Water resources per capita — all countries

Water resources per capita — Dominican Republic

Water resources per capita in the Dominican Republic in 2022 — 2,092 m³/person. Ranked 105 in the world out of 181. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 70%.

2022 2,092 m³/person −0.96% vs 2021
World rank 105of 181
Period maximum 6,967 m³/person1961
Period minimum 2,092 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Dominican Republic, 1961–202202,0004,0006,0008,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 6,967 m³/person1963: 6,549 m³/person1965: 6,170 m³/person1967: 5,818 m³/person1969: 5,494 m³/person1971: 5,194 m³/person1973: 4,914 m³/person1975: 4,656 m³/person1977: 4,421 m³/person1979: 4,204 m³/person1981: 4,004 m³/person1983: 3,823 m³/person1985: 3,655 m³/person1987: 3,501 m³/person1989: 3,356 m³/person1991: 3,219 m³/person1993: 3,094 m³/person1995: 2,979 m³/person1997: 2,875 m³/person1999: 2,782 m³/person2001: 2,695 m³/person2003: 2,617 m³/person2005: 2,547 m³/person2007: 2,485 m³/person2009: 2,424 m³/person2011: 2,363 m³/person2013: 2,305 m³/person2015: 2,252 m³/person2017: 2,203 m³/person2019: 2,157 m³/person2021: 2,113 m³/person2022: 2,092 m³/person
Change over the period: −4,874 (−69.96%) Average annual rate: -1.95 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Dominican Republic 2,092 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
Latin America & Caribbean 21,253 m³/person
Upper-middle-income countries computed 6,572 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Dominican Republic, by year Dominican Republic All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 2,092 −20 −0.96%
2021 2,113 −22 −1.04%
2020 2,135 −22 −1.04%
2019 2,157 −22 −1.03%
2018 2,180 −24 −1.07%
2017 2,203 −24 −1.08%
2016 2,227 −25 −1.11%
2015 2,252 −26 −1.14%
2014 2,278 −27 −1.18%
2013 2,305 −28 −1.21%
2012 2,334 −29 −1.24%
2011 2,363 −30 −1.26%
2010 2,393 −31 −1.27%
2009 2,424 −31 −1.26%
2008 2,455 −30 −1.23%
2007 2,485 −30 −1.21%
2006 2,516 −32 −1.24%
2005 2,547 −34 −1.3%
2004 2,581 −36 −1.36%
2003 2,617 −38 −1.43%
2002 2,655 −40 −1.49%
2001 2,695 −43 −1.56%
2000 2,738 −45 −1.61%
1999 2,782 −45 −1.61%
1998 2,828 −47 −1.64%
1997 2,875 −51 −1.73%
1996 2,925 −54 −1.8%
1995 2,979 −56 −1.86%
1994 3,036 −59 −1.9%
1993 3,094 −61 −1.94%
1992 3,155 −64 −1.98%
1991 3,219 −67 −2.04%
1990 3,286 −70 −2.08%
1989 3,356 −72 −2.09%
1988 3,428 −73 −2.09%
1987 3,501 −75 −2.11%
1986 3,576 −78 −2.14%
1985 3,655 −82 −2.2%
1984 3,737 −86 −2.25%
1983 3,823 −89 −2.28%
1982 3,912 −92 −2.31%
1981 4,004 −97 −2.38%
1980 4,102 −102 −2.43%
1979 4,204 −106 −2.47%
1978 4,310 −111 −2.5%
1977 4,421 −115 −2.54%
1976 4,536 −120 −2.58%
1975 4,656 −126 −2.63%
1974 4,782 −132 −2.69%
1973 4,914 −138 −2.73%
1972 5,052 −143 −2.74%
1971 5,194 −148 −2.76%
1970 5,342 −153 −2.78%
1969 5,494 −158 −2.8%
1968 5,653 −166 −2.84%
1967 5,818 −174 −2.9%
1966 5,992 −178 −2.88%
1965 6,170 −184 −2.9%
1964 6,354 −195 −2.98%
1963 6,549 −204 −3.02%
1962 6,753 −214 −3.07%
1961 6,967

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.