Water resources per capita — all countries

Water resources per capita — Saint Lucia

Water resources per capita in Saint Lucia in 2022 — 1,678 m³/person. Ranked 109 in the world out of 181. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 47.1%.

2022 1,678 m³/person −0.14% vs 2021
World rank 109of 181
Period maximum 3,174 m³/person1962
Period minimum 1,678 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1962–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Saint Lucia, 1962–20221,5002,0002,5003,0003,500196219681974198019861992199820042010201620221962: 3,174 m³/person1964: 3,109 m³/person1966: 3,047 m³/person1968: 2,980 m³/person1970: 2,908 m³/person1972: 2,830 m³/person1974: 2,750 m³/person1976: 2,668 m³/person1978: 2,590 m³/person1980: 2,515 m³/person1982: 2,437 m³/person1984: 2,361 m³/person1986: 2,286 m³/person1988: 2,222 m³/person1990: 2,176 m³/person1992: 2,118 m³/person1994: 2,056 m³/person1996: 1,994 m³/person1998: 1,940 m³/person2000: 1,891 m³/person2002: 1,856 m³/person2004: 1,827 m³/person2006: 1,800 m³/person2008: 1,777 m³/person2010: 1,755 m³/person2012: 1,738 m³/person2014: 1,723 m³/person2016: 1,708 m³/person2018: 1,695 m³/person2020: 1,683 m³/person2022: 1,678 m³/person
Change over the period: −1,496 (−47.14%) Average annual rate: -1.06 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Saint Lucia 1,678 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
Latin America & Caribbean 21,253 m³/person
Upper-middle-income countries computed 6,572 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Saint Lucia, by year Saint Lucia All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 1,678 −2 −0.14%
2021 1,680 −3 −0.15%
2020 1,683 −6 −0.33%
2019 1,689 −6 −0.36%
2018 1,695 −6 −0.38%
2017 1,701 −7 −0.39%
2016 1,708 −7 −0.42%
2015 1,715 −8 −0.44%
2014 1,723 −8 −0.44%
2013 1,730 −8 −0.45%
2012 1,738 −8 −0.46%
2011 1,746 −9 −0.52%
2010 1,755 −11 −0.61%
2009 1,766 −11 −0.62%
2008 1,777 −11 −0.62%
2007 1,788 −12 −0.67%
2006 1,800 −13 −0.71%
2005 1,813 −13 −0.73%
2004 1,827 −14 −0.77%
2003 1,841 −15 −0.82%
2002 1,856 −16 −0.87%
2001 1,872 −19 −1.01%
2000 1,891 −23 −1.21%
1999 1,914 −25 −1.29%
1998 1,940 −27 −1.36%
1997 1,966 −28 −1.4%
1996 1,994 −30 −1.48%
1995 2,024 −32 −1.56%
1994 2,056 −31 −1.48%
1993 2,087 −31 −1.47%
1992 2,118 −32 −1.48%
1991 2,150 −26 −1.19%
1990 2,176 −21 −0.98%
1989 2,198 −25 −1.11%
1988 2,222 −30 −1.31%
1987 2,252 −34 −1.49%
1986 2,286 −37 −1.58%
1985 2,323 −38 −1.62%
1984 2,361 −38 −1.59%
1983 2,399 −38 −1.57%
1982 2,437 −39 −1.56%
1981 2,476 −39 −1.55%
1980 2,515 −38 −1.48%
1979 2,553 −37 −1.44%
1978 2,590 −39 −1.47%
1977 2,628 −40 −1.5%
1976 2,668 −41 −1.51%
1975 2,709 −41 −1.49%
1974 2,750 −40 −1.45%
1973 2,791 −39 −1.39%
1972 2,830 −39 −1.36%
1971 2,869 −39 −1.34%
1970 2,908 −37 −1.25%
1969 2,945 −35 −1.18%
1968 2,980 −35 −1.16%
1967 3,015 −32 −1.05%
1966 3,047 −30 −0.99%
1965 3,077 −32 −1.01%
1964 3,109 −32 −1.02%
1963 3,141 −34 −1.06%
1962 3,174

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.