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Water resources per capita — Lower-middle-income countries

Water resources per capita in lower-middle-income countries in 2022 — 2,322 m³/person. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 72.3%.

2022 2,322 m³/person −0.95% vs 2021
World rank —
Period maximum 8,394 m³/person1961
Period minimum 2,322 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Lower-middle-income countries, 1961–202202,5005,0007,50010,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 8,394 m³/person1963: 8,051 m³/person1965: 7,665 m³/person1967: 7,308 m³/person1969: 6,969 m³/person1971: 6,648 m³/person1973: 6,339 m³/person1975: 6,035 m³/person1977: 5,744 m³/person1979: 5,465 m³/person1981: 5,182 m³/person1983: 4,918 m³/person1985: 4,673 m³/person1987: 4,444 m³/person1989: 4,234 m³/person1991: 4,032 m³/person1993: 3,783 m³/person1995: 3,623 m³/person1997: 3,479 m³/person1999: 3,344 m³/person2001: 3,218 m³/person2003: 3,104 m³/person2005: 2,994 m³/person2007: 2,892 m³/person2009: 2,797 m³/person2011: 2,706 m³/person2013: 2,621 m³/person2015: 2,542 m³/person2017: 2,470 m³/person2019: 2,404 m³/person2021: 2,344 m³/person2022: 2,322 m³/person
Change over the period: −6,072 (−72.34%) Average annual rate: -2.08 %

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lower-middle-income countries

Lower-middle-income countries 2,322 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 2,322 −22 −0.95%
2021 2,344 −29 −1.21%
2020 2,373 −31 −1.29%
2019 2,404 −32 −1.33%
2018 2,436 −34 −1.37%
2017 2,470 −36 −1.42%
2016 2,506 −37 −1.45%
2015 2,542 −38 −1.48%
2014 2,581 −41 −1.55%
2013 2,621 −41 −1.55%
2012 2,662 −43 −1.6%
2011 2,706 −45 −1.63%
2010 2,750 −46 −1.65%
2009 2,797 −47 −1.65%
2008 2,844 −48 −1.67%
2007 2,892 −51 −1.72%
2006 2,942 −52 −1.72%
2005 2,994 −53 −1.74%
2004 3,047 −57 −1.83%
2003 3,104 −56 −1.77%
2002 3,160 −58 −1.81%
2001 3,218 −62 −1.9%
2000 3,280 −64 −1.92%
1999 3,344 −66 −1.94%
1998 3,410 −69 −1.98%
1997 3,479 −71 −1.99%
1996 3,550 −73 −2.02%
1995 3,623 −76 −2.04%
1994 3,699 −85 −2.23%
1993 3,783 −81 −2.1%
1992 3,864 −168 −4.16%
1991 4,032 −96 −2.34%
1990 4,129 −105 −2.48%
1989 4,234 −103 −2.38%
1988 4,337 −107 −2.42%
1987 4,444 −112 −2.46%
1986 4,556 −117 −2.5%
1985 4,673 −121 −2.52%
1984 4,793 −124 −2.53%
1983 4,918 −129 −2.55%
1982 5,047 −136 −2.62%
1981 5,182 −141 −2.65%
1980 5,323 −142 −2.59%
1979 5,465 −139 −2.48%
1978 5,604 −140 −2.44%
1977 5,744 −144 −2.45%
1976 5,888 −147 −2.43%
1975 6,035 −151 −2.44%
1974 6,186 −154 −2.42%
1973 6,339 −156 −2.4%
1972 6,495 −153 −2.3%
1971 6,648 −156 −2.29%
1970 6,804 −165 −2.36%
1969 6,969 −167 −2.34%
1968 7,136 −172 −2.36%
1967 7,308 −176 −2.36%
1966 7,484 −180 −2.35%
1965 7,665 −189 −2.41%
1964 7,854 −197 −2.45%
1963 8,051 −202 −2.45%
1962 8,254 −140 −1.67%
1961 8,394 — —

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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