Water resources per capita — all countries

Water resources per capita — Senegal

Water resources per capita in Senegal in 2022 — 1,462 m³/person. Ranked 111 in the world out of 181. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 80.5%.

2022 1,462 m³/person −2.44% vs 2021
World rank 111of 181
Period maximum 7,508 m³/person1961
Period minimum 1,462 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Senegal, 1961–202202,0004,0006,0008,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 7,508 m³/person1963: 7,096 m³/person1965: 6,702 m³/person1967: 6,318 m³/person1969: 5,952 m³/person1971: 5,606 m³/person1973: 5,281 m³/person1975: 4,990 m³/person1977: 4,743 m³/person1979: 4,524 m³/person1981: 4,302 m³/person1983: 4,079 m³/person1985: 3,860 m³/person1987: 3,643 m³/person1989: 3,439 m³/person1991: 3,248 m³/person1993: 3,073 m³/person1995: 2,916 m³/person1997: 2,779 m³/person1999: 2,651 m³/person2001: 2,526 m³/person2003: 2,406 m³/person2005: 2,296 m³/person2007: 2,192 m³/person2009: 2,091 m³/person2011: 1,991 m³/person2013: 1,882 m³/person2015: 1,768 m³/person2017: 1,667 m³/person2019: 1,578 m³/person2021: 1,498 m³/person2022: 1,462 m³/person
Change over the period: −6,046 (−80.53%) Average annual rate: -2.65 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Senegal 1,462 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
Sub-Saharan Africa 3,162 m³/person
Western Africa computed 2,431 m³/person
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2,322 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Senegal, by year Senegal All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 1,462 −37 −2.44%
2021 1,498 −39 −2.51%
2020 1,537 −41 −2.6%
2019 1,578 −43 −2.68%
2018 1,621 −46 −2.76%
2017 1,667 −49 −2.85%
2016 1,716 −52 −2.93%
2015 1,768 −55 −3.02%
2014 1,823 −59 −3.12%
2013 1,882 −57 −2.92%
2012 1,938 −53 −2.64%
2011 1,991 −51 −2.5%
2010 2,042 −49 −2.36%
2009 2,091 −50 −2.34%
2008 2,141 −51 −2.31%
2007 2,192 −52 −2.3%
2006 2,243 −53 −2.3%
2005 2,296 −54 −2.31%
2004 2,351 −56 −2.32%
2003 2,406 −59 −2.38%
2002 2,465 −61 −2.42%
2001 2,526 −62 −2.4%
2000 2,588 −63 −2.38%
1999 2,651 −64 −2.34%
1998 2,715 −64 −2.31%
1997 2,779 −66 −2.33%
1996 2,845 −70 −2.41%
1995 2,916 −76 −2.53%
1994 2,992 −81 −2.64%
1993 3,073 −86 −2.71%
1992 3,159 −90 −2.76%
1991 3,248 −94 −2.8%
1990 3,342 −97 −2.83%
1989 3,439 −100 −2.83%
1988 3,539 −104 −2.85%
1987 3,643 −108 −2.87%
1986 3,751 −109 −2.83%
1985 3,860 −109 −2.75%
1984 3,970 −110 −2.69%
1983 4,079 −111 −2.65%
1982 4,190 −112 −2.6%
1981 4,302 −112 −2.53%
1980 4,414 −110 −2.44%
1979 4,524 −110 −2.36%
1978 4,634 −109 −2.31%
1977 4,743 −117 −2.41%
1976 4,860 −129 −2.59%
1975 4,990 −140 −2.73%
1974 5,130 −151 −2.87%
1973 5,281 −160 −2.94%
1972 5,441 −165 −2.95%
1971 5,606 −170 −2.95%
1970 5,777 −175 −2.94%
1969 5,952 −180 −2.94%
1968 6,132 −186 −2.94%
1967 6,318 −191 −2.93%
1966 6,508 −194 −2.89%
1965 6,702 −196 −2.84%
1964 6,897 −199 −2.8%
1963 7,096 −203 −2.78%
1962 7,299 −209 −2.78%
1961 7,508

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.