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Water resources per capita — Namibia

Water resources per capita in Namibia in 2022 — 2,132 m³/person. Ranked 104 in the world out of 181. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 79.1%.

2022 2,132 m³/person −2.74% vs 2021
World rank 104of 181
Period maximum 10,214 m³/person1961
Period minimum 2,132 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Namibia, 1961–202205,00010,00015,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 10,214 m³/person1963: 9,784 m³/person1965: 9,325 m³/person1967: 8,850 m³/person1969: 8,368 m³/person1971: 7,892 m³/person1973: 7,431 m³/person1975: 6,992 m³/person1977: 6,616 m³/person1979: 6,398 m³/person1981: 6,207 m³/person1983: 5,937 m³/person1985: 5,616 m³/person1987: 5,274 m³/person1989: 4,779 m³/person1991: 4,351 m³/person1993: 4,083 m³/person1995: 3,845 m³/person1997: 3,647 m³/person1999: 3,468 m³/person2001: 3,317 m³/person2003: 3,213 m³/person2005: 3,132 m³/person2007: 3,052 m³/person2009: 2,965 m³/person2011: 2,870 m³/person2013: 2,735 m³/person2015: 2,594 m³/person2017: 2,457 m³/person2019: 2,324 m³/person2021: 2,192 m³/person2022: 2,132 m³/person
Change over the period: −8,083 (−79.13%) Average annual rate: -2.54 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Namibia 2,132 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
Sub-Saharan Africa 3,162 m³/person
Southern Africa computed 860 m³/person
Upper-middle-income countries computed 6,572 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Namibia, by year Namibia All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 2,132 −60 −2.74%
2021 2,192 −66 −2.91%
2020 2,257 −67 −2.87%
2019 2,324 −66 −2.76%
2018 2,390 −67 −2.73%
2017 2,457 −68 −2.7%
2016 2,525 −69 −2.66%
2015 2,594 −70 −2.62%
2014 2,664 −71 −2.58%
2013 2,735 −72 −2.57%
2012 2,807 −63 −2.2%
2011 2,870 −50 −1.7%
2010 2,920 −46 −1.54%
2009 2,965 −44 −1.46%
2008 3,009 −42 −1.39%
2007 3,052 −41 −1.32%
2006 3,093 −40 −1.27%
2005 3,132 −40 −1.25%
2004 3,172 −41 −1.27%
2003 3,213 −47 −1.43%
2002 3,259 −58 −1.74%
2001 3,317 −70 −2.07%
2000 3,387 −81 −2.32%
1999 3,468 −87 −2.46%
1998 3,555 −92 −2.51%
1997 3,647 −96 −2.56%
1996 3,742 −103 −2.67%
1995 3,845 −113 −2.86%
1994 3,958 −125 −3.06%
1993 4,083 −132 −3.14%
1992 4,215 −136 −3.12%
1991 4,351 −147 −3.28%
1990 4,499 −280 −5.87%
1989 4,779 −313 −6.15%
1988 5,092 −182 −3.46%
1987 5,274 −172 −3.15%
1986 5,446 −170 −3.02%
1985 5,616 −163 −2.82%
1984 5,779 −159 −2.67%
1983 5,937 −160 −2.62%
1982 6,097 −109 −1.76%
1981 6,207 −70 −1.11%
1980 6,277 −121 −1.9%
1979 6,398 −105 −1.62%
1978 6,503 −113 −1.71%
1977 6,616 −179 −2.64%
1976 6,795 −197 −2.82%
1975 6,992 −219 −3.03%
1974 7,210 −221 −2.97%
1973 7,431 −227 −2.96%
1972 7,658 −234 −2.96%
1971 7,892 −237 −2.91%
1970 8,128 −240 −2.87%
1969 8,368 −241 −2.8%
1968 8,609 −241 −2.72%
1967 8,850 −240 −2.64%
1966 9,090 −235 −2.52%
1965 9,325 −232 −2.43%
1964 9,557 −227 −2.32%
1963 9,784 −220 −2.2%
1962 10,004 −211 −2.06%
1961 10,214 — —

Southern Africa, 2022

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

LS Lesotho 2,288 SZ Eswatini 2,166 NA Namibia 2,132 BW Botswana 984 ZA South Africa 718
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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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