Water resources per capita — all countries

Water resources per capita — Nauru

Water resources per capita in Nauru in 2022 — 847 m³/person. Ranked 133 in the world out of 181. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 57.8%.

2022 847 m³/person −0.78% vs 2021
World rank 133of 181
Period maximum 2,008 m³/person1962
Period minimum 847 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1962–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Nauru, 1962–20225001,0001,5002,0002,500196219681974198019861992199820042010201620221962: 2,008 m³/person1964: 1,813 m³/person1966: 1,655 m³/person1968: 1,580 m³/person1970: 1,490 m³/person1972: 1,468 m³/person1974: 1,444 m³/person1976: 1,416 m³/person1978: 1,370 m³/person1980: 1,307 m³/person1982: 1,244 m³/person1984: 1,194 m³/person1986: 1,144 m³/person1988: 1,091 m³/person1990: 1,039 m³/person1992: 998 m³/person1994: 986 m³/person1996: 982 m³/person1998: 981 m³/person2000: 983 m³/person2002: 992 m³/person2004: 994 m³/person2006: 997 m³/person2008: 999 m³/person2010: 996 m³/person2012: 974 m³/person2014: 931 m³/person2016: 897 m³/person2018: 871 m³/person2020: 859 m³/person2022: 847 m³/person
Change over the period: −1,161 (−57.81%) Average annual rate: -1.43 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Nauru 847 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
East Asia & Pacific 4,306 m³/person
High-income countries computed 10,978 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Nauru, by year Nauru All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 847 −7 −0.78%
2021 854 −5 −0.56%
2020 859 −4 −0.48%
2019 863 −8 −0.95%
2018 871 −12 −1.33%
2017 883 −14 −1.54%
2016 897 −16 −1.76%
2015 913 −18 −1.94%
2014 931 −20 −2.09%
2013 951 −23 −2.38%
2012 974 −16 −1.65%
2011 990 −5 −0.54%
2010 996 −3 −0.27%
2009 998 −1 −0.07%
2008 999 +1 +0.11%
2007 998 +1 +0.14%
2006 997 +1 +0.15%
2005 995 +1 +0.11%
2004 994 −0 −0.01%
2003 994 +2 +0.23%
2002 992 +5 +0.48%
2001 987 +4 +0.38%
2000 983 +2 +0.19%
1999 982 +1 +0.11%
1998 981 −0 −0.01%
1997 981 −1 −0.14%
1996 982 −2 −0.18%
1995 984 −3 −0.28%
1994 986 −3 −0.35%
1993 990 −8 −0.8%
1992 998 −17 −1.71%
1991 1,015 −24 −2.31%
1990 1,039 −26 −2.41%
1989 1,065 −26 −2.4%
1988 1,091 −27 −2.39%
1987 1,118 −26 −2.28%
1986 1,144 −26 −2.18%
1985 1,169 −24 −2.03%
1984 1,194 −23 −1.92%
1983 1,217 −27 −2.14%
1982 1,244 −32 −2.5%
1981 1,276 −32 −2.42%
1980 1,307 −32 −2.37%
1979 1,339 −31 −2.28%
1978 1,370 −26 −1.85%
1977 1,396 −20 −1.38%
1976 1,416 −16 −1.09%
1975 1,431 −13 −0.92%
1974 1,444 −12 −0.82%
1973 1,456 −12 −0.79%
1972 1,468 −11 −0.73%
1971 1,479 −11 −0.77%
1970 1,490 −29 −1.92%
1969 1,520 −61 −3.84%
1968 1,580 −50 −3.05%
1967 1,630 −25 −1.5%
1966 1,655 −60 −3.49%
1965 1,715 −99 −5.44%
1964 1,813 −100 −5.24%
1963 1,914 −95 −4.73%
1962 2,008

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.