Water resources per capita — all countries

Water resources per capita — Algeria

Water resources per capita in Algeria in 2022 — 247 m³/person. Ranked 164 in the world out of 181. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 74.4%.

2022 247 m³/person −1.58% vs 2021
World rank 164of 181
Period maximum 967 m³/person1961
Period minimum 247 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Algeria, 1961–202202505007501,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 967 m³/person1963: 939 m³/person1965: 910 m³/person1967: 873 m³/person1969: 835 m³/person1971: 798 m³/person1973: 761 m³/person1975: 717 m³/person1977: 661 m³/person1979: 624 m³/person1981: 585 m³/person1983: 547 m³/person1985: 511 m³/person1987: 480 m³/person1989: 454 m³/person1991: 433 m³/person1993: 412 m³/person1995: 395 m³/person1997: 380 m³/person1999: 369 m³/person2001: 359 m³/person2003: 350 m³/person2005: 340 m³/person2007: 329 m³/person2009: 317 m³/person2011: 305 m³/person2013: 293 m³/person2015: 281 m³/person2017: 270 m³/person2019: 260 m³/person2021: 251 m³/person2022: 247 m³/person
Change over the period: −720 (−74.43%) Average annual rate: -2.21 %

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Algeria

Algeria 247 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
Northern Africa computed 190 m³/person
Upper-middle-income countries computed 6,572 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Algeria, by year Algeria All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 247 −4 −1.58%
2021 251 −4 −1.61%
2020 255 −4 −1.7%
2019 260 −5 −1.82%
2018 265 −5 −1.92%
2017 270 −6 −2.01%
2016 275 −6 −2.03%
2015 281 −6 −2.04%
2014 287 −6 −2.02%
2013 293 −6 −2%
2012 299 −6 −1.97%
2011 305 −6 −1.94%
2010 311 −6 −1.93%
2009 317 −6 −1.9%
2008 323 −6 −1.8%
2007 329 −6 −1.66%
2006 334 −5 −1.53%
2005 340 −5 −1.45%
2004 345 −5 −1.39%
2003 350 −5 −1.32%
2002 354 −5 −1.32%
2001 359 −5 −1.36%
2000 364 −5 −1.39%
1999 369 −5 −1.38%
1998 374 −6 −1.58%
1997 380 −7 −1.85%
1996 387 −8 −1.94%
1995 395 −8 −2.05%
1994 403 −9 −2.19%
1993 412 −10 −2.38%
1992 422 −10 −2.41%
1991 433 −10 −2.36%
1990 443 −11 −2.45%
1989 454 −12 −2.61%
1988 466 −13 −2.76%
1987 480 −15 −2.98%
1986 494 −17 −3.24%
1985 511 −18 −3.35%
1984 529 −18 −3.36%
1983 547 −19 −3.34%
1982 566 −19 −3.28%
1981 585 −19 −3.19%
1980 604 −19 −3.07%
1979 624 −19 −2.94%
1978 642 −19 −2.8%
1977 661 −24 −3.57%
1976 685 −32 −4.45%
1975 717 −26 −3.48%
1974 743 −18 −2.39%
1973 761 −18 −2.33%
1972 780 −18 −2.27%
1971 798 −18 −2.24%
1970 816 −19 −2.23%
1969 835 −19 −2.25%
1968 854 −20 −2.25%
1967 873 −20 −2.22%
1966 893 −16 −1.78%
1965 910 −14 −1.51%
1964 923 −15 −1.62%
1963 939 −14 −1.51%
1962 953 −14 −1.46%
1961 967

Northern Africa, 2022

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

Internal renewable water resources divided by the population. This is the conventional measure of water scarcity: below 1,700 cubic meters per person a year indicates water stress, below 1,000 scarcity, and below 500 absolute scarcity. The value falls even where the water itself does not diminish — simply from population growth — and the series shows which countries are entering scarcity demographically.

Important: The aggregate for a group is all of its water resources divided by all of its population. The thresholds of 1,700, 1,000 and 500 m³ are widely used benchmarks, not an official classification.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.