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Water resources per capita — NATO

Water resources per capita in NATO in 2022 — 8,150 m³/person. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 35.5%.

2022 8,150 m³/person −0.5% vs 2021
World rank —
Period maximum 12,628 m³/person1961
Period minimum 8,150 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — NATO, 1961–20228,00010,00012,00014,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 12,628 m³/person1963: 12,337 m³/person1965: 12,068 m³/person1967: 11,831 m³/person1969: 11,620 m³/person1971: 11,410 m³/person1973: 11,217 m³/person1975: 11,044 m³/person1977: 10,886 m³/person1979: 10,729 m³/person1981: 10,577 m³/person1983: 10,446 m³/person1985: 10,324 m³/person1987: 10,194 m³/person1989: 10,056 m³/person1991: 9,902 m³/person1993: 9,530 m³/person1995: 9,404 m³/person1997: 9,290 m³/person1999: 9,180 m³/person2001: 9,079 m³/person2003: 8,973 m³/person2005: 8,859 m³/person2007: 8,753 m³/person2009: 8,642 m³/person2011: 8,558 m³/person2013: 8,473 m³/person2015: 8,384 m³/person2017: 8,298 m³/person2019: 8,221 m³/person2021: 8,191 m³/person2022: 8,150 m³/person
Change over the period: −4,478 (−35.46%) Average annual rate: -0.72 %

Comparison, 2022

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

NATO 8,150 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
Water resources per capita — NATO, by year NATO All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 8,150 −41 −0.5%
2021 8,191 −8 −0.1%
2020 8,199 −21 −0.26%
2019 8,221 −38 −0.46%
2018 8,259 −39 −0.47%
2017 8,298 −40 −0.48%
2016 8,338 −46 −0.55%
2015 8,384 −45 −0.54%
2014 8,429 −43 −0.51%
2013 8,473 −41 −0.48%
2012 8,513 −45 −0.53%
2011 8,558 −34 −0.4%
2010 8,593 −49 −0.57%
2009 8,642 −53 −0.61%
2008 8,695 −58 −0.66%
2007 8,753 −50 −0.57%
2006 8,803 −56 −0.63%
2005 8,859 −56 −0.63%
2004 8,915 −57 −0.64%
2003 8,973 −55 −0.6%
2002 9,027 −51 −0.57%
2001 9,079 −49 −0.54%
2000 9,127 −52 −0.57%
1999 9,180 −55 −0.6%
1998 9,235 −55 −0.59%
1997 9,290 −57 −0.61%
1996 9,347 −57 −0.61%
1995 9,404 −61 −0.64%
1994 9,465 −65 −0.68%
1993 9,530 −225 −2.31%
1992 9,755 −147 −1.48%
1991 9,902 −78 −0.78%
1990 9,980 −76 −0.75%
1989 10,056 −72 −0.71%
1988 10,127 −67 −0.66%
1987 10,194 −65 −0.63%
1986 10,259 −64 −0.62%
1985 10,324 −62 −0.59%
1984 10,386 −61 −0.58%
1983 10,446 −64 −0.61%
1982 10,510 −67 −0.63%
1981 10,577 −75 −0.7%
1980 10,651 −77 −0.72%
1979 10,729 −79 −0.73%
1978 10,808 −78 −0.72%
1977 10,886 −79 −0.72%
1976 10,965 −80 −0.72%
1975 11,044 −86 −0.77%
1974 11,130 −87 −0.77%
1973 11,217 −92 −0.81%
1972 11,309 −101 −0.88%
1971 11,410 −109 −0.95%
1970 11,519 −102 −0.87%
1969 11,620 −104 −0.88%
1968 11,724 −108 −0.91%
1967 11,831 −116 −0.97%
1966 11,947 −121 −1%
1965 12,068 −129 −1.06%
1964 12,198 −139 −1.13%
1963 12,337 −143 −1.15%
1962 12,480 −148 −1.17%
1961 12,628 — —

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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