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Water resources per capita — OECD

Water resources per capita in the OECD in 2022 — 9,318 m³/person. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 41.2%.

2022 9,318 m³/person +0.19% vs 2021
World rank —
Period maximum 15,850 m³/person1961
Period minimum 9,299 m³/person2021

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — OECD, 1961–20228,00010,00012,00014,00016,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 15,850 m³/person1963: 15,416 m³/person1965: 15,009 m³/person1967: 14,646 m³/person1969: 14,308 m³/person1971: 13,958 m³/person1973: 13,641 m³/person1975: 13,356 m³/person1977: 13,102 m³/person1979: 12,855 m³/person1981: 12,617 m³/person1983: 12,404 m³/person1985: 12,208 m³/person1987: 12,013 m³/person1989: 11,813 m³/person1991: 11,591 m³/person1993: 11,198 m³/person1995: 11,016 m³/person1997: 10,846 m³/person1999: 10,687 m³/person2001: 10,533 m³/person2003: 10,380 m³/person2005: 10,233 m³/person2007: 10,087 m³/person2009: 9,935 m³/person2011: 9,816 m³/person2013: 9,698 m³/person2015: 9,580 m³/person2017: 9,463 m³/person2019: 9,352 m³/person2021: 9,299 m³/person2022: 9,318 m³/person
Change over the period: −6,532 (−41.21%) Average annual rate: -0.87 %

Comparison, 2022

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

OECD 9,318 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
Water resources per capita — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 9,318 +18 +0.19%
2021 9,299 −17 −0.18%
2020 9,316 −35 −0.38%
2019 9,352 −55 −0.58%
2018 9,406 −56 −0.6%
2017 9,463 −56 −0.59%
2016 9,519 −61 −0.63%
2015 9,580 −59 −0.62%
2014 9,639 −59 −0.61%
2013 9,698 −57 −0.58%
2012 9,755 −61 −0.62%
2011 9,816 −53 −0.53%
2010 9,868 −67 −0.68%
2009 9,935 −72 −0.72%
2008 10,008 −79 −0.78%
2007 10,087 −72 −0.71%
2006 10,159 −74 −0.72%
2005 10,233 −72 −0.7%
2004 10,305 −74 −0.72%
2003 10,380 −76 −0.73%
2002 10,456 −78 −0.74%
2001 10,533 −78 −0.73%
2000 10,611 −76 −0.71%
1999 10,687 −79 −0.73%
1998 10,766 −80 −0.74%
1997 10,846 −84 −0.77%
1996 10,930 −86 −0.78%
1995 11,016 −89 −0.8%
1994 11,105 −93 −0.83%
1993 11,198 −236 −2.07%
1992 11,434 −156 −1.35%
1991 11,591 −115 −0.98%
1990 11,706 −107 −0.91%
1989 11,813 −102 −0.86%
1988 11,915 −98 −0.81%
1987 12,013 −97 −0.8%
1986 12,110 −98 −0.8%
1985 12,208 −98 −0.79%
1984 12,305 −99 −0.8%
1983 12,404 −105 −0.84%
1982 12,509 −108 −0.86%
1981 12,617 −117 −0.92%
1980 12,734 −121 −0.94%
1979 12,855 −123 −0.95%
1978 12,978 −124 −0.95%
1977 13,102 −125 −0.95%
1976 13,228 −128 −0.96%
1975 13,356 −139 −1.03%
1974 13,495 −147 −1.08%
1973 13,641 −154 −1.12%
1972 13,795 −163 −1.17%
1971 13,958 −188 −1.33%
1970 14,145 −163 −1.14%
1969 14,308 −167 −1.16%
1968 14,476 −170 −1.16%
1967 14,646 −178 −1.2%
1966 14,824 −185 −1.24%
1965 15,009 −198 −1.3%
1964 15,207 −209 −1.35%
1963 15,416 −214 −1.37%
1962 15,629 −220 −1.39%
1961 15,850 — —

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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