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Water resources per capita — Nepal

Water resources per capita in Nepal in 2022 — 6,670 m³/person. Ranked 59 in the world out of 181. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 65.3%.

2022 6,670 m³/person −0.81% vs 2021
World rank 59of 181
Period maximum 19,208 m³/person1961
Period minimum 6,670 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Nepal, 1961–202205,00010,00015,00020,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 19,208 m³/person1963: 18,472 m³/person1965: 17,739 m³/person1967: 17,009 m³/person1969: 16,290 m³/person1971: 15,594 m³/person1973: 14,930 m³/person1975: 14,289 m³/person1977: 13,670 m³/person1979: 13,048 m³/person1981: 12,448 m³/person1983: 11,876 m³/person1985: 11,340 m³/person1987: 10,860 m³/person1989: 10,400 m³/person1991: 9,892 m³/person1993: 9,358 m³/person1995: 8,910 m³/person1997: 8,536 m³/person1999: 8,215 m³/person2001: 7,945 m³/person2003: 7,715 m³/person2005: 7,533 m³/person2007: 7,399 m³/person2009: 7,294 m³/person2011: 7,217 m³/person2013: 7,184 m³/person2015: 7,123 m³/person2017: 7,076 m³/person2019: 6,975 m³/person2021: 6,724 m³/person2022: 6,670 m³/person
Change over the period: −12,538 (−65.28%) Average annual rate: -1.72 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Nepal 6,670 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
South Asia 1,141 m³/person
Southern Asia computed 1,044 m³/person
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2,322 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Nepal, by year Nepal All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 6,670 −54 −0.81%
2021 6,724 −118 −1.72%
2020 6,842 −133 −1.91%
2019 6,975 −83 −1.18%
2018 7,058 −17 −0.24%
2017 7,076 −14 −0.2%
2016 7,090 −34 −0.47%
2015 7,123 −39 −0.54%
2014 7,162 −21 −0.3%
2013 7,184 −14 −0.2%
2012 7,198 −18 −0.26%
2011 7,217 −32 −0.45%
2010 7,249 −45 −0.62%
2009 7,294 −49 −0.67%
2008 7,343 −55 −0.75%
2007 7,399 −62 −0.83%
2006 7,461 −73 −0.96%
2005 7,533 −85 −1.11%
2004 7,618 −97 −1.26%
2003 7,715 −110 −1.4%
2002 7,825 −120 −1.51%
2001 7,945 −130 −1.6%
2000 8,074 −141 −1.72%
1999 8,215 −154 −1.84%
1998 8,370 −166 −1.95%
1997 8,536 −179 −2.06%
1996 8,715 −194 −2.18%
1995 8,910 −217 −2.37%
1994 9,126 −232 −2.47%
1993 9,358 −259 −2.69%
1992 9,617 −275 −2.78%
1991 9,892 −259 −2.55%
1990 10,151 −249 −2.39%
1989 10,400 −234 −2.2%
1988 10,634 −226 −2.08%
1987 10,860 −232 −2.1%
1986 11,092 −248 −2.19%
1985 11,340 −260 −2.25%
1984 11,601 −275 −2.32%
1983 11,876 −285 −2.34%
1982 12,161 −287 −2.3%
1981 12,448 −296 −2.32%
1980 12,743 −304 −2.33%
1979 13,048 −309 −2.31%
1978 13,356 −314 −2.29%
1977 13,670 −310 −2.22%
1976 13,980 −309 −2.17%
1975 14,289 −318 −2.18%
1974 14,607 −323 −2.16%
1973 14,930 −329 −2.16%
1972 15,259 −335 −2.15%
1971 15,594 −343 −2.15%
1970 15,937 −353 −2.16%
1969 16,290 −357 −2.14%
1968 16,647 −362 −2.13%
1967 17,009 −364 −2.09%
1966 17,373 −366 −2.06%
1965 17,739 −368 −2.03%
1964 18,106 −365 −1.98%
1963 18,472 −366 −1.95%
1962 18,838 −370 −1.93%
1961 19,208 — —

Southern Asia, 2022

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

BT Bhutan 99,883 NP Nepal 6,670 LK Sri Lanka 2,380 IR Iran 1,435 AF Afghanistan 1,162 IN India 1,014 BD Bangladesh 620 PK Pakistan 226 MV Maldives 57
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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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