Water resources per capita — all countries

Water resources per capita — Malta

Water resources per capita in Malta in 2022 — 95 m³/person. Ranked 170 in the world out of 181. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 38.8%.

2022 95 m³/person −2.44% vs 2021
World rank 170of 181
Period maximum 167 m³/person1974
Period minimum 95 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Malta, 1961–20228010012014016018019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 155 m³/person1963: 157 m³/person1965: 158 m³/person1967: 162 m³/person1969: 166 m³/person1971: 167 m³/person1973: 167 m³/person1975: 166 m³/person1977: 165 m³/person1979: 161 m³/person1981: 158 m³/person1983: 153 m³/person1985: 150 m³/person1987: 147 m³/person1989: 144 m³/person1991: 139 m³/person1993: 136 m³/person1995: 134 m³/person1997: 132 m³/person1999: 130 m³/person2001: 128 m³/person2003: 127 m³/person2005: 125 m³/person2007: 124 m³/person2009: 122 m³/person2011: 121 m³/person2013: 119 m³/person2015: 114 m³/person2017: 108 m³/person2019: 100 m³/person2021: 97 m³/person2022: 95 m³/person
Change over the period: −60 (−38.76%) Average annual rate: -0.8 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Malta 95 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
Europe & Central Asia 7,674 m³/person
Southern Europe computed 3,522 m³/person
High-income countries computed 10,978 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Malta, by year Malta All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 95 −2 −2.44%
2021 97 −1 −0.51%
2020 98 −2 −2.25%
2019 100 −4 −3.97%
2018 104 −4 −3.47%
2017 108 −3 −2.7%
2016 111 −3 −2.26%
2015 114 −3 −2.42%
2014 116 −2 −2%
2013 119 −1 −1.13%
2012 120 −1 −0.9%
2011 121 −1 −0.42%
2010 122 −1 −0.49%
2009 122 −1 −0.75%
2008 123 −1 −0.65%
2007 124 −0 −0.35%
2006 125 −0 −0.36%
2005 125 −1 −0.64%
2004 126 −1 −0.67%
2003 127 −1 −0.66%
2002 128 −1 −0.74%
2001 128 −1 −0.75%
2000 129 −1 −0.64%
1999 130 −1 −0.59%
1998 131 −1 −0.65%
1997 132 −1 −0.75%
1996 133 −1 −0.65%
1995 134 −1 −0.69%
1994 135 −1 −0.93%
1993 136 −1 −0.99%
1992 137 −1 −1.03%
1991 139 −4 −2.66%
1990 143 −1 −0.97%
1989 144 −1 −0.97%
1988 145 −1 −0.82%
1987 147 −1 −0.69%
1986 148 −2 −1.66%
1985 150 −3 −1.74%
1984 153 −0 −0.02%
1983 153 −2 −1.4%
1982 155 −3 −2.12%
1981 158 −1 −0.73%
1980 159 −2 −1.04%
1979 161 −2 −1.01%
1978 163 −2 −1.04%
1977 165 −1 −0.39%
1976 165 −1 −0.51%
1975 166 −1 −0.73%
1974 167 +0 +0.07%
1973 167 +0 +0.08%
1972 167 +0 +0.08%
1971 167 −0 −0.02%
1970 167 +1 +0.55%
1969 166 +2 +1.18%
1968 164 +2 +1.19%
1967 162 +2 +1.17%
1966 160 +2 +1.14%
1965 158 +1 +0.77%
1964 157 +1 +0.4%
1963 157 +1 +0.42%
1962 156 +1 +0.42%
1961 155

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.