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Water resources per capita — Middle Africa

Water resources per capita in Middle Africa in 2022 — 9,469 m³/person. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 83.5%.

2022 9,469 m³/person −2.97% vs 2021
World rank —
Period maximum 57,315 m³/person1961
Period minimum 9,469 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Middle Africa, 1961–2022020,00040,00060,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 57,315 m³/person1963: 54,901 m³/person1965: 52,488 m³/person1967: 50,060 m³/person1969: 47,687 m³/person1971: 45,347 m³/person1973: 43,003 m³/person1975: 40,753 m³/person1977: 38,740 m³/person1979: 36,512 m³/person1981: 34,514 m³/person1983: 32,453 m³/person1985: 30,546 m³/person1987: 28,698 m³/person1989: 26,948 m³/person1991: 25,262 m³/person1993: 23,656 m³/person1995: 21,937 m³/person1997: 20,899 m³/person1999: 19,670 m³/person2001: 18,470 m³/person2003: 17,371 m³/person2005: 16,299 m³/person2007: 15,302 m³/person2009: 14,368 m³/person2011: 13,466 m³/person2013: 12,608 m³/person2015: 11,818 m³/person2017: 11,050 m³/person2019: 10,378 m³/person2021: 9,759 m³/person2022: 9,469 m³/person
Change over the period: −47,846 (−83.48%) Average annual rate: -2.91 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Middle Africa 9,469 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Middle Africa, by year Middle Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 9,469 −290 −2.97%
2021 9,759 −305 −3.03%
2020 10,064 −314 −3.03%
2019 10,378 −324 −3.03%
2018 10,702 −348 −3.15%
2017 11,050 −380 −3.32%
2016 11,430 −388 −3.28%
2015 11,818 −384 −3.15%
2014 12,202 −406 −3.22%
2013 12,608 −423 −3.24%
2012 13,031 −436 −3.23%
2011 13,466 −451 −3.24%
2010 13,918 −451 −3.14%
2009 14,368 −458 −3.09%
2008 14,826 −476 −3.11%
2007 15,302 −489 −3.1%
2006 15,790 −509 −3.12%
2005 16,299 −531 −3.16%
2004 16,830 −541 −3.11%
2003 17,371 −543 −3.03%
2002 17,914 −556 −3.01%
2001 18,470 −588 −3.08%
2000 19,058 −613 −3.12%
1999 19,670 −640 −3.15%
1998 20,310 −589 −2.82%
1997 20,899 −486 −2.27%
1996 21,384 −553 −2.52%
1995 21,937 −828 −3.64%
1994 22,765 −891 −3.77%
1993 23,656 −781 −3.2%
1992 24,437 −824 −3.26%
1991 25,262 −838 −3.21%
1990 26,100 −848 −3.15%
1989 26,948 −862 −3.1%
1988 27,810 −888 −3.09%
1987 28,698 −913 −3.08%
1986 29,611 −935 −3.06%
1985 30,546 −940 −2.99%
1984 31,486 −967 −2.98%
1983 32,453 −1,026 −3.07%
1982 33,479 −1,036 −3%
1981 34,514 −976 −2.75%
1980 35,490 −1,022 −2.8%
1979 36,512 −1,146 −3.04%
1978 37,658 −1,082 −2.79%
1977 38,740 −982 −2.47%
1976 39,721 −1,032 −2.53%
1975 40,753 −1,103 −2.64%
1974 41,856 −1,147 −2.67%
1973 43,003 −1,176 −2.66%
1972 44,179 −1,168 −2.58%
1971 45,347 −1,168 −2.51%
1970 46,515 −1,172 −2.46%
1969 47,687 −1,173 −2.4%
1968 48,860 −1,201 −2.4%
1967 50,060 −1,213 −2.37%
1966 51,274 −1,214 −2.31%
1965 52,488 −1,206 −2.25%
1964 53,694 −1,206 −2.2%
1963 54,901 −1,218 −2.17%
1962 56,118 −1,197 −2.09%
1961 57,315 — —

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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