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Water resources per capita — Northern Africa

Water resources per capita in Northern Africa in 2022 — 190 m³/person. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 76.5%.

2022 190 m³/person −1.6% vs 2021
World rank —
Period maximum 809 m³/person1961
Period minimum 190 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Northern Africa, 1961–202202505007501,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 809 m³/person1963: 772 m³/person1965: 737 m³/person1967: 702 m³/person1969: 668 m³/person1971: 637 m³/person1973: 607 m³/person1975: 576 m³/person1977: 544 m³/person1979: 516 m³/person1981: 487 m³/person1983: 461 m³/person1985: 435 m³/person1987: 412 m³/person1989: 391 m³/person1991: 373 m³/person1993: 357 m³/person1995: 343 m³/person1997: 330 m³/person1999: 318 m³/person2001: 307 m³/person2003: 297 m³/person2005: 287 m³/person2007: 278 m³/person2009: 268 m³/person2011: 259 m³/person2013: 225 m³/person2015: 216 m³/person2017: 207 m³/person2019: 199 m³/person2021: 193 m³/person2022: 190 m³/person
Change over the period: −619 (−76.54%) Average annual rate: -2.35 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Northern Africa 190 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Northern Africa, by year Northern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 190 −3 −1.6%
2021 193 −3 −1.61%
2020 196 −3 −1.69%
2019 199 −4 −1.81%
2018 203 −4 −2%
2017 207 −4 −2.06%
2016 212 −4 −2.01%
2015 216 −4 −2.03%
2014 220 −5 −2.06%
2013 225 −5 −2.02%
2012 230 −29 −11.31%
2011 259 −4 −1.7%
2010 263 −5 −1.76%
2009 268 −5 −1.73%
2008 273 −5 −1.7%
2007 278 −5 −1.67%
2006 282 −5 −1.68%
2005 287 −5 −1.69%
2004 292 −5 −1.69%
2003 297 −5 −1.69%
2002 302 −5 −1.7%
2001 307 −5 −1.73%
2000 313 −6 −1.75%
1999 318 −6 −1.79%
1998 324 −6 −1.82%
1997 330 −6 −1.83%
1996 336 −6 −1.87%
1995 343 −7 −1.91%
1994 350 −7 −1.98%
1993 357 −8 −2.13%
1992 364 −8 −2.2%
1991 373 −9 −2.38%
1990 382 −10 −2.5%
1989 391 −10 −2.45%
1988 401 −10 −2.54%
1987 412 −11 −2.61%
1986 423 −12 −2.75%
1985 435 −13 −2.88%
1984 448 −13 −2.84%
1983 461 −13 −2.74%
1982 474 −14 −2.77%
1981 487 −14 −2.83%
1980 501 −14 −2.77%
1979 516 −14 −2.67%
1978 530 −14 −2.63%
1977 544 −15 −2.74%
1976 559 −17 −2.89%
1975 576 −16 −2.7%
1974 592 −15 −2.44%
1973 607 −15 −2.39%
1972 622 −15 −2.37%
1971 637 −16 −2.38%
1970 652 −16 −2.42%
1969 668 −17 −2.45%
1968 685 −17 −2.45%
1967 702 −18 −2.44%
1966 720 −17 −2.33%
1965 737 −17 −2.27%
1964 754 −18 −2.31%
1963 772 −18 −2.32%
1962 790 −19 −2.31%
1961 809 — —

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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