Water resources per capita — all countries

Water resources per capita — Portugal

Water resources per capita in Portugal in 2022 — 3,642 m³/person. Ranked 74 in the world out of 181. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 14.4%.

2022 3,642 m³/person −0.69% vs 2021
World rank 74of 181
Period maximum 4,403 m³/person1972
Period minimum 3,594 m³/person2010

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Portugal, 1961–20223,5003,7504,0004,2504,50019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 4,256 m³/person1963: 4,208 m³/person1965: 4,223 m³/person1967: 4,282 m³/person1969: 4,339 m³/person1971: 4,396 m³/person1973: 4,402 m³/person1975: 4,179 m³/person1977: 4,019 m³/person1979: 3,933 m³/person1981: 3,857 m³/person1983: 3,816 m³/person1985: 3,791 m³/person1987: 3,789 m³/person1989: 3,798 m³/person1991: 3,815 m³/person1993: 3,813 m³/person1995: 3,790 m³/person1997: 3,759 m³/person1999: 3,719 m³/person2001: 3,667 m³/person2003: 3,633 m³/person2005: 3,618 m³/person2007: 3,604 m³/person2009: 3,596 m³/person2011: 3,599 m³/person2013: 3,634 m³/person2015: 3,669 m³/person2017: 3,689 m³/person2019: 3,694 m³/person2021: 3,667 m³/person2022: 3,642 m³/person
Change over the period: −614 (−14.42%) Average annual rate: -0.26 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Portugal 3,642 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
Europe & Central Asia 7,674 m³/person
Southern Europe computed 3,522 m³/person
High-income countries computed 10,978 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Portugal, by year Portugal All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 3,642 −25 −0.69%
2021 3,667 −23 −0.62%
2020 3,690 −4 −0.11%
2019 3,694 −1 −0.02%
2018 3,695 +6 +0.16%
2017 3,689 +9 +0.24%
2016 3,680 +12 +0.32%
2015 3,669 +15 +0.41%
2014 3,653 +20 +0.54%
2013 3,634 +20 +0.55%
2012 3,614 +15 +0.41%
2011 3,599 +5 +0.15%
2010 3,594 −2 −0.05%
2009 3,596 −3 −0.1%
2008 3,599 −5 −0.14%
2007 3,604 −7 −0.2%
2006 3,611 −7 −0.18%
2005 3,618 −7 −0.19%
2004 3,625 −9 −0.24%
2003 3,633 −14 −0.37%
2002 3,647 −20 −0.55%
2001 3,667 −26 −0.7%
2000 3,693 −26 −0.7%
1999 3,719 −21 −0.56%
1998 3,740 −19 −0.5%
1997 3,759 −17 −0.45%
1996 3,776 −14 −0.38%
1995 3,790 −13 −0.35%
1994 3,803 −10 −0.27%
1993 3,813 −5 −0.12%
1992 3,818 +3 +0.08%
1991 3,815 +9 +0.23%
1990 3,806 +8 +0.22%
1989 3,798 +6 +0.15%
1988 3,793 +4 +0.1%
1987 3,789 +1 +0.03%
1986 3,788 −3 −0.09%
1985 3,791 −10 −0.27%
1984 3,801 −15 −0.38%
1983 3,816 −18 −0.46%
1982 3,834 −24 −0.61%
1981 3,857 −34 −0.86%
1980 3,891 −42 −1.08%
1979 3,933 −42 −1.07%
1978 3,976 −43 −1.07%
1977 4,019 −43 −1.06%
1976 4,062 −117 −2.8%
1975 4,179 −162 −3.73%
1974 4,341 −61 −1.39%
1973 4,402 −1 −0.03%
1972 4,403 +7 +0.15%
1971 4,396 +19 +0.42%
1970 4,378 +39 +0.89%
1969 4,339 +39 +0.9%
1968 4,300 +18 +0.43%
1967 4,282 +27 +0.64%
1966 4,255 +32 +0.76%
1965 4,223 +17 +0.41%
1964 4,206 −2 −0.06%
1963 4,208 −17 −0.4%
1962 4,225 −31 −0.72%
1961 4,256

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.