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Water resources per capita — Sao Tome and Principe

Water resources per capita in Sao Tome and Principe in 2022 — 9,633 m³/person. Ranked 47 in the world out of 181. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 69.6%.

2022 9,633 m³/person −1.92% vs 2021
World rank 47of 181
Period maximum 31,729 m³/person1961
Period minimum 9,633 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Sao Tome and Principe, 1961–2022010,00020,00030,00040,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 31,729 m³/person1963: 31,093 m³/person1965: 30,413 m³/person1967: 29,621 m³/person1969: 28,653 m³/person1971: 27,480 m³/person1973: 26,329 m³/person1975: 25,142 m³/person1977: 23,877 m³/person1979: 22,649 m³/person1981: 21,667 m³/person1983: 20,885 m³/person1985: 20,063 m³/person1987: 19,136 m³/person1989: 18,170 m³/person1991: 17,343 m³/person1993: 16,709 m³/person1995: 16,161 m³/person1997: 15,692 m³/person1999: 15,304 m³/person2001: 14,893 m³/person2003: 14,173 m³/person2005: 13,487 m³/person2007: 12,846 m³/person2009: 12,257 m³/person2011: 11,743 m³/person2013: 11,287 m³/person2015: 10,884 m³/person2017: 10,533 m³/person2019: 10,216 m³/person2021: 9,822 m³/person2022: 9,633 m³/person
Change over the period: −22,096 (−69.64%) Average annual rate: -1.94 %

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sao Tome and Principe

Sao Tome and Principe 9,633 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
Sub-Saharan Africa 3,162 m³/person
Middle Africa computed 9,469 m³/person
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2,322 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Sao Tome and Principe, by year Sao Tome and Principe All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 9,633 −189 −1.92%
2021 9,822 −204 −2.04%
2020 10,026 −190 −1.86%
2019 10,216 −156 −1.5%
2018 10,372 −161 −1.53%
2017 10,533 −170 −1.59%
2016 10,703 −182 −1.67%
2015 10,884 −195 −1.76%
2014 11,079 −208 −1.84%
2013 11,287 −221 −1.92%
2012 11,508 −235 −2%
2011 11,743 −248 −2.07%
2010 11,991 −266 −2.17%
2009 12,257 −286 −2.28%
2008 12,544 −303 −2.36%
2007 12,846 −315 −2.39%
2006 13,161 −326 −2.41%
2005 13,487 −336 −2.43%
2004 13,823 −350 −2.47%
2003 14,173 −368 −2.53%
2002 14,541 −352 −2.37%
2001 14,893 −244 −1.61%
2000 15,137 −167 −1.09%
1999 15,304 −184 −1.19%
1998 15,488 −204 −1.3%
1997 15,692 −225 −1.41%
1996 15,917 −244 −1.51%
1995 16,161 −263 −1.6%
1994 16,424 −285 −1.71%
1993 16,709 −307 −1.81%
1992 17,017 −327 −1.88%
1991 17,343 −383 −2.16%
1990 17,726 −443 −2.44%
1989 18,170 −472 −2.53%
1988 18,642 −494 −2.58%
1987 19,136 −477 −2.43%
1986 19,613 −450 −2.24%
1985 20,063 −427 −2.08%
1984 20,490 −395 −1.89%
1983 20,885 −381 −1.79%
1982 21,267 −400 −1.85%
1981 21,667 −455 −2.06%
1980 22,122 −527 −2.33%
1979 22,649 −594 −2.55%
1978 23,242 −635 −2.66%
1977 23,877 −639 −2.61%
1976 24,516 −626 −2.49%
1975 25,142 −605 −2.35%
1974 25,746 −583 −2.21%
1973 26,329 −571 −2.12%
1972 26,900 −580 −2.11%
1971 27,480 −603 −2.15%
1970 28,083 −570 −1.99%
1969 28,653 −505 −1.73%
1968 29,158 −463 −1.56%
1967 29,621 −416 −1.39%
1966 30,037 −375 −1.23%
1965 30,413 −350 −1.14%
1964 30,763 −330 −1.06%
1963 31,093 −318 −1.01%
1962 31,411 −318 −1%
1961 31,729 — —

Middle Africa, 2022

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

GA Gabon 67,469 CG Republic of the Congo 36,785 CF Central African Republic 27,658 GQ Equatorial Guinea 14,416 CM Cameroon 9,880 ST Sao Tome and Principe 9,633 CD Democratic Republic of the Congo 8,789 AO Angola 4,153 TD Chad 813
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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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