Water resources per capita — all countries

Water resources per capita — Mozambique

Water resources per capita in Mozambique in 2022 — 3,071 m³/person. Ranked 83 in the world out of 181. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 79.1%.

2022 3,071 m³/person −2.9% vs 2021
World rank 83of 181
Period maximum 14,675 m³/person1961
Period minimum 3,071 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Mozambique, 1961–202205,00010,00015,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 14,675 m³/person1963: 14,107 m³/person1965: 13,542 m³/person1967: 12,985 m³/person1969: 12,433 m³/person1971: 11,861 m³/person1973: 11,201 m³/person1975: 10,513 m³/person1977: 9,809 m³/person1979: 9,094 m³/person1981: 8,670 m³/person1983: 8,307 m³/person1985: 7,993 m³/person1987: 7,822 m³/person1989: 7,771 m³/person1991: 7,512 m³/person1993: 7,138 m³/person1995: 6,284 m³/person1997: 5,917 m³/person1999: 5,656 m³/person2001: 5,411 m³/person2003: 5,172 m³/person2005: 4,940 m³/person2007: 4,712 m³/person2009: 4,479 m³/person2011: 4,241 m³/person2013: 4,004 m³/person2015: 3,778 m³/person2017: 3,561 m³/person2019: 3,356 m³/person2021: 3,163 m³/person2022: 3,071 m³/person
Change over the period: −11,603 (−79.07%) Average annual rate: -2.53 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Mozambique 3,071 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
Sub-Saharan Africa 3,162 m³/person
Eastern Africa computed 1,836 m³/person
Low-income countries computed 3,206 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Mozambique, by year Mozambique All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 3,071 −92 −2.9%
2021 3,163 −95 −2.91%
2020 3,258 −98 −2.92%
2019 3,356 −100 −2.9%
2018 3,456 −105 −2.94%
2017 3,561 −108 −2.94%
2016 3,669 −109 −2.89%
2015 3,778 −111 −2.86%
2014 3,889 −114 −2.86%
2013 4,004 −117 −2.85%
2012 4,121 −120 −2.83%
2011 4,241 −120 −2.75%
2010 4,361 −118 −2.64%
2009 4,479 −118 −2.56%
2008 4,597 −115 −2.44%
2007 4,712 −113 −2.35%
2006 4,825 −115 −2.32%
2005 4,940 −116 −2.29%
2004 5,055 −117 −2.26%
2003 5,172 −118 −2.24%
2002 5,291 −120 −2.22%
2001 5,411 −122 −2.2%
2000 5,532 −123 −2.18%
1999 5,656 −129 −2.22%
1998 5,784 −133 −2.25%
1997 5,917 −164 −2.7%
1996 6,082 −203 −3.23%
1995 6,284 −387 −5.81%
1994 6,672 −467 −6.54%
1993 7,138 −230 −3.12%
1992 7,368 −144 −1.92%
1991 7,512 −148 −1.93%
1990 7,660 −111 −1.43%
1989 7,771 −65 −0.82%
1988 7,836 +13 +0.17%
1987 7,822 −32 −0.41%
1986 7,854 −139 −1.74%
1985 7,993 −151 −1.86%
1984 8,144 −163 −1.97%
1983 8,307 −175 −2.07%
1982 8,482 −188 −2.17%
1981 8,670 −177 −2%
1980 8,848 −247 −2.71%
1979 9,094 −352 −3.72%
1978 9,446 −363 −3.7%
1977 9,809 −356 −3.5%
1976 10,165 −348 −3.31%
1975 10,513 −347 −3.19%
1974 10,860 −342 −3.05%
1973 11,201 −337 −2.92%
1972 11,538 −323 −2.72%
1971 11,861 −296 −2.43%
1970 12,157 −277 −2.22%
1969 12,433 −275 −2.16%
1968 12,708 −276 −2.13%
1967 12,985 −277 −2.09%
1966 13,262 −280 −2.07%
1965 13,542 −283 −2.04%
1964 13,825 −282 −2%
1963 14,107 −284 −1.98%
1962 14,392 −283 −1.93%
1961 14,675

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.