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Water resources per capita — Kenya

Water resources per capita in Kenya in 2022 — 382 m³/person. Ranked 157 in the world out of 181. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 85.3%.

2022 382 m³/person −1.9% vs 2021
World rank 157of 181
Period maximum 2,591 m³/person1961
Period minimum 382 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Kenya, 1961–202201,0002,0003,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 2,591 m³/person1963: 2,399 m³/person1965: 2,217 m³/person1967: 2,047 m³/person1969: 1,892 m³/person1971: 1,756 m³/person1973: 1,638 m³/person1975: 1,532 m³/person1977: 1,435 m³/person1979: 1,339 m³/person1981: 1,247 m³/person1983: 1,160 m³/person1985: 1,078 m³/person1987: 1,004 m³/person1989: 936 m³/person1991: 875 m³/person1993: 824 m³/person1995: 778 m³/person1997: 737 m³/person1999: 696 m³/person2001: 655 m³/person2003: 615 m³/person2005: 578 m³/person2007: 544 m³/person2009: 512 m³/person2011: 484 m³/person2013: 460 m³/person2015: 440 m³/person2017: 421 m³/person2019: 404 m³/person2021: 389 m³/person2022: 382 m³/person
Change over the period: −2,210 (−85.28%) Average annual rate: -3.09 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Kenya 382 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
Sub-Saharan Africa 3,162 m³/person
Eastern Africa computed 1,836 m³/person
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2,322 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Kenya, by year Kenya All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 382 −7 −1.9%
2021 389 −7 −1.88%
2020 396 −8 −1.94%
2019 404 −8 −1.94%
2018 412 −8 −2.01%
2017 421 −9 −2.15%
2016 430 −10 −2.18%
2015 440 −10 −2.2%
2014 449 −11 −2.31%
2013 460 −12 −2.44%
2012 472 −12 −2.57%
2011 484 −13 −2.71%
2010 498 −15 −2.86%
2009 512 −16 −2.98%
2008 528 −16 −2.98%
2007 544 −17 −2.98%
2006 561 −17 −3%
2005 578 −18 −3.03%
2004 596 −19 −3.06%
2003 615 −19 −3.04%
2002 634 −20 −3.1%
2001 655 −21 −3.09%
2000 676 −21 −2.97%
1999 696 −20 −2.84%
1998 717 −20 −2.72%
1997 737 −20 −2.7%
1996 757 −21 −2.72%
1995 778 −22 −2.8%
1994 801 −24 −2.86%
1993 824 −25 −2.93%
1992 849 −26 −3.02%
1991 875 −29 −3.19%
1990 904 −32 −3.38%
1989 936 −33 −3.45%
1988 969 −35 −3.47%
1987 1,004 −36 −3.47%
1986 1,040 −38 −3.52%
1985 1,078 −40 −3.58%
1984 1,118 −42 −3.61%
1983 1,160 −43 −3.59%
1982 1,203 −44 −3.51%
1981 1,247 −45 −3.51%
1980 1,292 −47 −3.48%
1979 1,339 −47 −3.41%
1978 1,386 −49 −3.38%
1977 1,435 −48 −3.27%
1976 1,483 −49 −3.2%
1975 1,532 −52 −3.27%
1974 1,584 −55 −3.33%
1973 1,638 −58 −3.39%
1972 1,696 −60 −3.42%
1971 1,756 −65 −3.56%
1970 1,821 −71 −3.77%
1969 1,892 −76 −3.85%
1968 1,968 −79 −3.88%
1967 2,047 −83 −3.89%
1966 2,130 −87 −3.91%
1965 2,217 −90 −3.9%
1964 2,307 −92 −3.85%
1963 2,399 −95 −3.81%
1962 2,494 −97 −3.75%
1961 2,591 — —

Eastern Africa, 2022

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

MG Madagascar 11,072 ZM Zambia 3,980 MZ Mozambique 3,071 SS South Sudan 2,359 MU Mauritius 2,179 KM Comoros 1,439 TZ Tanzania 1,298 ET Ethiopia 973 UG Uganda 824 ER Eritrea 821 MW Malawi 785 ZW Zimbabwe 763 BI Burundi 755 RW Rwanda 696 KE Kenya 382 SO Somalia 337 DJ Djibouti 264
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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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