Water resources per capita — all countries

Water resources per capita — Norway

Water resources per capita in Norway in 2022 — 70,000 m³/person. Ranked 7 in the world out of 181. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 33.9%.

2022 70,000 m³/person −0.89% vs 2021
World rank 7of 181
Period maximum 105,823 m³/person1961
Period minimum 70,000 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Norway, 1961–202270,00080,00090,000100,000110,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 105,823 m³/person1963: 104,186 m³/person1965: 102,601 m³/person1967: 100,937 m³/person1969: 99,280 m³/person1971: 97,872 m³/person1973: 96,450 m³/person1975: 95,326 m³/person1977: 94,480 m³/person1979: 93,799 m³/person1981: 93,178 m³/person1983: 92,529 m³/person1985: 91,992 m³/person1987: 91,237 m³/person1989: 90,374 m³/person1991: 89,635 m³/person1993: 88,590 m³/person1995: 87,631 m³/person1997: 86,717 m³/person1999: 85,614 m³/person2001: 84,630 m³/person2003: 83,683 m³/person2005: 82,625 m³/person2007: 81,119 m³/person2009: 79,110 m³/person2011: 77,124 m³/person2013: 75,202 m³/person2015: 73,623 m³/person2017: 72,390 m³/person2019: 71,430 m³/person2021: 70,632 m³/person2022: 70,000 m³/person
Change over the period: −35,823 (−33.85%) Average annual rate: -0.68 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Norway 70,000 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
Europe & Central Asia 7,674 m³/person
Northern Europe computed 10,077 m³/person
High-income countries computed 10,978 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Norway, by year Norway All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 70,000 −632 −0.89%
2021 70,632 −379 −0.53%
2020 71,011 −419 −0.59%
2019 71,430 −484 −0.67%
2018 71,914 −476 −0.66%
2017 72,390 −587 −0.8%
2016 72,977 −646 −0.88%
2015 73,623 −736 −0.99%
2014 74,359 −843 −1.12%
2013 75,202 −915 −1.2%
2012 76,117 −1,006 −1.3%
2011 77,124 −1,007 −1.29%
2010 78,131 −979 −1.24%
2009 79,110 −1,004 −1.25%
2008 80,114 −1,005 −1.24%
2007 81,119 −844 −1.03%
2006 81,962 −663 −0.8%
2005 82,625 −565 −0.68%
2004 83,190 −493 −0.59%
2003 83,683 −492 −0.58%
2002 84,175 −455 −0.54%
2001 84,630 −429 −0.5%
2000 85,060 −554 −0.65%
1999 85,614 −588 −0.68%
1998 86,202 −515 −0.59%
1997 86,717 −471 −0.54%
1996 87,188 −443 −0.51%
1995 87,631 −456 −0.52%
1994 88,087 −503 −0.57%
1993 88,590 −529 −0.59%
1992 89,119 −516 −0.58%
1991 89,635 −428 −0.48%
1990 90,063 −310 −0.34%
1989 90,374 −374 −0.41%
1988 90,747 −489 −0.54%
1987 91,237 −428 −0.47%
1986 91,665 −328 −0.36%
1985 91,992 −276 −0.3%
1984 92,268 −261 −0.28%
1983 92,529 −307 −0.33%
1982 92,836 −342 −0.37%
1981 93,178 −321 −0.34%
1980 93,499 −301 −0.32%
1979 93,799 −320 −0.34%
1978 94,119 −360 −0.38%
1977 94,480 −400 −0.42%
1976 94,880 −446 −0.47%
1975 95,326 −528 −0.55%
1974 95,853 −596 −0.62%
1973 96,450 −677 −0.7%
1972 97,127 −746 −0.76%
1971 97,872 −689 −0.7%
1970 98,561 −719 −0.72%
1969 99,280 −812 −0.81%
1968 100,092 −845 −0.84%
1967 100,937 −848 −0.83%
1966 101,785 −816 −0.8%
1965 102,601 −801 −0.77%
1964 103,401 −784 −0.75%
1963 104,186 −791 −0.75%
1962 104,976 −847 −0.8%
1961 105,823

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.