Water resources per capita — all countries

Water resources per capita — Denmark

Water resources per capita in Denmark in 2022 — 1,016 m³/person. Ranked 126 in the world out of 181. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 21.9%.

2022 1,016 m³/person −0.78% vs 2021
World rank 126of 181
Period maximum 1,301 m³/person1961
Period minimum 1,016 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Denmark, 1961–20221,0001,1001,2001,3001,40019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 1,301 m³/person1963: 1,281 m³/person1965: 1,261 m³/person1967: 1,241 m³/person1969: 1,227 m³/person1971: 1,209 m³/person1973: 1,195 m³/person1975: 1,186 m³/person1977: 1,179 m³/person1979: 1,173 m³/person1981: 1,172 m³/person1983: 1,173 m³/person1985: 1,173 m³/person1987: 1,170 m³/person1989: 1,169 m³/person1991: 1,164 m³/person1993: 1,156 m³/person1995: 1,146 m³/person1997: 1,135 m³/person1999: 1,127 m³/person2001: 1,120 m³/person2003: 1,113 m³/person2005: 1,107 m³/person2007: 1,099 m³/person2009: 1,086 m³/person2011: 1,077 m³/person2013: 1,069 m³/person2015: 1,056 m³/person2017: 1,041 m³/person2019: 1,032 m³/person2021: 1,024 m³/person2022: 1,016 m³/person
Change over the period: −285 (−21.88%) Average annual rate: -0.4 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Denmark 1,016 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
Europe & Central Asia 7,674 m³/person
Northern Europe computed 10,077 m³/person
High-income countries computed 10,978 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Denmark, by year Denmark All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 1,016 −8 −0.78%
2021 1,024 −4 −0.43%
2020 1,029 −3 −0.29%
2019 1,032 −4 −0.36%
2018 1,036 −5 −0.49%
2017 1,041 −7 −0.64%
2016 1,047 −8 −0.78%
2015 1,056 −7 −0.7%
2014 1,063 −5 −0.51%
2013 1,069 −4 −0.42%
2012 1,073 −4 −0.38%
2011 1,077 −4 −0.41%
2010 1,082 −5 −0.44%
2009 1,086 −6 −0.53%
2008 1,092 −6 −0.59%
2007 1,099 −5 −0.44%
2006 1,103 −4 −0.33%
2005 1,107 −3 −0.28%
2004 1,110 −3 −0.26%
2003 1,113 −3 −0.27%
2002 1,116 −4 −0.32%
2001 1,120 −4 −0.36%
2000 1,124 −4 −0.33%
1999 1,127 −4 −0.33%
1998 1,131 −4 −0.36%
1997 1,135 −5 −0.41%
1996 1,140 −6 −0.56%
1995 1,146 −6 −0.52%
1994 1,152 −4 −0.34%
1993 1,156 −4 −0.33%
1992 1,160 −4 −0.33%
1991 1,164 −3 −0.26%
1990 1,167 −2 −0.16%
1989 1,169 −1 −0.06%
1988 1,170 −1 −0.05%
1987 1,170 −1 −0.13%
1986 1,172 −2 −0.13%
1985 1,173 −0 −0.04%
1984 1,174 +1 +0.05%
1983 1,173 +1 +0.07%
1982 1,172 +1 +0.07%
1981 1,172 +0 +0.03%
1980 1,171 −1 −0.12%
1979 1,173 −3 −0.25%
1978 1,175 −4 −0.31%
1977 1,179 −4 −0.31%
1976 1,183 −3 −0.25%
1975 1,186 −3 −0.29%
1974 1,189 −6 −0.46%
1973 1,195 −7 −0.6%
1972 1,202 −7 −0.57%
1971 1,209 −8 −0.69%
1970 1,217 −9 −0.75%
1969 1,227 −7 −0.55%
1968 1,233 −8 −0.61%
1967 1,241 −10 −0.79%
1966 1,251 −10 −0.8%
1965 1,261 −10 −0.78%
1964 1,271 −10 −0.8%
1963 1,281 −10 −0.78%
1962 1,291 −10 −0.78%
1961 1,301

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.