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Water resources per capita — Botswana

Water resources per capita in Botswana in 2022 — 984 m³/person. Ranked 129 in the world out of 181. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 78.4%.

2022 984 m³/person −1.58% vs 2021
World rank 129of 181
Period maximum 4,546 m³/person1961
Period minimum 984 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Botswana, 1961–202202,0004,0006,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 4,546 m³/person1963: 4,340 m³/person1965: 4,176 m³/person1967: 4,131 m³/person1969: 4,088 m³/person1971: 3,997 m³/person1973: 3,679 m³/person1975: 3,332 m³/person1977: 3,002 m³/person1979: 2,662 m³/person1981: 2,474 m³/person1983: 2,294 m³/person1985: 2,139 m³/person1987: 2,001 m³/person1989: 1,889 m³/person1991: 1,789 m³/person1993: 1,690 m³/person1995: 1,601 m³/person1997: 1,527 m³/person1999: 1,462 m³/person2001: 1,402 m³/person2003: 1,352 m³/person2005: 1,304 m³/person2007: 1,256 m³/person2009: 1,206 m³/person2011: 1,157 m³/person2013: 1,121 m³/person2015: 1,089 m³/person2017: 1,059 m³/person2019: 1,029 m³/person2021: 999 m³/person2022: 984 m³/person
Change over the period: −3,562 (−78.36%) Average annual rate: -2.48 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Botswana 984 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
Sub-Saharan Africa 3,162 m³/person
Southern Africa computed 860 m³/person
Upper-middle-income countries computed 6,572 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Botswana, by year Botswana All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 984 −16 −1.58%
2021 999 −15 −1.48%
2020 1,014 −15 −1.43%
2019 1,029 −15 −1.41%
2018 1,044 −15 −1.41%
2017 1,059 −15 −1.41%
2016 1,074 −15 −1.41%
2015 1,089 −16 −1.42%
2014 1,105 −16 −1.44%
2013 1,121 −17 −1.5%
2012 1,138 −19 −1.66%
2011 1,157 −23 −1.95%
2010 1,180 −25 −2.09%
2009 1,206 −25 −2.04%
2008 1,231 −25 −1.99%
2007 1,256 −25 −1.92%
2006 1,280 −24 −1.85%
2005 1,304 −24 −1.78%
2004 1,328 −23 −1.74%
2003 1,352 −24 −1.74%
2002 1,376 −26 −1.86%
2001 1,402 −29 −2.04%
2000 1,431 −31 −2.11%
1999 1,462 −32 −2.14%
1998 1,494 −33 −2.19%
1997 1,527 −36 −2.28%
1996 1,563 −39 −2.41%
1995 1,601 −43 −2.59%
1994 1,644 −46 −2.73%
1993 1,690 −49 −2.82%
1992 1,739 −50 −2.77%
1991 1,789 −49 −2.69%
1990 1,838 −51 −2.71%
1989 1,889 −53 −2.74%
1988 1,943 −59 −2.94%
1987 2,001 −66 −3.21%
1986 2,068 −71 −3.33%
1985 2,139 −76 −3.41%
1984 2,215 −79 −3.46%
1983 2,294 −84 −3.52%
1982 2,378 −96 −3.89%
1981 2,474 −86 −3.35%
1980 2,560 −101 −3.81%
1979 2,662 −165 −5.82%
1978 2,826 −176 −5.85%
1977 3,002 −163 −5.14%
1976 3,164 −167 −5.03%
1975 3,332 −170 −4.85%
1974 3,501 −177 −4.82%
1973 3,679 −177 −4.6%
1972 3,856 −141 −3.52%
1971 3,997 −69 −1.69%
1970 4,065 −23 −0.55%
1969 4,088 −22 −0.53%
1968 4,110 −21 −0.52%
1967 4,131 −22 −0.53%
1966 4,153 −23 −0.55%
1965 4,176 −62 −1.46%
1964 4,238 −102 −2.35%
1963 4,340 −103 −2.31%
1962 4,443 −103 −2.27%
1961 4,546 — —

Southern Africa, 2022

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

LS Lesotho 2,288 SZ Eswatini 2,166 NA Namibia 2,132 BW Botswana 984 ZA South Africa 718
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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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