Water resources per capita — all countries

Water resources per capita — Mexico

Water resources per capita in Mexico in 2022 — 3,180 m³/person. Ranked 80 in the world out of 181. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 70.5%.

2022 3,180 m³/person −0.75% vs 2021
World rank 80of 181
Period maximum 10,794 m³/person1961
Period minimum 3,180 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Mexico, 1961–202205,00010,00015,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 10,794 m³/person1963: 10,118 m³/person1965: 9,473 m³/person1967: 8,866 m³/person1969: 8,307 m³/person1971: 7,803 m³/person1973: 7,347 m³/person1975: 6,934 m³/person1977: 6,564 m³/person1979: 6,230 m³/person1981: 5,937 m³/person1983: 5,683 m³/person1985: 5,450 m³/person1987: 5,234 m³/person1989: 5,034 m³/person1991: 4,844 m³/person1993: 4,666 m³/person1995: 4,501 m³/person1997: 4,350 m³/person1999: 4,211 m³/person2001: 4,086 m³/person2003: 3,972 m³/person2005: 3,865 m³/person2007: 3,760 m³/person2009: 3,652 m³/person2011: 3,549 m³/person2013: 3,456 m³/person2015: 3,378 m³/person2017: 3,314 m³/person2019: 3,252 m³/person2021: 3,204 m³/person2022: 3,180 m³/person
Change over the period: −7,614 (−70.54%) Average annual rate: -1.98 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Mexico 3,180 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
Latin America & Caribbean 21,253 m³/person
Central America computed 5,814 m³/person
Upper-middle-income countries computed 6,572 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Mexico, by year Mexico All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 3,180 −24 −0.75%
2021 3,204 −21 −0.67%
2020 3,226 −27 −0.82%
2019 3,252 −31 −0.95%
2018 3,283 −31 −0.94%
2017 3,314 −31 −0.93%
2016 3,346 −33 −0.96%
2015 3,378 −36 −1.06%
2014 3,414 −42 −1.2%
2013 3,456 −45 −1.29%
2012 3,501 −48 −1.35%
2011 3,549 −51 −1.41%
2010 3,600 −52 −1.43%
2009 3,652 −54 −1.45%
2008 3,706 −55 −1.45%
2007 3,760 −53 −1.4%
2006 3,813 −52 −1.34%
2005 3,865 −52 −1.34%
2004 3,918 −54 −1.36%
2003 3,972 −56 −1.39%
2002 4,028 −58 −1.43%
2001 4,086 −61 −1.47%
2000 4,147 −64 −1.53%
1999 4,211 −68 −1.59%
1998 4,279 −71 −1.63%
1997 4,350 −74 −1.67%
1996 4,424 −77 −1.72%
1995 4,501 −81 −1.76%
1994 4,582 −84 −1.8%
1993 4,666 −87 −1.84%
1992 4,753 −91 −1.88%
1991 4,844 −94 −1.91%
1990 4,938 −96 −1.9%
1989 5,034 −98 −1.91%
1988 5,132 −102 −1.96%
1987 5,234 −106 −1.99%
1986 5,340 −110 −2.01%
1985 5,450 −114 −2.05%
1984 5,564 −119 −2.09%
1983 5,683 −124 −2.14%
1982 5,807 −130 −2.19%
1981 5,937 −140 −2.31%
1980 6,077 −153 −2.45%
1979 6,230 −163 −2.54%
1978 6,393 −171 −2.61%
1977 6,564 −180 −2.67%
1976 6,744 −190 −2.74%
1975 6,934 −201 −2.82%
1974 7,135 −212 −2.88%
1973 7,347 −223 −2.94%
1972 7,570 −234 −2.99%
1971 7,803 −245 −3.05%
1970 8,049 −259 −3.11%
1969 8,307 −273 −3.18%
1968 8,580 −286 −3.23%
1967 8,866 −298 −3.25%
1966 9,164 −309 −3.26%
1965 9,473 −318 −3.25%
1964 9,791 −326 −3.23%
1963 10,118 −335 −3.2%
1962 10,453 −342 −3.17%
1961 10,794

Central America, 2022

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

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.