Water resources per capita — all countries

Water resources per capita — Spain

Water resources per capita in Spain in 2022 — 2,327 m³/person. Ranked 95 in the world out of 181. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 35.7%.

2022 2,327 m³/person −0.72% vs 2021
World rank 95of 181
Period maximum 3,618 m³/person1961
Period minimum 2,327 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Spain, 1961–20222,0002,5003,0003,5004,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 3,618 m³/person1963: 3,553 m³/person1965: 3,480 m³/person1967: 3,402 m³/person1969: 3,325 m³/person1971: 3,249 m³/person1973: 3,178 m³/person1975: 3,110 m³/person1977: 3,046 m³/person1979: 2,990 m³/person1981: 2,945 m³/person1983: 2,913 m³/person1985: 2,891 m³/person1987: 2,875 m³/person1989: 2,864 m³/person1991: 2,854 m³/person1993: 2,825 m³/person1995: 2,799 m³/person1997: 2,776 m³/person1999: 2,753 m³/person2001: 2,722 m³/person2003: 2,636 m³/person2005: 2,547 m³/person2007: 2,459 m³/person2009: 2,398 m³/person2011: 2,379 m³/person2013: 2,386 m³/person2015: 2,395 m³/person2017: 2,388 m³/person2019: 2,360 m³/person2021: 2,344 m³/person2022: 2,327 m³/person
Change over the period: −1,290 (−35.67%) Average annual rate: -0.72 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Spain 2,327 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 — Spain, by year Spain All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 2,327 −17 −0.72%
2021 2,344 −4 −0.18%
2020 2,348 −12 −0.51%
2019 2,360 −17 −0.71%
2018 2,377 −11 −0.45%
2017 2,388 −6 −0.24%
2016 2,394 −2 −0.08%
2015 2,395 +2 +0.08%
2014 2,393 +7 +0.31%
2013 2,386 +9 +0.36%
2012 2,377 −2 −0.06%
2011 2,379 −8 −0.35%
2010 2,387 −11 −0.46%
2009 2,398 −21 −0.88%
2008 2,420 −39 −1.58%
2007 2,459 −46 −1.83%
2006 2,505 −43 −1.68%
2005 2,547 −43 −1.68%
2004 2,591 −45 −1.71%
2003 2,636 −48 −1.79%
2002 2,684 −38 −1.4%
2001 2,722 −19 −0.69%
2000 2,741 −12 −0.45%
1999 2,753 −11 −0.4%
1998 2,765 −11 −0.41%
1997 2,776 −12 −0.42%
1996 2,788 −12 −0.42%
1995 2,799 −12 −0.44%
1994 2,812 −13 −0.47%
1993 2,825 −15 −0.52%
1992 2,840 −14 −0.49%
1991 2,854 −7 −0.25%
1990 2,861 −3 −0.1%
1989 2,864 −4 −0.16%
1988 2,868 −6 −0.21%
1987 2,875 −7 −0.26%
1986 2,882 −9 −0.3%
1985 2,891 −10 −0.36%
1984 2,901 −12 −0.41%
1983 2,913 −14 −0.49%
1982 2,927 −18 −0.6%
1981 2,945 −21 −0.71%
1980 2,966 −24 −0.8%
1979 2,990 −26 −0.88%
1978 3,016 −29 −0.96%
1977 3,046 −32 −1.02%
1976 3,077 −33 −1.05%
1975 3,110 −34 −1.08%
1974 3,144 −35 −1.09%
1973 3,178 −35 −1.1%
1972 3,213 −36 −1.1%
1971 3,249 −39 −1.2%
1970 3,289 −37 −1.1%
1969 3,325 −33 −0.98%
1968 3,358 −44 −1.3%
1967 3,402 −42 −1.22%
1966 3,445 −35 −1.02%
1965 3,480 −38 −1.08%
1964 3,518 −35 −0.99%
1963 3,553 −31 −0.87%
1962 3,584 −33 −0.92%
1961 3,618

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.