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Water resources per capita — Benin

Water resources per capita in Benin in 2022 — 749 m³/person. Ranked 144 in the world out of 181. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 81.4%.

2022 749 m³/person −2.52% vs 2021
World rank 144of 181
Period maximum 4,025 m³/person1961
Period minimum 749 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Benin, 1961–202202,0004,0006,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 4,025 m³/person1963: 3,883 m³/person1965: 3,735 m³/person1967: 3,585 m³/person1969: 3,435 m³/person1971: 3,286 m³/person1973: 3,137 m³/person1975: 2,989 m³/person1977: 2,843 m³/person1979: 2,697 m³/person1981: 2,551 m³/person1983: 2,407 m³/person1985: 2,270 m³/person1987: 2,138 m³/person1989: 2,011 m³/person1991: 1,891 m³/person1993: 1,754 m³/person1995: 1,654 m³/person1997: 1,565 m³/person1999: 1,471 m³/person2001: 1,383 m³/person2003: 1,302 m³/person2005: 1,222 m³/person2007: 1,150 m³/person2009: 1,083 m³/person2011: 1,020 m³/person2013: 962 m³/person2015: 907 m³/person2017: 855 m³/person2019: 809 m³/person2021: 768 m³/person2022: 749 m³/person
Change over the period: −3,276 (−81.4%) Average annual rate: -2.72 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Benin 749 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
Sub-Saharan Africa 3,162 m³/person
Western Africa computed 2,431 m³/person
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2,322 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Benin, by year Benin All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 749 −19 −2.52%
2021 768 −20 −2.56%
2020 788 −21 −2.63%
2019 809 −22 −2.7%
2018 832 −24 −2.77%
2017 855 −25 −2.84%
2016 881 −26 −2.88%
2015 907 −27 −2.91%
2014 934 −28 −2.91%
2013 962 −29 −2.91%
2012 991 −30 −2.92%
2011 1,020 −31 −2.93%
2010 1,051 −32 −2.94%
2009 1,083 −33 −2.95%
2008 1,116 −34 −2.97%
2007 1,150 −35 −2.91%
2006 1,185 −38 −3.07%
2005 1,222 −40 −3.17%
2004 1,262 −39 −3.02%
2003 1,302 −40 −3%
2002 1,342 −41 −2.99%
2001 1,383 −43 −3.01%
2000 1,426 −45 −3.03%
1999 1,471 −46 −3.05%
1998 1,517 −47 −3.04%
1997 1,565 −47 −2.91%
1996 1,611 −43 −2.58%
1995 1,654 −35 −2.09%
1994 1,689 −64 −3.67%
1993 1,754 −80 −4.34%
1992 1,833 −58 −3.04%
1991 1,891 −59 −3.04%
1990 1,950 −61 −3.03%
1989 2,011 −62 −3.01%
1988 2,074 −64 −3%
1987 2,138 −65 −2.97%
1986 2,203 −67 −2.94%
1985 2,270 −68 −2.91%
1984 2,338 −69 −2.88%
1983 2,407 −71 −2.86%
1982 2,478 −73 −2.85%
1981 2,551 −73 −2.8%
1980 2,624 −73 −2.72%
1979 2,697 −73 −2.62%
1978 2,770 −73 −2.56%
1977 2,843 −73 −2.51%
1976 2,916 −73 −2.46%
1975 2,989 −74 −2.4%
1974 3,063 −74 −2.35%
1973 3,137 −74 −2.31%
1972 3,211 −75 −2.27%
1971 3,286 −75 −2.22%
1970 3,360 −75 −2.18%
1969 3,435 −75 −2.13%
1968 3,510 −75 −2.09%
1967 3,585 −75 −2.04%
1966 3,660 −75 −2%
1965 3,735 −74 −1.96%
1964 3,809 −73 −1.89%
1963 3,883 −72 −1.82%
1962 3,954 −70 −1.74%
1961 4,025 — —

Western Africa, 2022

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

LR Liberia 37,221 SL Sierra Leone 19,331 GN Guinea 16,080 GW Guinea-Bissau 7,599 ML Mali 2,600 CI Côte d'Ivoire 2,528 SN Senegal 1,462 TG Togo 1,425 GM Gambia 1,138 NG Nigeria 990 GH Ghana 914 BJ Benin 749 CV Cabo Verde 577 BF Burkina Faso 555 NE Niger 138 MR Mauritania 82
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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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