Water resources per capita — all countries

Water resources per capita — Lebanon

Water resources per capita in Lebanon in 2022 — 836 m³/person. Ranked 134 in the world out of 181. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 67.8%.

2022 836 m³/person −0.46% vs 2021
World rank 134of 181
Period maximum 2,594 m³/person1961
Period minimum 742 m³/person2015

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Lebanon, 1961–202201,0002,0003,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 2,594 m³/person1963: 2,436 m³/person1965: 2,298 m³/person1967: 2,175 m³/person1969: 2,062 m³/person1971: 1,962 m³/person1973: 1,866 m³/person1975: 1,782 m³/person1977: 1,738 m³/person1979: 1,665 m³/person1981: 1,595 m³/person1983: 1,551 m³/person1985: 1,492 m³/person1987: 1,418 m³/person1989: 1,362 m³/person1991: 1,308 m³/person1993: 1,256 m³/person1995: 1,212 m³/person1997: 1,168 m³/person1999: 1,128 m³/person2001: 1,090 m³/person2003: 1,061 m³/person2005: 1,028 m³/person2007: 991 m³/person2009: 961 m³/person2011: 942 m³/person2013: 836 m³/person2015: 742 m³/person2017: 779 m³/person2019: 828 m³/person2021: 839 m³/person2022: 836 m³/person
Change over the period: −1,759 (−67.79%) Average annual rate: -1.84 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Lebanon 836 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
Western Asia computed 1,264 m³/person
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2,322 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Lebanon, by year Lebanon All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 836 −4 −0.46%
2021 839 −2 −0.27%
2020 842 +13 +1.62%
2019 828 +26 +3.27%
2018 802 +23 +2.94%
2017 779 +20 +2.64%
2016 759 +18 +2.36%
2015 742 −15 −1.94%
2014 756 −79 −9.51%
2013 836 −81 −8.84%
2012 917 −25 −2.67%
2011 942 −10 −1.07%
2010 952 −9 −0.97%
2009 961 −13 −1.34%
2008 975 −16 −1.65%
2007 991 −19 −1.92%
2006 1,010 −17 −1.68%
2005 1,028 −16 −1.54%
2004 1,044 −17 −1.6%
2003 1,061 −15 −1.37%
2002 1,075 −15 −1.38%
2001 1,090 −18 −1.65%
2000 1,109 −19 −1.71%
1999 1,128 −20 −1.74%
1998 1,148 −20 −1.74%
1997 1,168 −21 −1.79%
1996 1,190 −22 −1.84%
1995 1,212 −22 −1.79%
1994 1,234 −22 −1.78%
1993 1,256 −25 −1.92%
1992 1,281 −27 −2.09%
1991 1,308 −27 −2.01%
1990 1,335 −26 −1.94%
1989 1,362 −28 −2%
1988 1,389 −28 −2%
1987 1,418 −37 −2.52%
1986 1,454 −38 −2.51%
1985 1,492 −31 −2.01%
1984 1,522 −28 −1.83%
1983 1,551 −20 −1.29%
1982 1,571 −24 −1.5%
1981 1,595 −35 −2.13%
1980 1,630 −35 −2.11%
1979 1,665 −35 −2.08%
1978 1,701 −37 −2.14%
1977 1,738 −23 −1.29%
1976 1,761 −22 −1.22%
1975 1,782 −39 −2.15%
1974 1,822 −44 −2.36%
1973 1,866 −47 −2.46%
1972 1,913 −50 −2.53%
1971 1,962 −50 −2.46%
1970 2,012 −50 −2.43%
1969 2,062 −56 −2.65%
1968 2,118 −57 −2.63%
1967 2,175 −59 −2.65%
1966 2,234 −64 −2.77%
1965 2,298 −66 −2.79%
1964 2,364 −72 −2.97%
1963 2,436 −77 −3.08%
1962 2,514 −81 −3.12%
1961 2,594

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.