Water resources per capita — all countries

Water resources per capita — Cyprus

Water resources per capita in Cyprus in 2022 — 586 m³/person. Ranked 151 in the world out of 181. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 55.3%.

2022 586 m³/person −1.06% vs 2021
World rank 151of 181
Period maximum 1,310 m³/person1961
Period minimum 586 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Cyprus, 1961–20224006008001,0001,2001,40019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 1,310 m³/person1963: 1,284 m³/person1965: 1,263 m³/person1967: 1,240 m³/person1969: 1,216 m³/person1971: 1,193 m³/person1973: 1,171 m³/person1975: 1,183 m³/person1977: 1,169 m³/person1979: 1,151 m³/person1981: 1,132 m³/person1983: 1,103 m³/person1985: 1,067 m³/person1987: 1,033 m³/person1989: 1,003 m³/person1991: 976 m³/person1993: 944 m³/person1995: 904 m³/person1997: 869 m³/person1999: 838 m³/person2001: 809 m³/person2003: 780 m³/person2005: 753 m³/person2007: 727 m³/person2009: 703 m³/person2011: 680 m³/person2013: 659 m³/person2015: 640 m³/person2017: 622 m³/person2019: 606 m³/person2021: 592 m³/person2022: 586 m³/person
Change over the period: −724 (−55.27%) Average annual rate: -1.31 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Cyprus 586 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
Europe & Central Asia 7,674 m³/person
Western Asia computed 1,264 m³/person
High-income countries computed 10,978 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Cyprus, by year Cyprus All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 586 −6 −1.06%
2021 592 −7 −1.14%
2020 599 −7 −1.2%
2019 606 −8 −1.24%
2018 614 −8 −1.3%
2017 622 −9 −1.37%
2016 631 −9 −1.42%
2015 640 −9 −1.45%
2014 649 −10 −1.49%
2013 659 −10 −1.56%
2012 669 −11 −1.62%
2011 680 −11 −1.63%
2010 692 −11 −1.64%
2009 703 −12 −1.65%
2008 715 −12 −1.68%
2007 727 −13 −1.71%
2006 740 −13 −1.73%
2005 753 −14 −1.76%
2004 766 −14 −1.8%
2003 780 −14 −1.82%
2002 795 −14 −1.76%
2001 809 −14 −1.71%
2000 823 −15 −1.73%
1999 838 −15 −1.79%
1998 853 −16 −1.86%
1997 869 −17 −1.92%
1996 886 −18 −2%
1995 904 −19 −2.09%
1994 923 −21 −2.21%
1993 944 −18 −1.9%
1992 963 −14 −1.41%
1991 976 −13 −1.33%
1990 989 −14 −1.39%
1989 1,003 −15 −1.44%
1988 1,018 −15 −1.49%
1987 1,033 −16 −1.55%
1986 1,050 −17 −1.59%
1985 1,067 −18 −1.63%
1984 1,084 −19 −1.68%
1983 1,103 −17 −1.52%
1982 1,120 −12 −1.09%
1981 1,132 −10 −0.84%
1980 1,142 −9 −0.81%
1979 1,151 −9 −0.78%
1978 1,160 −9 −0.77%
1977 1,169 −9 −0.76%
1976 1,178 −5 −0.4%
1975 1,183 +7 +0.58%
1974 1,176 +5 +0.4%
1973 1,171 −9 −0.73%
1972 1,180 −13 −1.06%
1971 1,193 −12 −1.01%
1970 1,205 −12 −0.97%
1969 1,216 −12 −0.94%
1968 1,228 −12 −0.93%
1967 1,240 −12 −0.93%
1966 1,251 −11 −0.91%
1965 1,263 −11 −0.84%
1964 1,273 −11 −0.86%
1963 1,284 −12 −0.95%
1962 1,297 −13 −0.99%
1961 1,310

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.