Water resources per capita — all countries

Water resources per capita — East Asia & Pacific

Water resources per capita in East Asia & Pacific in 2022 — 4,306 m³/person. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 55.8%.

2022 4,306 m³/person −0.21% vs 2021
World rank
Period maximum 9,735 m³/person1961
Period minimum 4,306 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — East Asia & Pacific, 1961–20224,0006,0008,00010,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 9,735 m³/person1963: 9,453 m³/person1965: 9,025 m³/person1967: 8,588 m³/person1969: 8,168 m³/person1971: 7,756 m³/person1973: 7,410 m³/person1975: 7,127 m³/person1977: 6,903 m³/person1979: 6,698 m³/person1981: 6,502 m³/person1983: 6,295 m³/person1985: 6,108 m³/person1987: 5,916 m³/person1989: 5,731 m³/person1991: 5,563 m³/person1993: 5,419 m³/person1995: 5,285 m³/person1997: 5,160 m³/person1999: 5,051 m³/person2001: 4,959 m³/person2003: 4,878 m³/person2005: 4,805 m³/person2007: 4,733 m³/person2009: 4,663 m³/person2011: 4,596 m³/person2013: 4,522 m³/person2015: 4,456 m³/person2017: 4,393 m³/person2019: 4,344 m³/person2021: 4,315 m³/person2022: 4,306 m³/person
Change over the period: −5,429 (−55.77%) Average annual rate: -1.33 %

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: East Asia & Pacific

East Asia & Pacific 4,306 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
Water resources per capita — East Asia & Pacific, by year East Asia & Pacific All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 4,306 −9 −0.21%
2021 4,315 −11 −0.25%
2020 4,326 −18 −0.41%
2019 4,344 −23 −0.52%
2018 4,366 −27 −0.61%
2017 4,393 −31 −0.71%
2016 4,424 −31 −0.71%
2015 4,456 −32 −0.72%
2014 4,488 −35 −0.76%
2013 4,522 −36 −0.8%
2012 4,559 −37 −0.82%
2011 4,596 −34 −0.73%
2010 4,630 −33 −0.7%
2009 4,663 −34 −0.72%
2008 4,697 −36 −0.76%
2007 4,733 −36 −0.76%
2006 4,769 −36 −0.75%
2005 4,805 −36 −0.75%
2004 4,841 −37 −0.76%
2003 4,878 −39 −0.8%
2002 4,917 −42 −0.84%
2001 4,959 −45 −0.9%
2000 5,004 −48 −0.94%
1999 5,051 −52 −1.01%
1998 5,103 −57 −1.11%
1997 5,160 −61 −1.17%
1996 5,222 −63 −1.2%
1995 5,285 −66 −1.23%
1994 5,351 −68 −1.26%
1993 5,419 −70 −1.28%
1992 5,489 −74 −1.34%
1991 5,563 −81 −1.44%
1990 5,645 −86 −1.5%
1989 5,731 −90 −1.55%
1988 5,821 −95 −1.61%
1987 5,916 −97 −1.61%
1986 6,013 −95 −1.55%
1985 6,108 −93 −1.5%
1984 6,201 −94 −1.5%
1983 6,295 −102 −1.59%
1982 6,397 −105 −1.61%
1981 6,502 −98 −1.48%
1980 6,600 −98 −1.46%
1979 6,698 −102 −1.5%
1978 6,799 −103 −1.5%
1977 6,903 −106 −1.52%
1976 7,009 −117 −1.64%
1975 7,127 −132 −1.82%
1974 7,258 −151 −2.04%
1973 7,410 −166 −2.2%
1972 7,576 −180 −2.32%
1971 7,756 −206 −2.59%
1970 7,962 −205 −2.52%
1969 8,168 −211 −2.52%
1968 8,379 −209 −2.43%
1967 8,588 −211 −2.39%
1966 8,798 −227 −2.52%
1965 9,025 −212 −2.29%
1964 9,237 −216 −2.29%
1963 9,453 −230 −2.37%
1962 9,683 −53 −0.54%
1961 9,735

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.