Water resources per capita in Eastern Africa in 2022 — 1,836 m³/person. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 85%.
1961–2022 · m³ per capita
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Eastern Africa
| Year | m³/person | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1,836 | −48 | −2.54% |
| 2021 | 1,884 | −50 | −2.61% |
| 2020 | 1,934 | −53 | −2.67% |
| 2019 | 1,987 | −55 | −2.68% |
| 2018 | 2,042 | −55 | −2.6% |
| 2017 | 2,097 | −55 | −2.54% |
| 2016 | 2,151 | −57 | −2.57% |
| 2015 | 2,208 | −58 | −2.56% |
| 2014 | 2,266 | −61 | −2.63% |
| 2013 | 2,327 | −65 | −2.73% |
| 2012 | 2,393 | −65 | −2.63% |
| 2011 | 2,457 | −68 | −2.68% |
| 2010 | 2,525 | −72 | −2.76% |
| 2009 | 2,597 | −74 | −2.77% |
| 2008 | 2,671 | −77 | −2.79% |
| 2007 | 2,747 | −79 | −2.79% |
| 2006 | 2,826 | −81 | −2.78% |
| 2005 | 2,907 | −83 | −2.78% |
| 2004 | 2,990 | −86 | −2.81% |
| 2003 | 3,076 | −88 | −2.79% |
| 2002 | 3,165 | −89 | −2.74% |
| 2001 | 3,254 | −91 | −2.71% |
| 2000 | 3,344 | −93 | −2.71% |
| 1999 | 3,438 | −97 | −2.74% |
| 1998 | 3,534 | −102 | −2.8% |
| 1997 | 3,636 | −112 | −2.98% |
| 1996 | 3,748 | −117 | −3.04% |
| 1995 | 3,865 | −99 | −2.5% |
| 1994 | 3,964 | −99 | −2.44% |
| 1993 | 4,064 | −789 | −16.25% |
| 1992 | 4,852 | −117 | −2.35% |
| 1991 | 4,969 | −122 | −2.4% |
| 1990 | 5,091 | −138 | −2.64% |
| 1989 | 5,229 | −140 | −2.6% |
| 1988 | 5,368 | −150 | −2.72% |
| 1987 | 5,518 | −169 | −2.96% |
| 1986 | 5,687 | −178 | −3.04% |
| 1985 | 5,865 | −186 | −3.07% |
| 1984 | 6,051 | −191 | −3.07% |
| 1983 | 6,242 | −197 | −3.06% |
| 1982 | 6,440 | −189 | −2.85% |
| 1981 | 6,628 | −208 | −3.04% |
| 1980 | 6,836 | −248 | −3.5% |
| 1979 | 7,084 | −257 | −3.5% |
| 1978 | 7,341 | −248 | −3.27% |
| 1977 | 7,589 | −241 | −3.08% |
| 1976 | 7,830 | −246 | −3.04% |
| 1975 | 8,076 | −253 | −3.04% |
| 1974 | 8,329 | −258 | −3.01% |
| 1973 | 8,588 | −253 | −2.86% |
| 1972 | 8,840 | −258 | −2.83% |
| 1971 | 9,098 | −276 | −2.95% |
| 1970 | 9,374 | −287 | −2.97% |
| 1969 | 9,661 | −298 | −2.99% |
| 1968 | 9,960 | −306 | −2.98% |
| 1967 | 10,265 | −311 | −2.94% |
| 1966 | 10,576 | −316 | −2.9% |
| 1965 | 10,892 | −324 | −2.89% |
| 1964 | 11,216 | −329 | −2.85% |
| 1963 | 11,545 | −331 | −2.79% |
| 1962 | 11,876 | −341 | −2.79% |
| 1961 | 12,217 | — | — |
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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