Water resources per capita — all countries

Water resources per capita — Bangladesh

Water resources per capita in Bangladesh in 2022 — 620 m³/person. Ranked 150 in the world out of 181. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 68.5%.

2022 620 m³/person −1.02% vs 2021
World rank 150of 181
Period maximum 1,970 m³/person1961
Period minimum 620 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Bangladesh, 1961–202205001,0001,5002,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 1,970 m³/person1963: 1,858 m³/person1965: 1,753 m³/person1967: 1,653 m³/person1969: 1,560 m³/person1971: 1,494 m³/person1973: 1,424 m³/person1975: 1,349 m³/person1977: 1,283 m³/person1979: 1,222 m³/person1981: 1,163 m³/person1983: 1,101 m³/person1985: 1,047 m³/person1987: 1,000 m³/person1989: 959 m³/person1991: 923 m³/person1993: 889 m³/person1995: 856 m³/person1997: 825 m³/person1999: 795 m³/person2001: 768 m³/person2003: 745 m³/person2005: 726 m³/person2007: 710 m³/person2009: 696 m³/person2011: 684 m³/person2013: 671 m³/person2015: 659 m³/person2017: 647 m³/person2019: 637 m³/person2021: 626 m³/person2022: 620 m³/person
Change over the period: −1,350 (−68.53%) Average annual rate: -1.88 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Bangladesh 620 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
South Asia 1,141 m³/person
Southern Asia computed 1,044 m³/person
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2,322 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Bangladesh, by year Bangladesh All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 620 −6 −1.02%
2021 626 −5 −0.81%
2020 631 −5 −0.83%
2019 637 −5 −0.84%
2018 642 −5 −0.82%
2017 647 −6 −0.85%
2016 653 −6 −0.89%
2015 659 −6 −0.89%
2014 665 −6 −0.91%
2013 671 −6 −0.93%
2012 677 −7 −0.95%
2011 684 −6 −0.9%
2010 690 −6 −0.87%
2009 696 −7 −0.93%
2008 702 −7 −0.99%
2007 710 −8 −1.07%
2006 717 −8 −1.15%
2005 726 −9 −1.25%
2004 735 −10 −1.35%
2003 745 −11 −1.44%
2002 756 −12 −1.53%
2001 768 −13 −1.65%
2000 780 −14 −1.81%
1999 795 −15 −1.88%
1998 810 −15 −1.87%
1997 825 −15 −1.84%
1996 841 −16 −1.81%
1995 856 −16 −1.84%
1994 873 −16 −1.84%
1993 889 −17 −1.85%
1992 906 −17 −1.87%
1991 923 −18 −1.89%
1990 941 −19 −1.97%
1989 959 −20 −2.03%
1988 979 −21 −2.1%
1987 1,000 −23 −2.21%
1986 1,023 −24 −2.32%
1985 1,047 −26 −2.43%
1984 1,073 −28 −2.54%
1983 1,101 −30 −2.64%
1982 1,131 −31 −2.71%
1981 1,163 −30 −2.53%
1980 1,193 −29 −2.36%
1979 1,222 −30 −2.38%
1978 1,252 −31 −2.41%
1977 1,283 −32 −2.46%
1976 1,315 −34 −2.51%
1975 1,349 −36 −2.59%
1974 1,385 −40 −2.79%
1973 1,424 −41 −2.82%
1972 1,466 −28 −1.9%
1971 1,494 −26 −1.73%
1970 1,520 −40 −2.56%
1969 1,560 −45 −2.8%
1968 1,605 −48 −2.9%
1967 1,653 −49 −2.9%
1966 1,703 −50 −2.87%
1965 1,753 −52 −2.88%
1964 1,805 −53 −2.88%
1963 1,858 −55 −2.87%
1962 1,913 −56 −2.86%
1961 1,970

Southern Asia, 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.