Water resources per capita — all countries

Water resources per capita — Palestine

Water resources per capita in Palestine in 2021 — 165 m³/person. Ranked 167 in the world out of 183. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 59.8%.

2021 165 m³/person −2.43% vs 2020
World rank 167of 183
Period maximum 410 m³/person1990
Period minimum 165 m³/person2021

Trend over time

1990–2021 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Palestine, 1990–20211002003004005001990199419982002200620102014201820211990: 410 m³/person1991: 392 m³/person1992: 375 m³/person1993: 359 m³/person1994: 343 m³/person1995: 328 m³/person1996: 314 m³/person1997: 300 m³/person1998: 292 m³/person1999: 285 m³/person2000: 278 m³/person2001: 271 m³/person2002: 264 m³/person2003: 257 m³/person2004: 251 m³/person2005: 245 m³/person2006: 238 m³/person2007: 232 m³/person2008: 226 m³/person2009: 220 m³/person2010: 214 m³/person2011: 209 m³/person2012: 204 m³/person2013: 199 m³/person2014: 195 m³/person2015: 190 m³/person2016: 186 m³/person2017: 182 m³/person2018: 178 m³/person2019: 173 m³/person2020: 169 m³/person2021: 165 m³/person
Change over the period: −246 (−59.81%) Average annual rate: -2.9 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Palestine 165 m³/person
World 5,431 m³/person
Western Asia computed 1,236 m³/person
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2,344 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Palestine, by year Palestine All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2021 165 −4 −2.43%
2020 169 −4 −2.46%
2019 173 −4 −2.48%
2018 178 −5 −2.5%
2017 182 −4 −1.97%
2016 186 −4 −2.22%
2015 190 −4 −2.26%
2014 195 −5 −2.32%
2013 199 −5 −2.37%
2012 204 −5 −2.44%
2011 209 −5 −2.49%
2010 214 −6 −2.56%
2009 220 −6 −2.63%
2008 226 −6 −2.71%
2007 232 −6 −2.52%
2006 238 −6 −2.52%
2005 245 −6 −2.52%
2004 251 −6 −2.52%
2003 257 −7 −2.52%
2002 264 −7 −2.52%
2001 271 −7 −2.52%
2000 278 −7 −2.52%
1999 285 −7 −2.52%
1998 292 −8 −2.52%
1997 300 −14 −4.38%
1996 314 −14 −4.38%
1995 328 −15 −4.38%
1994 343 −16 −4.38%
1993 359 −16 −4.38%
1992 375 −17 −4.38%
1991 392 −18 −4.38%
1990 410

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.