Water resources per capita — all countries

Water resources per capita — Moldova

Water resources per capita in Moldova in 2022 — 641 m³/person. Ranked 147 in the world out of 181. Since 1992, the indicator has risen by 17.9%.

2022 641 m³/person +2.66% vs 2021
World rank 147of 181
Period maximum 641 m³/person2022
Period minimum 244 m³/person1996

Trend over time

1992–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Moldova, 1992–2022200300400500600700199219951998200120042007201020132016201920221992: 543 m³/person1993: 544 m³/person1994: 546 m³/person1995: 549 m³/person1996: 244 m³/person1997: 552 m³/person1998: 552 m³/person1999: 553 m³/person2000: 554 m³/person2001: 555 m³/person2002: 556 m³/person2003: 558 m³/person2004: 559 m³/person2005: 561 m³/person2006: 562 m³/person2007: 564 m³/person2008: 565 m³/person2009: 565 m³/person2010: 566 m³/person2011: 566 m³/person2012: 566 m³/person2013: 567 m³/person2014: 567 m³/person2015: 571 m³/person2016: 578 m³/person2017: 588 m³/person2018: 598 m³/person2019: 608 m³/person2020: 615 m³/person2021: 624 m³/person2022: 641 m³/person
Change over the period: +97 (+17.89%) Average annual rate: 0.55 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Moldova 641 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
Europe & Central Asia 7,674 m³/person
Eastern Europe computed 15,965 m³/person
Upper-middle-income countries computed 6,572 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Moldova, by year Moldova All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 641 +17 +2.66%
2021 624 +9 +1.51%
2020 615 +7 +1.1%
2019 608 +10 +1.61%
2018 598 +10 +1.77%
2017 588 +10 +1.74%
2016 578 +7 +1.17%
2015 571 +4 +0.77%
2014 567 +0 +0.06%
2013 567 +0 +0.03%
2012 566 +0 +0.01%
2011 566 +0 +0.06%
2010 566 +1 +0.1%
2009 565 +1 +0.13%
2008 565 +1 +0.19%
2007 564 +1 +0.23%
2006 562 +2 +0.28%
2005 561 +1 +0.24%
2004 559 +1 +0.25%
2003 558 +2 +0.28%
2002 556 +1 +0.23%
2001 555 +1 +0.22%
2000 554 +1 +0.2%
1999 553 +1 +0.16%
1998 552 +0 +0.04%
1997 552 +307 +125.83%
1996 244 −304 −55.47%
1995 549 +3 +0.46%
1994 546 +2 +0.31%
1993 544 +1 +0.17%
1992 543

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.