Water resources per capita — all countries

Water resources per capita — Egypt

Water resources per capita in Egypt in 2022 — 9 m³/person. Ranked 179 in the world out of 181. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 75.5%.

2022 9 m³/person −1.48% vs 2021
World rank 179of 181
Period maximum 36 m³/person1961
Period minimum 9 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Egypt, 1961–202201020304019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 36 m³/person1963: 34 m³/person1965: 33 m³/person1967: 31 m³/person1969: 30 m³/person1971: 28 m³/person1973: 27 m³/person1975: 26 m³/person1977: 25 m³/person1979: 23 m³/person1981: 22 m³/person1983: 21 m³/person1985: 20 m³/person1987: 19 m³/person1989: 18 m³/person1991: 17 m³/person1993: 16 m³/person1995: 15 m³/person1997: 15 m³/person1999: 14 m³/person2001: 13 m³/person2003: 13 m³/person2005: 12 m³/person2007: 12 m³/person2009: 11 m³/person2011: 11 m³/person2013: 10 m³/person2015: 10 m³/person2017: 10 m³/person2019: 9 m³/person2021: 9 m³/person2022: 9 m³/person
Change over the period: −27 (−75.49%) Average annual rate: -2.28 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Egypt 9 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
Northern Africa computed 190 m³/person
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2,322 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Egypt, by year Egypt All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 9 −0 −1.48%
2021 9 −0 −1.48%
2020 9 −0 −1.61%
2019 9 −0 −1.74%
2018 9 −0 −1.88%
2017 10 −0 −1.98%
2016 10 −0 −2.01%
2015 10 −0 −2.08%
2014 10 −0 −2.25%
2013 10 −0 −2.28%
2012 11 −0 −2.22%
2011 11 −0 −2.08%
2010 11 −0 −1.9%
2009 11 −0 −1.87%
2008 12 −0 −1.85%
2007 12 −0 −1.87%
2006 12 −0 −1.93%
2005 12 −0 −2%
2004 13 −0 −2.04%
2003 13 −0 −2.07%
2002 13 −0 −2.08%
2001 13 −0 −2.1%
2000 14 −0 −2.14%
1999 14 −0 −2.21%
1998 14 −0 −2.16%
1997 15 −0 −2.05%
1996 15 −0 −2.05%
1995 15 −0 −2.08%
1994 16 −0 −2.13%
1993 16 −0 −2.28%
1992 16 −0 −2.36%
1991 17 −0 −2.72%
1990 17 −1 −2.89%
1989 18 −0 −2.69%
1988 18 −1 −2.74%
1987 19 −1 −2.74%
1986 19 −1 −2.82%
1985 20 −1 −2.93%
1984 20 −1 −2.97%
1983 21 −1 −2.89%
1982 22 −1 −2.72%
1981 22 −1 −2.65%
1980 23 −1 −2.58%
1979 23 −1 −2.47%
1978 24 −1 −2.42%
1977 25 −1 −2.34%
1976 25 −1 −2.31%
1975 26 −1 −2.33%
1974 26 −1 −2.29%
1973 27 −1 −2.27%
1972 28 −1 −2.28%
1971 28 −1 −2.28%
1970 29 −1 −2.35%
1969 30 −1 −2.41%
1968 30 −1 −2.43%
1967 31 −1 −2.45%
1966 32 −1 −2.48%
1965 33 −1 −2.51%
1964 33 −1 −2.57%
1963 34 −1 −2.59%
1962 35 −1 −2.6%
1961 36

Northern Africa, 2022

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

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.