Water resources per capita — all countries

Water resources per capita — Finland

Water resources per capita in Finland in 2022 — 19,258 m³/person. Ranked 31 in the world out of 181. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 19.7%.

2022 19,258 m³/person −0.27% vs 2021
World rank 31of 181
Period maximum 23,986 m³/person1961
Period minimum 19,258 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Finland, 1961–202218,00020,00022,00024,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 23,986 m³/person1963: 23,655 m³/person1965: 23,446 m³/person1967: 23,232 m³/person1969: 23,141 m³/person1971: 23,200 m³/person1973: 22,931 m³/person1975: 22,711 m³/person1977: 22,579 m³/person1979: 22,457 m³/person1981: 22,292 m³/person1983: 22,036 m³/person1985: 21,827 m³/person1987: 21,695 m³/person1989: 21,554 m³/person1991: 21,341 m³/person1993: 21,119 m³/person1995: 20,948 m³/person1997: 20,818 m³/person1999: 20,714 m³/person2001: 20,624 m³/person2003: 20,526 m³/person2005: 20,396 m³/person2007: 20,232 m³/person2009: 20,042 m³/person2011: 19,858 m³/person2013: 19,673 m³/person2015: 19,527 m³/person2017: 19,426 m³/person2019: 19,378 m³/person2021: 19,311 m³/person2022: 19,258 m³/person
Change over the period: −4,728 (−19.71%) Average annual rate: -0.36 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Finland 19,258 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 — Finland, by year Finland All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 19,258 −52 −0.27%
2021 19,311 −40 −0.21%
2020 19,351 −28 −0.14%
2019 19,378 −21 −0.11%
2018 19,400 −26 −0.13%
2017 19,426 −46 −0.23%
2016 19,471 −56 −0.29%
2015 19,527 −64 −0.33%
2014 19,592 −81 −0.41%
2013 19,673 −91 −0.46%
2012 19,764 −94 −0.47%
2011 19,858 −92 −0.46%
2010 19,950 −91 −0.46%
2009 20,042 −96 −0.48%
2008 20,138 −94 −0.46%
2007 20,232 −86 −0.42%
2006 20,318 −78 −0.38%
2005 20,396 −70 −0.34%
2004 20,466 −60 −0.29%
2003 20,526 −49 −0.24%
2002 20,575 −50 −0.24%
2001 20,624 −47 −0.23%
2000 20,671 −43 −0.21%
1999 20,714 −48 −0.23%
1998 20,763 −55 −0.27%
1997 20,818 −62 −0.3%
1996 20,880 −69 −0.33%
1995 20,948 −80 −0.38%
1994 21,028 −91 −0.43%
1993 21,119 −102 −0.48%
1992 21,222 −120 −0.56%
1991 21,341 −117 −0.54%
1990 21,458 −95 −0.44%
1989 21,554 −78 −0.36%
1988 21,632 −63 −0.29%
1987 21,695 −62 −0.28%
1986 21,756 −71 −0.32%
1985 21,827 −91 −0.42%
1984 21,918 −117 −0.53%
1983 22,036 −132 −0.59%
1982 22,167 −125 −0.56%
1981 22,292 −95 −0.43%
1980 22,387 −70 −0.31%
1979 22,457 −57 −0.26%
1978 22,514 −65 −0.29%
1977 22,579 −63 −0.28%
1976 22,642 −68 −0.3%
1975 22,711 −101 −0.44%
1974 22,812 −120 −0.52%
1973 22,931 −131 −0.57%
1972 23,062 −138 −0.59%
1971 23,200 −29 −0.13%
1970 23,229 +88 +0.38%
1969 23,141 +13 +0.06%
1968 23,128 −104 −0.45%
1967 23,232 −126 −0.54%
1966 23,358 −88 −0.37%
1965 23,446 −78 −0.33%
1964 23,524 −131 −0.55%
1963 23,655 −168 −0.7%
1962 23,823 −163 −0.68%
1961 23,986

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.