Water resources per capita — all countries

Water resources per capita — G7

Water resources per capita in the G7 in 2022 — 8,675 m³/person. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 32.9%.

2022 8,675 m³/person −0.38% vs 2021
World rank
Period maximum 12,931 m³/person1961
Period minimum 8,675 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — G7, 1961–20228,00010,00012,00014,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 12,931 m³/person1963: 12,641 m³/person1965: 12,371 m³/person1967: 12,141 m³/person1969: 11,930 m³/person1971: 11,686 m³/person1973: 11,481 m³/person1975: 11,315 m³/person1977: 11,172 m³/person1979: 11,022 m³/person1981: 10,880 m³/person1983: 10,762 m³/person1985: 10,651 m³/person1987: 10,531 m³/person1989: 10,396 m³/person1991: 10,236 m³/person1993: 10,075 m³/person1995: 9,943 m³/person1997: 9,817 m³/person1999: 9,697 m³/person2001: 9,577 m³/person2003: 9,465 m³/person2005: 9,354 m³/person2007: 9,242 m³/person2009: 9,136 m³/person2011: 9,062 m³/person2013: 8,973 m³/person2015: 8,879 m³/person2017: 8,793 m³/person2019: 8,729 m³/person2021: 8,708 m³/person2022: 8,675 m³/person
Change over the period: −4,256 (−32.91%) Average annual rate: -0.65 %

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G7

G7 8,675 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
Water resources per capita — G7, by year G7 All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 8,675 −33 −0.38%
2021 8,708 −4 −0.05%
2020 8,712 −17 −0.19%
2019 8,729 −30 −0.35%
2018 8,759 −34 −0.39%
2017 8,793 −38 −0.44%
2016 8,831 −48 −0.54%
2015 8,879 −47 −0.53%
2014 8,927 −46 −0.51%
2013 8,973 −44 −0.49%
2012 9,017 −46 −0.5%
2011 9,062 −25 −0.28%
2010 9,088 −49 −0.53%
2009 9,136 −50 −0.54%
2008 9,186 −56 −0.6%
2007 9,242 −57 −0.61%
2006 9,298 −56 −0.59%
2005 9,354 −55 −0.58%
2004 9,409 −56 −0.59%
2003 9,465 −55 −0.58%
2002 9,520 −57 −0.6%
2001 9,577 −59 −0.61%
2000 9,636 −61 −0.63%
1999 9,697 −59 −0.61%
1998 9,757 −60 −0.61%
1997 9,817 −63 −0.64%
1996 9,880 −63 −0.63%
1995 9,943 −64 −0.64%
1994 10,007 −68 −0.67%
1993 10,075 −77 −0.76%
1992 10,152 −84 −0.82%
1991 10,236 −83 −0.8%
1990 10,319 −77 −0.74%
1989 10,396 −72 −0.69%
1988 10,468 −63 −0.6%
1987 10,531 −60 −0.57%
1986 10,591 −60 −0.56%
1985 10,651 −57 −0.53%
1984 10,708 −54 −0.5%
1983 10,762 −58 −0.53%
1982 10,819 −61 −0.56%
1981 10,880 −70 −0.64%
1980 10,950 −72 −0.66%
1979 11,022 −76 −0.68%
1978 11,098 −74 −0.66%
1977 11,172 −72 −0.64%
1976 11,244 −70 −0.62%
1975 11,315 −80 −0.7%
1974 11,394 −87 −0.76%
1973 11,481 −98 −0.85%
1972 11,579 −107 −0.91%
1971 11,686 −137 −1.16%
1970 11,823 −107 −0.89%
1969 11,930 −107 −0.89%
1968 12,037 −104 −0.86%
1967 12,141 −110 −0.9%
1966 12,251 −119 −0.97%
1965 12,371 −131 −1.05%
1964 12,502 −139 −1.1%
1963 12,641 −143 −1.12%
1962 12,784 −147 −1.14%
1961 12,931

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.