Contact Contacts
Water resources per capita — all countries

Water resources per capita — Bahamas

Water resources per capita in the Bahamas in 2022 — 1,761 m³/person. Ranked 107 in the world out of 181. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 69.3%.

2022 1,761 m³/person −0.29% vs 2021
World rank 107of 181
Period maximum 5,728 m³/person1961
Period minimum 1,761 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Bahamas, 1961–202202,0004,0006,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 5,728 m³/person1963: 5,182 m³/person1965: 4,731 m³/person1967: 4,314 m³/person1969: 3,933 m³/person1971: 3,668 m³/person1973: 3,486 m³/person1975: 3,335 m³/person1977: 3,194 m³/person1979: 3,067 m³/person1981: 2,958 m³/person1983: 2,861 m³/person1985: 2,765 m³/person1987: 2,672 m³/person1989: 2,581 m³/person1991: 2,493 m³/person1993: 2,403 m³/person1995: 2,322 m³/person1997: 2,251 m³/person1999: 2,190 m³/person2001: 2,135 m³/person2003: 2,086 m³/person2005: 2,036 m³/person2007: 1,981 m³/person2009: 1,929 m³/person2011: 1,883 m³/person2013: 1,847 m³/person2015: 1,817 m³/person2017: 1,793 m³/person2019: 1,774 m³/person2021: 1,766 m³/person2022: 1,761 m³/person
Change over the period: −3,968 (−69.26%) Average annual rate: -1.92 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Bahamas 1,761 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
Latin America & Caribbean 21,253 m³/person
High-income countries computed 10,978 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Bahamas, by year Bahamas All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 1,761 −5 −0.29%
2021 1,766 −2 −0.13%
2020 1,768 −5 −0.3%
2019 1,774 −9 −0.5%
2018 1,782 −10 −0.57%
2017 1,793 −11 −0.62%
2016 1,804 −13 −0.7%
2015 1,817 −14 −0.79%
2014 1,831 −16 −0.87%
2013 1,847 −17 −0.92%
2012 1,864 −19 −1%
2011 1,883 −22 −1.14%
2010 1,905 −25 −1.27%
2009 1,929 −25 −1.29%
2008 1,955 −26 −1.34%
2007 1,981 −28 −1.4%
2006 2,009 −26 −1.29%
2005 2,036 −25 −1.2%
2004 2,060 −26 −1.23%
2003 2,086 −25 −1.19%
2002 2,111 −24 −1.14%
2001 2,135 −26 −1.22%
2000 2,162 −29 −1.3%
1999 2,190 −29 −1.33%
1998 2,220 −32 −1.42%
1997 2,251 −34 −1.49%
1996 2,286 −36 −1.57%
1995 2,322 −39 −1.64%
1994 2,361 −42 −1.74%
1993 2,403 −45 −1.86%
1992 2,448 −45 −1.82%
1991 2,493 −43 −1.7%
1990 2,537 −45 −1.73%
1989 2,581 −46 −1.74%
1988 2,627 −45 −1.69%
1987 2,672 −46 −1.68%
1986 2,718 −47 −1.7%
1985 2,765 −48 −1.7%
1984 2,813 −48 −1.67%
1983 2,861 −49 −1.67%
1982 2,909 −49 −1.66%
1981 2,958 −52 −1.73%
1980 3,010 −57 −1.85%
1979 3,067 −61 −1.96%
1978 3,128 −66 −2.06%
1977 3,194 −69 −2.12%
1976 3,263 −72 −2.15%
1975 3,335 −74 −2.16%
1974 3,409 −77 −2.22%
1973 3,486 −84 −2.36%
1972 3,570 −97 −2.65%
1971 3,668 −116 −3.08%
1970 3,784 −149 −3.78%
1969 3,933 −182 −4.43%
1968 4,115 −198 −4.6%
1967 4,314 −206 −4.56%
1966 4,520 −211 −4.47%
1965 4,731 −215 −4.34%
1964 4,946 −236 −4.55%
1963 5,182 −266 −4.88%
1962 5,448 −281 −4.9%
1961 5,728 — —

Caribbean, 2022

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

JM Jamaica 3,812 CU Cuba 3,447 DM Dominica 2,993 TT Trinidad and Tobago 2,812 PR Puerto Rico 2,205 DO Dominican Republic 2,092 BS Bahamas 1,761 GD Grenada 1,711 LC Saint Lucia 1,678 HT Haiti 1,131 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 980 AG Antigua and Barbuda 560 KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 514 BB Barbados 283
Full table for all countries

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.

Other indicators for the Bahamas

Environment Renewable water resources

How much water a country's own annual cycle gives it — with no inflow from abroad.

Bahamas by year Environment Forest cover

What share of a country's territory is covered by forest.

Bahamas by year Environment Forest area

The absolute area of forest in square kilometers.

Bahamas by year Environment Protected areas

The share of land and sea under protection — nature reserves, national parks, sanctuaries.

Bahamas by year
All indicators for the Bahamas