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Water resources per capita — Paraguay

Water resources per capita in Paraguay in 2022 — 17,307 m³/person. Ranked 35 in the world out of 181. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 71.5%.

2022 17,307 m³/person −1.13% vs 2021
World rank 35of 181
Period maximum 60,704 m³/person1961
Period minimum 17,307 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Paraguay, 1961–2022020,00040,00060,00080,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 60,704 m³/person1963: 57,866 m³/person1965: 55,054 m³/person1967: 52,467 m³/person1969: 50,107 m³/person1971: 47,901 m³/person1973: 45,683 m³/person1975: 43,468 m³/person1977: 41,374 m³/person1979: 39,341 m³/person1981: 37,290 m³/person1983: 35,261 m³/person1985: 33,327 m³/person1987: 31,495 m³/person1989: 29,788 m³/person1991: 28,231 m³/person1993: 26,818 m³/person1995: 25,547 m³/person1997: 24,403 m³/person1999: 23,385 m³/person2001: 22,553 m³/person2003: 21,966 m³/person2005: 21,475 m³/person2007: 21,045 m³/person2009: 20,630 m³/person2011: 20,122 m³/person2013: 19,557 m³/person2015: 18,996 m³/person2017: 18,458 m³/person2019: 17,958 m³/person2021: 17,504 m³/person2022: 17,307 m³/person
Change over the period: −43,397 (−71.49%) Average annual rate: -2.04 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Paraguay 17,307 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
Latin America & Caribbean 21,253 m³/person
South America computed 29,578 m³/person
Upper-middle-income countries computed 6,572 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Paraguay, by year Paraguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 17,307 −198 −1.13%
2021 17,504 −213 −1.2%
2020 17,717 −241 −1.34%
2019 17,958 −245 −1.35%
2018 18,203 −255 −1.38%
2017 18,458 −264 −1.41%
2016 18,723 −274 −1.44%
2015 18,996 −279 −1.45%
2014 19,276 −281 −1.44%
2013 19,557 −283 −1.43%
2012 19,841 −281 −1.4%
2011 20,122 −269 −1.32%
2010 20,390 −240 −1.16%
2009 20,630 −212 −1.02%
2008 20,842 −203 −0.97%
2007 21,045 −207 −0.98%
2006 21,253 −223 −1.04%
2005 21,475 −239 −1.1%
2004 21,714 −252 −1.15%
2003 21,966 −272 −1.22%
2002 22,238 −316 −1.4%
2001 22,553 −384 −1.67%
2000 22,937 −448 −1.92%
1999 23,385 −492 −2.06%
1998 23,877 −526 −2.16%
1997 24,403 −556 −2.23%
1996 24,960 −587 −2.3%
1995 25,547 −619 −2.37%
1994 26,166 −652 −2.43%
1993 26,818 −688 −2.5%
1992 27,506 −725 −2.57%
1991 28,231 −760 −2.62%
1990 28,991 −797 −2.67%
1989 29,788 −836 −2.73%
1988 30,624 −871 −2.77%
1987 31,495 −902 −2.78%
1986 32,397 −930 −2.79%
1985 33,327 −954 −2.78%
1984 34,281 −980 −2.78%
1983 35,261 −1,004 −2.77%
1982 36,266 −1,024 −2.75%
1981 37,290 −1,030 −2.69%
1980 38,320 −1,021 −2.6%
1979 39,341 −1,014 −2.51%
1978 40,355 −1,019 −2.46%
1977 41,374 −1,035 −2.44%
1976 42,409 −1,059 −2.44%
1975 43,468 −1,093 −2.45%
1974 44,561 −1,123 −2.46%
1973 45,683 −1,119 −2.39%
1972 46,802 −1,099 −2.29%
1971 47,901 −1,093 −2.23%
1970 48,994 −1,113 −2.22%
1969 50,107 −1,155 −2.25%
1968 51,262 −1,204 −2.3%
1967 52,467 −1,263 −2.35%
1966 53,729 −1,325 −2.41%
1965 55,054 −1,382 −2.45%
1964 56,437 −1,429 −2.47%
1963 57,866 −1,431 −2.41%
1962 59,297 −1,407 −2.32%
1961 60,704 — —

South America, 2022

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

GY Guyana 293,317 SR Suriname 158,867 PE Peru 49,021 CL Chile 45,262 CO Colombia 41,459 VE Venezuela 28,533 UY Uruguay 27,190 BR Brazil 26,918 BO Bolivia 25,130 EC Ecuador 24,821 PY Paraguay 17,307 AR Argentina 6,431
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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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