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Water resources per capita — Guatemala

Water resources per capita in Guatemala in 2022 — 6,118 m³/person. Ranked 62 in the world out of 181. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 76.5%.

2022 6,118 m³/person −1.4% vs 2021
World rank 62of 181
Period maximum 26,086 m³/person1961
Period minimum 6,118 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Guatemala, 1961–2022010,00020,00030,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 26,086 m³/person1963: 24,593 m³/person1965: 23,210 m³/person1967: 21,933 m³/person1969: 20,772 m³/person1971: 19,717 m³/person1973: 18,725 m³/person1975: 17,818 m³/person1977: 17,058 m³/person1979: 16,231 m³/person1981: 15,433 m³/person1983: 14,718 m³/person1985: 13,911 m³/person1987: 13,162 m³/person1989: 12,444 m³/person1991: 11,777 m³/person1993: 11,166 m³/person1995: 10,589 m³/person1997: 10,057 m³/person1999: 9,560 m³/person2001: 9,123 m³/person2003: 8,718 m³/person2005: 8,344 m³/person2007: 7,999 m³/person2009: 7,682 m³/person2011: 7,382 m³/person2013: 7,097 m³/person2015: 6,837 m³/person2017: 6,591 m³/person2019: 6,385 m³/person2021: 6,205 m³/person2022: 6,118 m³/person
Change over the period: −19,967 (−76.55%) Average annual rate: -2.35 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Guatemala 6,118 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
Latin America & Caribbean 21,253 m³/person
Central America computed 5,814 m³/person
Upper-middle-income countries computed 6,572 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Guatemala, by year Guatemala All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 6,118 −87 −1.4%
2021 6,205 −86 −1.37%
2020 6,291 −93 −1.46%
2019 6,385 −98 −1.51%
2018 6,482 −109 −1.65%
2017 6,591 −121 −1.8%
2016 6,712 −125 −1.83%
2015 6,837 −126 −1.82%
2014 6,964 −133 −1.88%
2013 7,097 −140 −1.93%
2012 7,237 −146 −1.97%
2011 7,382 −149 −1.97%
2010 7,531 −151 −1.96%
2009 7,682 −155 −1.97%
2008 7,836 −163 −2.03%
2007 7,999 −170 −2.08%
2006 8,169 −175 −2.09%
2005 8,344 −183 −2.14%
2004 8,526 −192 −2.2%
2003 8,718 −199 −2.23%
2002 8,917 −207 −2.27%
2001 9,123 −212 −2.27%
2000 9,335 −224 −2.35%
1999 9,560 −244 −2.48%
1998 9,803 −254 −2.53%
1997 10,057 −261 −2.53%
1996 10,318 −271 −2.56%
1995 10,589 −284 −2.61%
1994 10,872 −293 −2.63%
1993 11,166 −302 −2.63%
1992 11,468 −309 −2.62%
1991 11,777 −323 −2.67%
1990 12,100 −344 −2.76%
1989 12,444 −355 −2.77%
1988 12,799 −363 −2.76%
1987 13,162 −368 −2.72%
1986 13,530 −381 −2.74%
1985 13,911 −399 −2.79%
1984 14,311 −407 −2.77%
1983 14,718 −365 −2.42%
1982 15,082 −351 −2.27%
1981 15,433 −392 −2.48%
1980 15,826 −406 −2.5%
1979 16,231 −411 −2.47%
1978 16,642 −416 −2.44%
1977 17,058 −379 −2.17%
1976 17,437 −380 −2.13%
1975 17,818 −439 −2.41%
1974 18,257 −468 −2.5%
1973 18,725 −490 −2.55%
1972 19,216 −501 −2.54%
1971 19,717 −517 −2.55%
1970 20,234 −538 −2.59%
1969 20,772 −564 −2.64%
1968 21,336 −597 −2.72%
1967 21,933 −625 −2.77%
1966 22,558 −652 −2.81%
1965 23,210 −680 −2.84%
1964 23,889 −704 −2.86%
1963 24,593 −731 −2.89%
1962 25,324 −761 −2.92%
1961 26,086 — —

Central America, 2022

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

BZ Belize 37,891 PA Panama 31,040 NI Nicaragua 23,209 CR Costa Rica 22,236 HN Honduras 8,664 GT Guatemala 6,118 MX Mexico 3,180 SV El Salvador 2,489
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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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