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Water resources per capita — Eswatini

Water resources per capita in Eswatini in 2022 — 2,166 m³/person. Ranked 102 in the world out of 181. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 71%.

2022 2,166 m³/person −1.01% vs 2021
World rank 102of 181
Period maximum 7,473 m³/person1961
Period minimum 2,166 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Eswatini, 1961–202202,0004,0006,0008,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 7,473 m³/person1963: 7,140 m³/person1965: 6,798 m³/person1967: 6,454 m³/person1969: 6,141 m³/person1971: 5,825 m³/person1973: 5,511 m³/person1975: 5,200 m³/person1977: 4,886 m³/person1979: 4,574 m³/person1981: 4,280 m³/person1983: 4,006 m³/person1985: 3,738 m³/person1987: 3,456 m³/person1989: 3,151 m³/person1991: 2,907 m³/person1993: 2,718 m³/person1995: 2,720 m³/person1997: 2,623 m³/person1999: 2,561 m³/person2001: 2,512 m³/person2003: 2,475 m³/person2005: 2,447 m³/person2007: 2,420 m³/person2009: 2,389 m³/person2011: 2,362 m³/person2013: 2,336 m³/person2015: 2,310 m³/person2017: 2,279 m³/person2019: 2,238 m³/person2021: 2,188 m³/person2022: 2,166 m³/person
Change over the period: −5,307 (−71.02%) Average annual rate: -2.01 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Eswatini 2,166 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
Sub-Saharan Africa 3,162 m³/person
Southern Africa computed 860 m³/person
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2,322 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Eswatini, by year Eswatini All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 2,166 −22 −1.01%
2021 2,188 −25 −1.15%
2020 2,213 −24 −1.08%
2019 2,238 −21 −0.93%
2018 2,258 −21 −0.92%
2017 2,279 −17 −0.75%
2016 2,297 −13 −0.58%
2015 2,310 −13 −0.57%
2014 2,323 −13 −0.56%
2013 2,336 −13 −0.54%
2012 2,349 −13 −0.54%
2011 2,362 −13 −0.55%
2010 2,375 −14 −0.58%
2009 2,389 −15 −0.64%
2008 2,404 −16 −0.67%
2007 2,420 −14 −0.57%
2006 2,434 −12 −0.5%
2005 2,447 −13 −0.54%
2004 2,460 −15 −0.6%
2003 2,475 −17 −0.68%
2002 2,492 −20 −0.79%
2001 2,512 −23 −0.92%
2000 2,535 −26 −1.02%
1999 2,561 −28 −1.08%
1998 2,589 −33 −1.28%
1997 2,623 −44 −1.67%
1996 2,667 −53 −1.96%
1995 2,720 +2 +0.08%
1994 2,718 +0 +0.01%
1993 2,718 −80 −2.87%
1992 2,798 −109 −3.73%
1991 2,907 −119 −3.94%
1990 3,026 −125 −3.97%
1989 3,151 −150 −4.54%
1988 3,301 −156 −4.5%
1987 3,456 −137 −3.81%
1986 3,593 −145 −3.88%
1985 3,738 −140 −3.6%
1984 3,878 −128 −3.21%
1983 4,006 −134 −3.23%
1982 4,140 −140 −3.27%
1981 4,280 −145 −3.27%
1980 4,425 −149 −3.26%
1979 4,574 −154 −3.25%
1978 4,727 −158 −3.24%
1977 4,886 −159 −3.15%
1976 5,045 −156 −2.99%
1975 5,200 −155 −2.89%
1974 5,355 −156 −2.83%
1973 5,511 −157 −2.77%
1972 5,668 −158 −2.71%
1971 5,825 −158 −2.64%
1970 5,983 −158 −2.57%
1969 6,141 −157 −2.5%
1968 6,299 −156 −2.41%
1967 6,454 −166 −2.51%
1966 6,620 −178 −2.62%
1965 6,798 −174 −2.49%
1964 6,972 −168 −2.35%
1963 7,140 −166 −2.27%
1962 7,306 −168 −2.24%
1961 7,473 — —

Southern Africa, 2022

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

LS Lesotho 2,288 SZ Eswatini 2,166 NA Namibia 2,132 BW Botswana 984 ZA South Africa 718
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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.

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