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Water resources per capita — Mongolia

Water resources per capita in Mongolia in 2022 — 10,135 m³/person. Ranked 44 in the world out of 181. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 70.6%.

2022 10,135 m³/person −1.46% vs 2021
World rank 44of 181
Period maximum 34,480 m³/person1961
Period minimum 10,135 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Mongolia, 1961–2022010,00020,00030,00040,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 34,480 m³/person1963: 32,482 m³/person1965: 30,764 m³/person1967: 29,073 m³/person1969: 27,569 m³/person1971: 26,164 m³/person1973: 24,760 m³/person1975: 23,382 m³/person1977: 22,078 m³/person1979: 20,956 m³/person1981: 19,967 m³/person1983: 19,026 m³/person1985: 18,111 m³/person1987: 17,204 m³/person1989: 16,383 m³/person1991: 16,071 m³/person1993: 16,073 m³/person1995: 15,641 m³/person1997: 15,185 m³/person1999: 14,766 m³/person2001: 14,394 m³/person2003: 14,030 m³/person2005: 13,720 m³/person2007: 13,375 m³/person2009: 12,931 m³/person2011: 12,490 m³/person2013: 12,004 m³/person2015: 11,497 m³/person2017: 11,051 m³/person2019: 10,650 m³/person2021: 10,284 m³/person2022: 10,135 m³/person
Change over the period: −24,345 (−70.61%) Average annual rate: -1.99 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Mongolia 10,135 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
East Asia & Pacific 4,306 m³/person
Eastern Asia computed 2,106 m³/person
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2,322 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Mongolia, by year Mongolia All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 10,135 −150 −1.46%
2021 10,284 −175 −1.67%
2020 10,459 −191 −1.79%
2019 10,650 −197 −1.82%
2018 10,847 −204 −1.85%
2017 11,051 −215 −1.91%
2016 11,266 −231 −2.01%
2015 11,497 −247 −2.11%
2014 11,744 −260 −2.16%
2013 12,004 −251 −2.05%
2012 12,255 −235 −1.88%
2011 12,490 −218 −1.71%
2010 12,707 −224 −1.73%
2009 12,931 −234 −1.78%
2008 13,166 −209 −1.56%
2007 13,375 −181 −1.33%
2006 13,556 −164 −1.2%
2005 13,720 −153 −1.1%
2004 13,873 −157 −1.12%
2003 14,030 −180 −1.26%
2002 14,210 −184 −1.28%
2001 14,394 −177 −1.22%
2000 14,571 −195 −1.32%
1999 14,766 −210 −1.4%
1998 14,975 −209 −1.38%
1997 15,185 −217 −1.41%
1996 15,402 −239 −1.53%
1995 15,641 −254 −1.6%
1994 15,895 −178 −1.11%
1993 16,073 +20 +0.12%
1992 16,053 −18 −0.11%
1991 16,071 −510 −3.08%
1990 16,582 +199 +1.21%
1989 16,383 −378 −2.25%
1988 16,760 −443 −2.58%
1987 17,204 −452 −2.56%
1986 17,656 −454 −2.51%
1985 18,111 −456 −2.45%
1984 18,566 −459 −2.41%
1983 19,026 −466 −2.39%
1982 19,492 −475 −2.38%
1981 19,967 −487 −2.38%
1980 20,455 −501 −2.39%
1979 20,956 −533 −2.48%
1978 21,489 −589 −2.67%
1977 22,078 −638 −2.81%
1976 22,716 −666 −2.85%
1975 23,382 −683 −2.84%
1974 24,066 −694 −2.8%
1973 24,760 −701 −2.75%
1972 25,461 −703 −2.69%
1971 26,164 −703 −2.62%
1970 26,867 −702 −2.55%
1969 27,569 −725 −2.56%
1968 28,294 −778 −2.68%
1967 29,073 −830 −2.78%
1966 29,903 −861 −2.8%
1965 30,764 −865 −2.74%
1964 31,630 −852 −2.62%
1963 32,482 −933 −2.79%
1962 33,415 −1,065 −3.09%
1961 34,480 — —

Eastern Asia, 2022

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

MN Mongolia 10,135 JP Japan 3,437 KP North Korea 2,545 CN China 1,992 KR South Korea 1,255
Full table for all countries

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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