Water resources per capita — all countries

Water resources per capita — Brazil

Water resources per capita in Brazil in 2022 — 26,918 m³/person. Ranked 24 in the world out of 181. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 64.5%.

2022 26,918 m³/person −0.36% vs 2021
World rank 24of 181
Period maximum 75,879 m³/person1961
Period minimum 26,918 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Brazil, 1961–202220,00040,00060,00080,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 75,879 m³/person1963: 71,510 m³/person1965: 67,540 m³/person1967: 64,005 m³/person1969: 60,841 m³/person1971: 57,919 m³/person1973: 55,175 m³/person1975: 52,602 m³/person1977: 50,153 m³/person1979: 47,820 m³/person1981: 45,630 m³/person1983: 43,617 m³/person1985: 41,774 m³/person1987: 40,119 m³/person1989: 38,641 m³/person1991: 37,311 m³/person1993: 36,105 m³/person1995: 35,002 m³/person1997: 33,967 m³/person1999: 32,982 m³/person2001: 32,110 m³/person2003: 31,342 m³/person2005: 30,652 m³/person2007: 30,023 m³/person2009: 29,472 m³/person2011: 28,988 m³/person2013: 28,522 m³/person2015: 28,070 m³/person2017: 27,655 m³/person2019: 27,288 m³/person2021: 27,015 m³/person2022: 26,918 m³/person
Change over the period: −48,961 (−64.53%) Average annual rate: -1.68 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Brazil 26,918 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 — Brazil, by year Brazil All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 26,918 −97 −0.36%
2021 27,015 −115 −0.42%
2020 27,130 −158 −0.58%
2019 27,288 −178 −0.65%
2018 27,466 −188 −0.68%
2017 27,655 −202 −0.73%
2016 27,857 −213 −0.76%
2015 28,070 −223 −0.79%
2014 28,293 −229 −0.8%
2013 28,522 −232 −0.81%
2012 28,754 −234 −0.81%
2011 28,988 −237 −0.81%
2010 29,225 −247 −0.84%
2009 29,472 −265 −0.89%
2008 29,737 −286 −0.95%
2007 30,023 −305 −1.01%
2006 30,329 −323 −1.05%
2005 30,652 −338 −1.09%
2004 30,989 −352 −1.12%
2003 31,342 −372 −1.17%
2002 31,714 −396 −1.23%
2001 32,110 −421 −1.29%
2000 32,531 −450 −1.37%
1999 32,982 −484 −1.45%
1998 33,465 −502 −1.48%
1997 33,967 −509 −1.48%
1996 34,476 −526 −1.5%
1995 35,002 −543 −1.53%
1994 35,545 −560 −1.55%
1993 36,105 −590 −1.61%
1992 36,694 −617 −1.65%
1991 37,311 −646 −1.7%
1990 37,957 −684 −1.77%
1989 38,641 −719 −1.83%
1988 39,360 −759 −1.89%
1987 40,119 −803 −1.96%
1986 40,922 −852 −2.04%
1985 41,774 −900 −2.11%
1984 42,673 −943 −2.16%
1983 43,617 −985 −2.21%
1982 44,602 −1,028 −2.25%
1981 45,630 −1,075 −2.3%
1980 46,705 −1,115 −2.33%
1979 47,820 −1,150 −2.35%
1978 48,970 −1,183 −2.36%
1977 50,153 −1,211 −2.36%
1976 51,364 −1,238 −2.35%
1975 52,602 −1,266 −2.35%
1974 53,868 −1,307 −2.37%
1973 55,175 −1,352 −2.39%
1972 56,527 −1,392 −2.4%
1971 57,919 −1,435 −2.42%
1970 59,355 −1,486 −2.44%
1969 60,841 −1,545 −2.48%
1968 62,386 −1,619 −2.53%
1967 64,005 −1,714 −2.61%
1966 65,719 −1,820 −2.7%
1965 67,540 −1,930 −2.78%
1964 69,470 −2,040 −2.85%
1963 71,510 −2,139 −2.9%
1962 73,648 −2,231 −2.94%
1961 75,879

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.