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Water resources per capita — Laos

Water resources per capita in Laos in 2022 — 25,188 m³/person. Ranked 25 in the world out of 181. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 71.3%.

2022 25,188 m³/person −1.4% vs 2021
World rank 25of 181
Period maximum 87,750 m³/person1961
Period minimum 25,188 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Laos, 1961–2022025,00050,00075,000100,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 87,750 m³/person1963: 83,837 m³/person1965: 80,128 m³/person1967: 76,536 m³/person1969: 73,035 m³/person1971: 69,626 m³/person1973: 66,328 m³/person1975: 63,350 m³/person1977: 61,047 m³/person1979: 58,980 m³/person1981: 56,555 m³/person1983: 53,770 m³/person1985: 50,909 m³/person1987: 48,110 m³/person1989: 45,431 m³/person1991: 42,930 m³/person1993: 40,640 m³/person1995: 38,625 m³/person1997: 36,956 m³/person1999: 35,650 m³/person2001: 34,483 m³/person2003: 33,416 m³/person2005: 32,439 m³/person2007: 31,439 m³/person2009: 30,505 m³/person2011: 29,627 m³/person2013: 28,799 m³/person2015: 27,993 m³/person2017: 27,130 m³/person2019: 26,307 m³/person2021: 25,546 m³/person2022: 25,188 m³/person
Change over the period: −62,562 (−71.3%) Average annual rate: -2.03 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Laos 25,188 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
East Asia & Pacific 4,306 m³/person
South-Eastern Asia computed 7,290 m³/person
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2,322 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Laos, by year Laos All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 25,188 −358 −1.4%
2021 25,546 −371 −1.43%
2020 25,917 −390 −1.48%
2019 26,307 −404 −1.51%
2018 26,711 −418 −1.54%
2017 27,130 −429 −1.56%
2016 27,559 −434 −1.55%
2015 27,993 −411 −1.45%
2014 28,404 −394 −1.37%
2013 28,799 −408 −1.4%
2012 29,207 −420 −1.42%
2011 29,627 −432 −1.44%
2010 30,059 −446 −1.46%
2009 30,505 −460 −1.48%
2008 30,965 −474 −1.51%
2007 31,439 −490 −1.54%
2006 31,929 −510 −1.57%
2005 32,439 −493 −1.5%
2004 32,932 −484 −1.45%
2003 33,416 −518 −1.53%
2002 33,934 −549 −1.59%
2001 34,483 −573 −1.63%
2000 35,057 −594 −1.66%
1999 35,650 −628 −1.73%
1998 36,279 −678 −1.83%
1997 36,956 −779 −2.06%
1996 37,735 −890 −2.3%
1995 38,625 −965 −2.44%
1994 39,591 −1,049 −2.58%
1993 40,640 −1,118 −2.68%
1992 41,758 −1,172 −2.73%
1991 42,930 −1,226 −2.78%
1990 44,156 −1,275 −2.81%
1989 45,431 −1,320 −2.82%
1988 46,751 −1,358 −2.82%
1987 48,110 −1,387 −2.8%
1986 49,497 −1,413 −2.77%
1985 50,909 −1,429 −2.73%
1984 52,339 −1,431 −2.66%
1983 53,770 −1,418 −2.57%
1982 55,188 −1,367 −2.42%
1981 56,555 −1,272 −2.2%
1980 57,827 −1,153 −1.96%
1979 58,980 −1,050 −1.75%
1978 60,030 −1,017 −1.67%
1977 61,047 −1,077 −1.73%
1976 62,123 −1,227 −1.94%
1975 63,350 −1,417 −2.19%
1974 64,767 −1,561 −2.35%
1973 66,328 −1,631 −2.4%
1972 67,960 −1,666 −2.39%
1971 69,626 −1,693 −2.37%
1970 71,319 −1,716 −2.35%
1969 73,035 −1,738 −2.32%
1968 74,773 −1,763 −2.3%
1967 76,536 −1,783 −2.28%
1966 78,319 −1,809 −2.26%
1965 80,128 −1,841 −2.25%
1964 81,969 −1,868 −2.23%
1963 83,837 −1,932 −2.25%
1962 85,769 −1,981 −2.26%
1961 87,750 — —

South-Eastern Asia, 2022

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

LA Laos 25,188 BN Brunei Darussalam 18,666 MM Myanmar 18,654 MY Malaysia 16,717 ID Indonesia 7,240 KH Cambodia 7,011 TL Timor-Leste 5,999 PH Philippines 4,203 VN Vietnam 3,606 TH Thailand 3,130 SG Singapore 106
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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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