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Water resources per capita — Australia and New Zealand

Water resources per capita in Australia and New Zealand in 2022 — 26,334 m³/person. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 58.5%.

2022 26,334 m³/person −1.06% vs 2021
World rank —
Period maximum 63,475 m³/person1961
Period minimum 26,334 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Australia and New Zealand, 1961–202220,00030,00040,00050,00060,00070,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 63,475 m³/person1963: 60,749 m³/person1965: 58,432 m³/person1967: 56,393 m³/person1969: 54,470 m³/person1971: 51,868 m³/person1973: 50,118 m³/person1975: 48,244 m³/person1977: 47,308 m³/person1979: 46,473 m³/person1981: 45,379 m³/person1983: 44,049 m³/person1985: 43,025 m³/person1987: 41,918 m³/person1989: 40,719 m³/person1991: 39,415 m³/person1993: 38,619 m³/person1995: 37,780 m³/person1997: 36,885 m³/person1999: 36,163 m³/person2001: 35,370 m³/person2003: 34,487 m³/person2005: 33,689 m³/person2007: 32,693 m³/person2009: 31,507 m³/person2011: 30,647 m³/person2013: 29,706 m³/person2015: 28,812 m³/person2017: 27,851 m³/person2019: 27,025 m³/person2021: 26,617 m³/person2022: 26,334 m³/person
Change over the period: −37,141 (−58.51%) Average annual rate: -1.43 %

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Australia and New Zealand

Australia and New Zealand 26,334 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Australia and New Zealand, by year Australia and New Zealand All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 26,334 −283 −1.06%
2021 26,617 −42 −0.16%
2020 26,659 −366 −1.36%
2019 27,025 −399 −1.46%
2018 27,424 −427 −1.53%
2017 27,851 −483 −1.7%
2016 28,334 −478 −1.66%
2015 28,812 −446 −1.52%
2014 29,258 −448 −1.51%
2013 29,706 −469 −1.55%
2012 30,175 −471 −1.54%
2011 30,647 −397 −1.28%
2010 31,043 −464 −1.47%
2009 31,507 −599 −1.87%
2008 32,106 −586 −1.79%
2007 32,693 −552 −1.66%
2006 33,245 −444 −1.32%
2005 33,689 −407 −1.2%
2004 34,096 −391 −1.13%
2003 34,487 −448 −1.28%
2002 34,935 −435 −1.23%
2001 35,370 −415 −1.16%
2000 35,785 −378 −1.04%
1999 36,163 −363 −0.99%
1998 36,526 −359 −0.97%
1997 36,885 −416 −1.11%
1996 37,301 −479 −1.27%
1995 37,780 −446 −1.17%
1994 38,226 −394 −1.02%
1993 38,619 −362 −0.93%
1992 38,981 −434 −1.1%
1991 39,415 −743 −1.85%
1990 40,157 −562 −1.38%
1989 40,719 −612 −1.48%
1988 41,331 −587 −1.4%
1987 41,918 −595 −1.4%
1986 42,513 −512 −1.19%
1985 43,025 −524 −1.2%
1984 43,549 −501 −1.14%
1983 44,049 −606 −1.36%
1982 44,656 −723 −1.59%
1981 45,379 −620 −1.35%
1980 45,999 −475 −1.02%
1979 46,473 −382 −0.82%
1978 46,856 −452 −0.96%
1977 47,308 −466 −0.97%
1976 47,773 −471 −0.98%
1975 48,244 −661 −1.35%
1974 48,905 −1,213 −2.42%
1973 50,118 −812 −1.59%
1972 50,930 −938 −1.81%
1971 51,868 −1,599 −2.99%
1970 53,468 −1,002 −1.84%
1969 54,470 −1,029 −1.85%
1968 55,499 −894 −1.59%
1967 56,393 −772 −1.35%
1966 57,165 −1,266 −2.17%
1965 58,432 −1,122 −1.88%
1964 59,553 −1,195 −1.97%
1963 60,749 −1,184 −1.91%
1962 61,933 −1,542 −2.43%
1961 63,475 — —

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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