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Water resources per capita — Mauritania

Water resources per capita in Mauritania in 2022 — 82 m³/person. Ranked 171 in the world out of 181. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 82.6%.

2022 82 m³/person −2.89% vs 2021
World rank 171of 181
Period maximum 473 m³/person1961
Period minimum 82 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Mauritania, 1961–2022020040060019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 473 m³/person1963: 448 m³/person1965: 423 m³/person1967: 398 m³/person1969: 375 m³/person1971: 353 m³/person1973: 332 m³/person1975: 313 m³/person1977: 295 m³/person1979: 279 m³/person1981: 264 m³/person1983: 249 m³/person1985: 235 m³/person1987: 222 m³/person1989: 210 m³/person1991: 199 m³/person1993: 184 m³/person1995: 173 m³/person1997: 166 m³/person1999: 157 m³/person2001: 149 m³/person2003: 143 m³/person2005: 136 m³/person2007: 129 m³/person2009: 122 m³/person2011: 114 m³/person2013: 107 m³/person2015: 101 m³/person2017: 95 m³/person2019: 90 m³/person2021: 84 m³/person2022: 82 m³/person
Change over the period: −391 (−82.64%) Average annual rate: -2.83 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Mauritania 82 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
Sub-Saharan Africa 3,162 m³/person
Western Africa computed 2,431 m³/person
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2,322 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 82 −2 −2.89%
2021 84 −2 −2.85%
2020 87 −3 −2.88%
2019 90 −3 −2.91%
2018 92 −3 −2.93%
2017 95 −3 −2.94%
2016 98 −3 −2.95%
2015 101 −3 −2.96%
2014 104 −3 −2.97%
2013 107 −3 −3.09%
2012 111 −4 −3.21%
2011 114 −4 −3.19%
2010 118 −4 −3.14%
2009 122 −4 −3.08%
2008 126 −4 −2.83%
2007 129 −3 −2.57%
2006 133 −3 −2.48%
2005 136 −3 −2.4%
2004 139 −3 −2.32%
2003 143 −3 −2.26%
2002 146 −3 −2.19%
2001 149 −4 −2.44%
2000 153 −4 −2.75%
1999 157 −4 −2.64%
1998 162 −4 −2.56%
1997 166 −4 −2.2%
1996 170 −3 −1.96%
1995 173 −5 −2.71%
1994 178 −6 −3.34%
1993 184 −8 −3.96%
1992 192 −7 −3.75%
1991 199 −6 −2.88%
1990 205 −5 −2.5%
1989 210 −5 −2.48%
1988 216 −6 −2.85%
1987 222 −6 −2.84%
1986 228 −7 −2.84%
1985 235 −7 −2.84%
1984 242 −7 −2.84%
1983 249 −7 −2.84%
1982 256 −7 −2.84%
1981 264 −8 −2.82%
1980 271 −8 −2.8%
1979 279 −8 −2.79%
1978 287 −8 −2.8%
1977 295 −9 −2.84%
1976 304 −9 −2.89%
1975 313 −9 −2.91%
1974 323 −10 −2.93%
1973 332 −10 −2.95%
1972 342 −10 −2.97%
1971 353 −11 −2.99%
1970 364 −11 −3.01%
1969 375 −12 −3%
1968 387 −12 −2.99%
1967 398 −12 −2.96%
1966 411 −12 −2.91%
1965 423 −12 −2.84%
1964 435 −12 −2.78%
1963 448 −12 −2.71%
1962 460 −13 −2.65%
1961 473 — —

Western Africa, 2022

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

LR Liberia 37,221 SL Sierra Leone 19,331 GN Guinea 16,080 GW Guinea-Bissau 7,599 ML Mali 2,600 CI Côte d'Ivoire 2,528 SN Senegal 1,462 TG Togo 1,425 GM Gambia 1,138 NG Nigeria 990 GH Ghana 914 BJ Benin 749 CV Cabo Verde 577 BF Burkina Faso 555 NE Niger 138 MR Mauritania 82
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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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