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Water resources per capita — Argentina

Water resources per capita in Argentina in 2022 — 6,431 m³/person. Ranked 60 in the world out of 181. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 54.4%.

2022 6,431 m³/person −0.21% vs 2021
World rank 60of 181
Period maximum 14,088 m³/person1961
Period minimum 6,431 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Argentina, 1961–20226,0008,00010,00012,00014,00016,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 14,088 m³/person1963: 13,631 m³/person1965: 13,205 m³/person1967: 12,808 m³/person1969: 12,421 m³/person1971: 12,038 m³/person1973: 11,659 m³/person1975: 11,285 m³/person1977: 10,936 m³/person1979: 10,592 m³/person1981: 10,259 m³/person1983: 9,935 m³/person1985: 9,625 m³/person1987: 9,332 m³/person1989: 9,048 m³/person1991: 8,787 m³/person1993: 8,550 m³/person1995: 8,326 m³/person1997: 8,123 m³/person1999: 7,936 m³/person2001: 7,761 m³/person2003: 7,599 m³/person2005: 7,446 m³/person2007: 7,297 m³/person2009: 7,147 m³/person2011: 6,997 m³/person2013: 6,857 m³/person2015: 6,716 m³/person2017: 6,593 m³/person2019: 6,493 m³/person2021: 6,444 m³/person2022: 6,431 m³/person
Change over the period: −7,658 (−54.36%) Average annual rate: -1.28 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Argentina 6,431 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
Latin America & Caribbean 21,253 m³/person
South America computed 29,578 m³/person
Upper-middle-income countries computed 6,572 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Argentina, by year Argentina All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 6,431 −14 −0.21%
2021 6,444 −17 −0.27%
2020 6,461 −31 −0.48%
2019 6,493 −46 −0.71%
2018 6,539 −54 −0.82%
2017 6,593 −58 −0.88%
2016 6,651 −65 −0.96%
2015 6,716 −71 −1.04%
2014 6,787 −70 −1.03%
2013 6,857 −68 −0.99%
2012 6,926 −72 −1.02%
2011 6,997 −75 −1.06%
2010 7,072 −75 −1.05%
2009 7,147 −76 −1.05%
2008 7,223 −74 −1.01%
2007 7,297 −73 −0.99%
2006 7,370 −76 −1.02%
2005 7,446 −77 −1.02%
2004 7,523 −77 −1.01%
2003 7,599 −79 −1.03%
2002 7,678 −83 −1.06%
2001 7,761 −86 −1.09%
2000 7,847 −89 −1.13%
1999 7,936 −92 −1.15%
1998 8,028 −95 −1.17%
1997 8,123 −99 −1.21%
1996 8,222 −104 −1.25%
1995 8,326 −110 −1.3%
1994 8,436 −114 −1.33%
1993 8,550 −117 −1.34%
1992 8,666 −121 −1.37%
1991 8,787 −127 −1.43%
1990 8,914 −134 −1.48%
1989 9,048 −140 −1.52%
1988 9,188 −144 −1.54%
1987 9,332 −145 −1.53%
1986 9,477 −149 −1.54%
1985 9,625 −153 −1.56%
1984 9,778 −157 −1.58%
1983 9,935 −160 −1.59%
1982 10,095 −163 −1.59%
1981 10,259 −166 −1.59%
1980 10,424 −167 −1.58%
1979 10,592 −170 −1.58%
1978 10,762 −173 −1.59%
1977 10,936 −175 −1.57%
1976 11,110 −175 −1.55%
1975 11,285 −183 −1.6%
1974 11,468 −190 −1.63%
1973 11,659 −190 −1.6%
1972 11,849 −189 −1.57%
1971 12,038 −191 −1.56%
1970 12,229 −192 −1.55%
1969 12,421 −192 −1.52%
1968 12,613 −194 −1.52%
1967 12,808 −197 −1.51%
1966 13,004 −201 −1.52%
1965 13,205 −208 −1.55%
1964 13,413 −218 −1.6%
1963 13,631 −226 −1.63%
1962 13,857 −231 −1.64%
1961 14,088 — —

South America, 2022

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

GY Guyana 293,317 SR Suriname 158,867 PE Peru 49,021 CL Chile 45,262 CO Colombia 41,459 VE Venezuela 28,533 UY Uruguay 27,190 BR Brazil 26,918 BO Bolivia 25,130 EC Ecuador 24,821 PY Paraguay 17,307 AR Argentina 6,431
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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.

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