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Water resources per capita — Maldives

Water resources per capita in the Maldives in 2022 — 57 m³/person. Ranked 175 in the world out of 181. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 82.2%.

2022 57 m³/person −1.52% vs 2021
World rank 175of 181
Period maximum 321 m³/person1961
Period minimum 57 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Maldives, 1961–2022010020030040019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 321 m³/person1963: 305 m³/person1965: 288 m³/person1967: 267 m³/person1969: 251 m³/person1971: 236 m³/person1973: 222 m³/person1975: 210 m³/person1977: 197 m³/person1979: 187 m³/person1981: 177 m³/person1983: 167 m³/person1985: 158 m³/person1987: 147 m³/person1989: 138 m³/person1991: 129 m³/person1993: 123 m³/person1995: 117 m³/person1997: 112 m³/person1999: 108 m³/person2001: 105 m³/person2003: 101 m³/person2005: 98 m³/person2007: 92 m³/person2009: 86 m³/person2011: 80 m³/person2013: 75 m³/person2015: 70 m³/person2017: 65 m³/person2019: 62 m³/person2021: 58 m³/person2022: 57 m³/person
Change over the period: −264 (−82.17%) Average annual rate: -2.79 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Maldives 57 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
South Asia 1,141 m³/person
Southern Asia computed 1,044 m³/person
Upper-middle-income countries computed 6,572 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Maldives, by year Maldives All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 57 −1 −1.52%
2021 58 −2 −2.72%
2020 60 −2 −2.87%
2019 62 −2 −3%
2018 63 −2 −3.13%
2017 65 −2 −3.27%
2016 68 −2 −3.42%
2015 70 −2 −3.4%
2014 73 −2 −3.28%
2013 75 −3 −3.31%
2012 78 −3 −3.4%
2011 80 −3 −3.45%
2010 83 −3 −3.47%
2009 86 −3 −3.48%
2008 89 −3 −3.48%
2007 92 −3 −3.28%
2006 96 −2 −2.36%
2005 98 −2 −1.64%
2004 100 −2 −1.63%
2003 101 −2 −1.64%
2002 103 −2 −1.66%
2001 105 −2 −1.66%
2000 106 −2 −1.63%
1999 108 −2 −1.69%
1998 110 −2 −1.84%
1997 112 −2 −2%
1996 114 −3 −2.17%
1995 117 −3 −2.27%
1994 120 −3 −2.37%
1993 123 −3 −2.59%
1992 126 −4 −2.83%
1991 129 −4 −3.04%
1990 133 −4 −3.13%
1989 138 −4 −3.15%
1988 142 −5 −3.29%
1987 147 −5 −3.44%
1986 152 −5 −3.44%
1985 158 −5 −3.14%
1984 163 −5 −2.75%
1983 167 −5 −2.68%
1982 172 −5 −2.75%
1981 177 −5 −2.77%
1980 182 −5 −2.71%
1979 187 −5 −2.62%
1978 192 −5 −2.71%
1977 197 −6 −2.9%
1976 203 −6 −2.96%
1975 210 −6 −2.92%
1974 216 −6 −2.9%
1973 222 −7 −2.95%
1972 229 −7 −3%
1971 236 −7 −3%
1970 243 −7 −2.97%
1969 251 −8 −2.92%
1968 258 −8 −3.06%
1967 267 −10 −3.57%
1966 276 −12 −4.06%
1965 288 −10 −3.3%
1964 298 −7 −2.42%
1963 305 −8 −2.46%
1962 313 −8 −2.46%
1961 321 — —

Southern Asia, 2022

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

BT Bhutan 99,883 NP Nepal 6,670 LK Sri Lanka 2,380 IR Iran 1,435 AF Afghanistan 1,162 IN India 1,014 BD Bangladesh 620 PK Pakistan 226 MV Maldives 57
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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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