Water resources per capita — all countries

Water resources per capita — Netherlands

Water resources per capita in the Netherlands in 2022 — 621 m³/person. Ranked 149 in the world out of 181. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 34.2%.

2022 621 m³/person −0.95% vs 2021
World rank 149of 181
Period maximum 945 m³/person1961
Period minimum 621 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Netherlands, 1961–20226007008009001,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 945 m³/person1963: 919 m³/person1965: 895 m³/person1967: 873 m³/person1969: 854 m³/person1971: 834 m³/person1973: 818 m³/person1975: 805 m³/person1977: 794 m³/person1979: 784 m³/person1981: 772 m³/person1983: 766 m³/person1985: 759 m³/person1987: 750 m³/person1989: 741 m³/person1991: 730 m³/person1993: 719 m³/person1995: 712 m³/person1997: 705 m³/person1999: 696 m³/person2001: 686 m³/person2003: 678 m³/person2005: 674 m³/person2007: 671 m³/person2009: 665 m³/person2011: 659 m³/person2013: 655 m³/person2015: 649 m³/person2017: 642 m³/person2019: 634 m³/person2021: 627 m³/person2022: 621 m³/person
Change over the period: −324 (−34.25%) Average annual rate: -0.68 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Netherlands 621 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
Europe & Central Asia 7,674 m³/person
Western Europe computed 2,140 m³/person
High-income countries computed 10,978 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Netherlands, by year Netherlands All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 621 −6 −0.95%
2021 627 −3 −0.52%
2020 631 −4 −0.55%
2019 634 −4 −0.65%
2018 638 −4 −0.58%
2017 642 −4 −0.59%
2016 646 −3 −0.53%
2015 649 −3 −0.44%
2014 652 −2 −0.36%
2013 655 −2 −0.29%
2012 657 −2 −0.37%
2011 659 −3 −0.47%
2010 662 −3 −0.51%
2009 665 −3 −0.51%
2008 669 −3 −0.39%
2007 671 −1 −0.22%
2006 673 −1 −0.16%
2005 674 −2 −0.23%
2004 676 −2 −0.35%
2003 678 −3 −0.47%
2002 681 −4 −0.64%
2001 686 −5 −0.75%
2000 691 −5 −0.71%
1999 696 −5 −0.66%
1998 700 −4 −0.61%
1997 705 −4 −0.51%
1996 708 −3 −0.46%
1995 712 −4 −0.49%
1994 715 −4 −0.6%
1993 719 −5 −0.69%
1992 724 −5 −0.75%
1991 730 −6 −0.78%
1990 736 −5 −0.69%
1989 741 −4 −0.6%
1988 745 −5 −0.64%
1987 750 −5 −0.63%
1986 755 −4 −0.55%
1985 759 −4 −0.47%
1984 763 −3 −0.4%
1983 766 −3 −0.38%
1982 769 −4 −0.46%
1981 772 −5 −0.68%
1980 777 −6 −0.79%
1979 784 −5 −0.69%
1978 789 −5 −0.61%
1977 794 −5 −0.59%
1976 799 −6 −0.78%
1975 805 −7 −0.89%
1974 812 −6 −0.78%
1973 818 −7 −0.82%
1972 825 −8 −1.01%
1971 834 −10 −1.18%
1970 844 −11 −1.23%
1969 854 −10 −1.15%
1968 864 −9 −1.03%
1967 873 −10 −1.13%
1966 883 −12 −1.3%
1965 895 −12 −1.36%
1964 907 −12 −1.33%
1963 919 −12 −1.34%
1962 932 −13 −1.41%
1961 945

Western Europe, 2022

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

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.