Water resources per capita — all countries

Water resources per capita — Pakistan

Water resources per capita in Pakistan in 2022 — 226 m³/person. Ranked 165 in the world out of 181. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 80.7%.

2022 226 m³/person −1.73% vs 2021
World rank 165of 181
Period maximum 1,172 m³/person1961
Period minimum 226 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Pakistan, 1961–202205001,0001,50019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 1,172 m³/person1963: 1,112 m³/person1965: 1,053 m³/person1967: 996 m³/person1969: 941 m³/person1971: 889 m³/person1973: 840 m³/person1975: 792 m³/person1977: 744 m³/person1979: 696 m³/person1981: 641 m³/person1983: 596 m³/person1985: 560 m³/person1987: 523 m³/person1989: 490 m³/person1991: 458 m³/person1993: 433 m³/person1995: 409 m³/person1997: 386 m³/person1999: 365 m³/person2001: 345 m³/person2003: 329 m³/person2005: 313 m³/person2007: 298 m³/person2009: 283 m³/person2011: 270 m³/person2013: 261 m³/person2015: 253 m³/person2017: 246 m³/person2019: 238 m³/person2021: 230 m³/person2022: 226 m³/person
Change over the period: −946 (−80.75%) Average annual rate: -2.66 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Pakistan 226 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 — Pakistan, by year Pakistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 226 −4 −1.73%
2021 230 −4 −1.87%
2020 234 −4 −1.79%
2019 238 −4 −1.68%
2018 242 −4 −1.61%
2017 246 −4 −1.4%
2016 250 −3 −1.29%
2015 253 −4 −1.39%
2014 257 −4 −1.49%
2013 261 −4 −1.61%
2012 265 −5 −1.89%
2011 270 −6 −2.21%
2010 276 −7 −2.44%
2009 283 −7 −2.51%
2008 290 −8 −2.64%
2007 298 −8 −2.61%
2006 306 −7 −2.35%
2005 313 −8 −2.38%
2004 321 −8 −2.44%
2003 329 −8 −2.33%
2002 337 −8 −2.42%
2001 345 −10 −2.76%
2000 355 −10 −2.79%
1999 365 −10 −2.69%
1998 375 −11 −2.72%
1997 386 −11 −2.79%
1996 397 −12 −2.87%
1995 409 −12 −2.85%
1994 421 −12 −2.85%
1993 433 −12 −2.73%
1992 445 −13 −2.82%
1991 458 −15 −3.25%
1990 474 −16 −3.29%
1989 490 −16 −3.22%
1988 506 −17 −3.31%
1987 523 −18 −3.35%
1986 541 −19 −3.32%
1985 560 −18 −3.12%
1984 578 −18 −3.09%
1983 596 −21 −3.4%
1982 617 −24 −3.69%
1981 641 −27 −4.09%
1980 668 −28 −4%
1979 696 −25 −3.4%
1978 721 −23 −3.15%
1977 744 −24 −3.09%
1976 768 −24 −3.01%
1975 792 −24 −2.95%
1974 816 −24 −2.9%
1973 840 −25 −2.87%
1972 865 −24 −2.73%
1971 889 −25 −2.72%
1970 914 −27 −2.84%
1969 941 −27 −2.82%
1968 968 −28 −2.81%
1967 996 −29 −2.78%
1966 1,025 −29 −2.74%
1965 1,053 −29 −2.7%
1964 1,083 −30 −2.66%
1963 1,112 −30 −2.61%
1962 1,142 −30 −2.56%
1961 1,172

Southern Asia, 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.