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Water resources per capita — Cameroon

Water resources per capita in Cameroon in 2022 — 9,880 m³/person. Ranked 45 in the world out of 181. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 81%.

2022 9,880 m³/person −2.59% vs 2021
World rank 45of 181
Period maximum 52,106 m³/person1961
Period minimum 9,880 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Cameroon, 1961–2022020,00040,00060,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 52,106 m³/person1963: 50,031 m³/person1965: 47,855 m³/person1967: 45,673 m³/person1969: 43,447 m³/person1971: 41,211 m³/person1973: 39,019 m³/person1975: 36,906 m³/person1977: 35,016 m³/person1979: 33,133 m³/person1981: 30,965 m³/person1983: 29,624 m³/person1985: 27,966 m³/person1987: 26,324 m³/person1989: 24,812 m³/person1991: 23,399 m³/person1993: 22,100 m³/person1995: 20,906 m³/person1997: 19,818 m³/person1999: 18,795 m³/person2001: 17,832 m³/person2003: 16,893 m³/person2005: 15,989 m³/person2007: 15,125 m³/person2009: 14,283 m³/person2011: 13,493 m³/person2013: 12,756 m³/person2015: 11,993 m³/person2017: 11,314 m³/person2019: 10,703 m³/person2021: 10,143 m³/person2022: 9,880 m³/person
Change over the period: −42,227 (−81.04%) Average annual rate: -2.69 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Cameroon 9,880 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
Sub-Saharan Africa 3,162 m³/person
Middle Africa computed 9,469 m³/person
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2,322 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Cameroon, by year Cameroon All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 9,880 −263 −2.59%
2021 10,143 −273 −2.62%
2020 10,416 −288 −2.69%
2019 10,703 −302 −2.74%
2018 11,005 −309 −2.73%
2017 11,314 −325 −2.8%
2016 11,640 −353 −2.95%
2015 11,993 −382 −3.09%
2014 12,375 −380 −2.98%
2013 12,756 −363 −2.77%
2012 13,119 −374 −2.77%
2011 13,493 −387 −2.79%
2010 13,880 −402 −2.82%
2009 14,283 −415 −2.82%
2008 14,698 −427 −2.82%
2007 15,125 −430 −2.77%
2006 15,555 −433 −2.71%
2005 15,989 −447 −2.72%
2004 16,435 −458 −2.71%
2003 16,893 −467 −2.69%
2002 17,360 −472 −2.65%
2001 17,832 −475 −2.59%
2000 18,307 −488 −2.6%
1999 18,795 −505 −2.62%
1998 19,300 −518 −2.61%
1997 19,818 −533 −2.62%
1996 20,351 −555 −2.66%
1995 20,906 −582 −2.71%
1994 21,488 −612 −2.77%
1993 22,100 −638 −2.81%
1992 22,738 −661 −2.82%
1991 23,399 −692 −2.87%
1990 24,091 −721 −2.9%
1989 24,812 −738 −2.89%
1988 25,550 −774 −2.94%
1987 26,324 −812 −2.99%
1986 27,136 −830 −2.97%
1985 27,966 −846 −2.94%
1984 28,812 −812 −2.74%
1983 29,624 −613 −2.03%
1982 30,237 −728 −2.35%
1981 30,965 −1,106 −3.45%
1980 32,072 −1,061 −3.2%
1979 33,133 −942 −2.76%
1978 34,074 −941 −2.69%
1977 35,016 −915 −2.55%
1976 35,931 −976 −2.64%
1975 36,906 −1,044 −2.75%
1974 37,950 −1,068 −2.74%
1973 39,019 −1,088 −2.71%
1972 40,107 −1,105 −2.68%
1971 41,211 −1,116 −2.64%
1970 42,327 −1,120 −2.58%
1969 43,447 −1,118 −2.51%
1968 44,565 −1,108 −2.42%
1967 45,673 −1,096 −2.34%
1966 46,768 −1,087 −2.27%
1965 47,855 −1,085 −2.22%
1964 48,940 −1,091 −2.18%
1963 50,031 −1,106 −2.16%
1962 51,137 −970 −1.86%
1961 52,106 — —

Middle Africa, 2022

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

GA Gabon 67,469 CG Republic of the Congo 36,785 CF Central African Republic 27,658 GQ Equatorial Guinea 14,416 CM Cameroon 9,880 ST Sao Tome and Principe 9,633 CD Democratic Republic of the Congo 8,789 AO Angola 4,153 TD Chad 813
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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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