Water resources per capita — all countries

Water resources per capita — Euro area

Water resources per capita in the Euro area in 2022 — 3,010 m³/person. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 16.6%.

2022 3,010 m³/person −0.27% vs 2021
World rank
Period maximum 3,608 m³/person1961
Period minimum 3,010 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Euro area, 1961–20223,0003,2003,4003,6003,80019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 3,608 m³/person1963: 3,547 m³/person1965: 3,488 m³/person1967: 3,437 m³/person1969: 3,391 m³/person1971: 3,353 m³/person1973: 3,310 m³/person1975: 3,277 m³/person1977: 3,251 m³/person1979: 3,226 m³/person1981: 3,199 m³/person1983: 3,186 m³/person1985: 3,177 m³/person1987: 3,163 m³/person1989: 3,141 m³/person1991: 3,115 m³/person1993: 3,250 m³/person1995: 3,233 m³/person1997: 3,219 m³/person1999: 3,206 m³/person2001: 3,188 m³/person2003: 3,158 m³/person2005: 3,126 m³/person2007: 3,096 m³/person2009: 3,072 m³/person2011: 3,070 m³/person2013: 3,061 m³/person2015: 3,049 m³/person2017: 3,036 m³/person2019: 3,023 m³/person2021: 3,018 m³/person2022: 3,010 m³/person
Change over the period: −598 (−16.58%) Average annual rate: -0.3 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Euro area 3,010 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 3,010 −8 −0.27%
2021 3,018 −2 −0.05%
2020 3,020 −4 −0.12%
2019 3,023 −7 −0.23%
2018 3,030 −6 −0.2%
2017 3,036 −5 −0.17%
2016 3,041 −7 −0.25%
2015 3,049 −8 −0.25%
2014 3,056 −4 −0.14%
2013 3,061 −3 −0.11%
2012 3,064 −6 −0.2%
2011 3,070 +6 +0.2%
2010 3,064 −7 −0.23%
2009 3,072 −10 −0.32%
2008 3,081 −15 −0.47%
2007 3,096 −16 −0.5%
2006 3,112 −14 −0.45%
2005 3,126 −16 −0.5%
2004 3,141 −17 −0.53%
2003 3,158 −16 −0.52%
2002 3,175 −14 −0.43%
2001 3,188 −9 −0.27%
2000 3,197 −9 −0.29%
1999 3,206 −7 −0.23%
1998 3,213 −6 −0.19%
1997 3,219 −7 −0.21%
1996 3,226 −7 −0.22%
1995 3,233 −7 −0.23%
1994 3,240 −9 −0.29%
1993 3,250 −27 −0.82%
1992 3,277 +162 +5.2%
1991 3,115 −14 −0.44%
1990 3,128 −13 −0.41%
1989 3,141 −12 −0.39%
1988 3,153 −10 −0.31%
1987 3,163 −8 −0.24%
1986 3,171 −6 −0.2%
1985 3,177 −5 −0.15%
1984 3,182 −4 −0.13%
1983 3,186 −6 −0.18%
1982 3,192 −7 −0.23%
1981 3,199 −13 −0.39%
1980 3,212 −14 −0.44%
1979 3,226 −13 −0.39%
1978 3,239 −12 −0.38%
1977 3,251 −12 −0.38%
1976 3,264 −13 −0.4%
1975 3,277 −15 −0.46%
1974 3,292 −18 −0.54%
1973 3,310 −21 −0.62%
1972 3,331 −22 −0.67%
1971 3,353 −19 −0.56%
1970 3,372 −19 −0.56%
1969 3,391 −23 −0.68%
1968 3,414 −22 −0.65%
1967 3,437 −24 −0.69%
1966 3,460 −27 −0.79%
1965 3,488 −30 −0.84%
1964 3,517 −30 −0.85%
1963 3,547 −30 −0.85%
1962 3,578 −30 −0.84%
1961 3,608

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.