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Water resources per capita — Ireland

Water resources per capita in Ireland in 2022 — 9,400 m³/person. Ranked 49 in the world out of 181. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 45.8%.

2022 9,400 m³/person −1.96% vs 2021
World rank 49of 181
Period maximum 17,349 m³/person1961
Period minimum 9,400 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Ireland, 1961–20228,00010,00012,00014,00016,00018,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 17,349 m³/person1963: 17,177 m³/person1965: 17,030 m³/person1967: 16,882 m³/person1969: 16,708 m³/person1971: 16,377 m³/person1973: 15,878 m³/person1975: 15,363 m³/person1977: 14,929 m³/person1979: 14,524 m³/person1981: 14,191 m³/person1983: 13,958 m³/person1985: 13,849 m³/person1987: 13,842 m³/person1989: 13,956 m³/person1991: 13,864 m³/person1993: 13,701 m³/person1995: 13,578 m³/person1997: 13,336 m³/person1999: 13,050 m³/person2001: 12,674 m³/person2003: 12,261 m³/person2005: 11,779 m³/person2007: 11,139 m³/person2009: 10,804 m³/person2011: 10,698 m³/person2013: 10,597 m³/person2015: 10,421 m³/person2017: 10,150 m³/person2019: 9,846 m³/person2021: 9,588 m³/person2022: 9,400 m³/person
Change over the period: −7,949 (−45.82%) Average annual rate: -1 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Ireland 9,400 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 — Ireland, by year Ireland All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 9,400 −188 −1.96%
2021 9,588 −135 −1.39%
2020 9,723 −124 −1.26%
2019 9,846 −158 −1.58%
2018 10,004 −146 −1.44%
2017 10,150 −138 −1.34%
2016 10,288 −133 −1.28%
2015 10,421 −99 −0.94%
2014 10,520 −77 −0.73%
2013 10,597 −56 −0.53%
2012 10,653 −45 −0.42%
2011 10,698 −47 −0.44%
2010 10,745 −59 −0.54%
2009 10,804 −110 −1.01%
2008 10,914 −225 −2.02%
2007 11,139 −327 −2.85%
2006 11,466 −313 −2.66%
2005 11,779 −259 −2.16%
2004 12,039 −222 −1.81%
2003 12,261 −201 −1.62%
2002 12,462 −212 −1.67%
2001 12,674 −203 −1.58%
2000 12,877 −173 −1.32%
1999 13,050 −148 −1.12%
1998 13,198 −138 −1.04%
1997 13,336 −134 −1%
1996 13,471 −107 −0.79%
1995 13,578 −70 −0.51%
1994 13,648 −54 −0.39%
1993 13,701 −69 −0.5%
1992 13,770 −94 −0.68%
1991 13,864 −80 −0.57%
1990 13,944 −12 −0.08%
1989 13,956 +55 +0.4%
1988 13,901 +59 +0.43%
1987 13,842 −1 −0.01%
1986 13,843 −6 −0.05%
1985 13,849 −22 −0.16%
1984 13,871 −86 −0.62%
1983 13,958 −99 −0.71%
1982 14,057 −134 −0.94%
1981 14,191 −167 −1.16%
1980 14,358 −166 −1.14%
1979 14,524 −195 −1.32%
1978 14,719 −210 −1.41%
1977 14,929 −204 −1.35%
1976 15,133 −230 −1.5%
1975 15,363 −255 −1.63%
1974 15,618 −261 −1.64%
1973 15,878 −257 −1.59%
1972 16,135 −242 −1.48%
1971 16,377 −193 −1.16%
1970 16,569 −139 −0.83%
1969 16,708 −98 −0.58%
1968 16,806 −76 −0.45%
1967 16,882 −80 −0.47%
1966 16,962 −68 −0.4%
1965 17,030 −64 −0.37%
1964 17,094 −83 −0.48%
1963 17,177 −101 −0.58%
1962 17,278 −71 −0.41%
1961 17,349 — —

Northern Europe, 2022

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

IS Iceland 445,023 NO Norway 70,000 FI Finland 19,258 SE Sweden 16,306 EE Estonia 9,423 IE Ireland 9,400 LV Latvia 9,014 LT Lithuania 5,460 GB United Kingdom 2,144 DK Denmark 1,016
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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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