciaFuentesProporción
Masas de agua con buena calidad ambientalIND.WAT.quality.good_ambient_water_quality.share%Class Bunep-gems-water, un-sdg-database50.0%
Aguas residuales tratadas de forma seguraIND.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.

IndicadorUnidadEvidenciaFuentesProporción
Tasa de dependencia del agua renovable externaIND.WAT.dependence.external_water_dependency%Class Bfao-aquastat66.7%
Superficie de cuencas transfronterizas con cooperación operativaIND.WAT.dependence.transboundary_cooperation.share%Class Bunece-unesco-sdg652, un-sdg-database33.3%
05Dominio

Agua

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

Sub-domainIndicadores
Estrés hídrico5
Drinking water and sanitation4
Water quality2
Transboundary dependence2

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

06Indicadores

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.
IndicadorDominioSub-domainComponenteUnidadNivelesCrosswalks
Nivel de estrés hídricoIND.WAT.stress.water_stressWATEstrés hídricohazard%COUNTRY, ADM1SDG 6.4.2 WB_WDI ER.H2O.FWST.ZS
Puntuación de estrés hídrico de referencia (subcuenca)IND.WAT.stress.baseline_water_stressWATEstrés hídricohazard{score}COUNTRY, ADM1, CITY, GRID, SITE, PORTFOLIO
Recursos totales de agua dulce renovable per cápitaIND.WAT.stress.renewable_water.pcWATEstrés hídricohazardm3/a/{person}COUNTRYWB_WDI ER.H2O.INTR.PC
Disminución del almacenamiento de aguas subterráneasIND.WAT.stress.groundwater_depletionWATEstrés hídricohazardmm/aCOUNTRY, ADM1, GRID
Eficiencia en el uso del aguaIND.WAT.stress.water_use_efficiencyWATEstrés hídricoadaptive capacity[USD]/m3COUNTRYSDG 6.4.1 WB_WDI ER.GDP.FWTL.M3.KD
Población que utiliza agua potable gestionada de forma seguraIND.WAT.access.safely_managed_drinking_water.shareWATDrinking water and sanitationvulnerability%COUNTRY, ADM1, CITYSDG 6.1.1 WB_WDI SH.H2O.SMDW.ZS EPI UWD
Población que utiliza al menos agua potable básicaIND.WAT.access.basic_drinking_water.shareWATDrinking water and sanitationvulnerability%COUNTRY, ADM1WB_WDI SH.H2O.BASW.ZS
Población que utiliza saneamiento gestionado de forma seguraIND.WAT.access.safely_managed_sanitation.shareWATDrinking water and sanitationvulnerability%COUNTRY, ADM1, CITYWB_WDI SH.STA.SMSS.ZS SDG 6.2.1 EPI USD
Población con instalaciones básicas para el lavado de manosIND.WAT.access.basic_handwashing.shareWATDrinking water and sanitationvulnerability%COUNTRY, ADM1WB_WDI SH.STA.HYGN.ZS SDG 6.2.1
Masas de agua con buena calidad ambientalIND.WAT.quality.good_ambient_water_quality.shareWATWater qualityvulnerability%COUNTRY, ADM1SDG 6.3.2
Aguas residuales tratadas de forma seguraIND.WAT.quality.wastewater_safely_treated.shareWATWater qualitycoping capacity%COUNTRY, CITYSDG 6.3.1 EPI WWT
Tasa de dependencia del agua renovable externaIND.WAT.dependence.external_water_dependencyWATTransboundary dependenceexposure%COUNTRY
Superficie de cuencas transfronterizas con cooperación operativaIND.WAT.dependence.transboundary_cooperation.shareWATTransboundary dependencecoping capacity%COUNTRYSDG 6.5.2
07Cita

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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Los valores se publican con la edición; el intervalo, la clase y la variación aparecen aquí.
Edición anterior
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Range since 2016
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Compuesto acoplado
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Puntuación de acoplamiento S
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Pulso, última semana
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Outlook, 12 months
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Método
Indicator Standard 1.0 · NXS-GRX 2026
Extracciones
1,000
Water security risk index, world, by edition

Aún no hay valores publicados. La primera edición trazará aquí la serie histórica con su banda de intervalo y los límites de clase.

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.
Aún no hay movimientos. A partir de la segunda edición, aquí se enumeran los cambios respecto de la edición anterior, con los indicadores que los provocaron.
08Valores

Country values

FIG 5 · Water security risk index: countries (values when released)
Cargando el mapa
AndorraAntigua y BarbudaBaréinBarbadosComorasCabo VerdeDominicaMicronesia (Estados Federados de)GranadaKiribatiSaint Kitts y NevisSanta LucíaLiechtensteinMónacoMaldivasIslas MarshallMaltaMauricioNauruPalaosSingapurSan MarinoSanto Tomé y PríncipeSeychellesTongaTuvaluSanta SedeSan Vicente y las GranadinasSamoa
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.
Teselas
/api/v1/public/grix/risk-products/tiles/wat/{z}/{x}/{y}.mvt
Clave de observación
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
11En todo el 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.

12Citar

Citar y reutilizar

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.