Water resources per capita — all countries

Water resources per capita — Estonia

Water resources per capita in Estonia in 2022 — 9,423 m³/person. Ranked 48 in the world out of 181. Since 1992, the indicator has risen by 13.7%.

2022 9,423 m³/person −1.33% vs 2021
World rank 48of 181
Period maximum 9,669 m³/person2014
Period minimum 8,290 m³/person1992

Trend over time

1992–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Estonia, 1992–20228,0008,5009,0009,50010,000199219951998200120042007201020132016201920221992: 8,290 m³/person1993: 8,507 m³/person1994: 8,691 m³/person1995: 8,847 m³/person1996: 8,979 m³/person1997: 9,082 m³/person1998: 9,169 m³/person1999: 9,142 m³/person2000: 9,098 m³/person2001: 9,156 m³/person2002: 9,214 m³/person2003: 9,272 m³/person2004: 9,328 m³/person2005: 9,382 m³/person2006: 9,437 m³/person2007: 9,480 m³/person2008: 9,506 m³/person2009: 9,524 m³/person2010: 9,546 m³/person2011: 9,575 m³/person2012: 9,609 m³/person2013: 9,643 m³/person2014: 9,669 m³/person2015: 9,662 m³/person2016: 9,660 m³/person2017: 9,648 m³/person2018: 9,614 m³/person2019: 9,579 m³/person2020: 9,560 m³/person2021: 9,550 m³/person2022: 9,423 m³/person
Change over the period: +1,132 (+13.66%) Average annual rate: 0.43 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Estonia 9,423 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 — Estonia, by year Estonia All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 9,423 −127 −1.33%
2021 9,550 −10 −0.11%
2020 9,560 −19 −0.2%
2019 9,579 −36 −0.37%
2018 9,614 −34 −0.35%
2017 9,648 −12 −0.12%
2016 9,660 −3 −0.03%
2015 9,662 −6 −0.07%
2014 9,669 +25 +0.26%
2013 9,643 +34 +0.36%
2012 9,609 +34 +0.36%
2011 9,575 +29 +0.3%
2010 9,546 +22 +0.23%
2009 9,524 +18 +0.19%
2008 9,506 +25 +0.27%
2007 9,480 +43 +0.46%
2006 9,437 +55 +0.59%
2005 9,382 +54 +0.57%
2004 9,328 +56 +0.6%
2003 9,272 +58 +0.63%
2002 9,214 +58 +0.64%
2001 9,156 +58 +0.64%
2000 9,098 −44 −0.48%
1999 9,142 −27 −0.29%
1998 9,169 +88 +0.97%
1997 9,082 +103 +1.15%
1996 8,979 +131 +1.49%
1995 8,847 +157 +1.8%
1994 8,691 +184 +2.16%
1993 8,507 +216 +2.61%
1992 8,290

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.