Water resources per capita — all countries

Water resources per capita — Sweden

Water resources per capita in Sweden in 2022 — 16,306 m³/person. Ranked 37 in the world out of 181. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 28.3%.

2022 16,306 m³/person −0.68% vs 2021
World rank 37of 181
Period maximum 22,739 m³/person1961
Period minimum 16,306 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Sweden, 1961–202216,00018,00020,00022,00024,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 22,739 m³/person1963: 22,487 m³/person1965: 22,111 m³/person1967: 21,734 m³/person1969: 21,461 m³/person1971: 21,115 m³/person1973: 21,017 m³/person1975: 20,873 m³/person1977: 20,723 m³/person1979: 20,618 m³/person1981: 20,552 m³/person1983: 20,531 m³/person1985: 20,478 m³/person1987: 20,362 m³/person1989: 20,134 m³/person1991: 19,844 m³/person1993: 19,613 m³/person1995: 19,373 m³/person1997: 19,331 m³/person1999: 19,305 m³/person2001: 19,222 m³/person2003: 19,089 m³/person2005: 18,938 m³/person2007: 18,692 m³/person2009: 18,390 m³/person2011: 18,097 m³/person2013: 17,812 m³/person2015: 17,450 m³/person2017: 17,002 m³/person2019: 16,636 m³/person2021: 16,417 m³/person2022: 16,306 m³/person
Change over the period: −6,433 (−28.29%) Average annual rate: -0.54 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Sweden 16,306 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
Europe & Central Asia 7,674 m³/person
Northern Europe computed 10,077 m³/person
High-income countries computed 10,978 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Sweden, by year Sweden All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 16,306 −111 −0.68%
2021 16,417 −99 −0.6%
2020 16,516 −120 −0.72%
2019 16,636 −170 −1.01%
2018 16,806 −196 −1.15%
2017 17,002 −231 −1.34%
2016 17,233 −218 −1.25%
2015 17,450 −186 −1.05%
2014 17,636 −176 −0.99%
2013 17,812 −152 −0.84%
2012 17,963 −133 −0.74%
2011 18,097 −137 −0.75%
2010 18,234 −156 −0.85%
2009 18,390 −157 −0.85%
2008 18,547 −145 −0.78%
2007 18,692 −139 −0.74%
2006 18,832 −106 −0.56%
2005 18,938 −76 −0.4%
2004 19,014 −75 −0.39%
2003 19,089 −71 −0.37%
2002 19,160 −62 −0.32%
2001 19,222 −52 −0.27%
2000 19,274 −31 −0.16%
1999 19,305 −15 −0.08%
1998 19,320 −11 −0.06%
1997 19,331 −11 −0.06%
1996 19,342 −31 −0.16%
1995 19,373 −102 −0.52%
1994 19,474 −139 −0.71%
1993 19,613 −114 −0.58%
1992 19,728 −116 −0.58%
1991 19,844 −136 −0.68%
1990 19,979 −155 −0.77%
1989 20,134 −135 −0.66%
1988 20,269 −93 −0.46%
1987 20,362 −68 −0.33%
1986 20,431 −48 −0.23%
1985 20,478 −34 −0.17%
1984 20,512 −19 −0.09%
1983 20,531 −9 −0.05%
1982 20,540 −12 −0.06%
1981 20,552 −25 −0.12%
1980 20,576 −42 −0.2%
1979 20,618 −45 −0.22%
1978 20,663 −60 −0.29%
1977 20,723 −74 −0.35%
1976 20,797 −76 −0.36%
1975 20,873 −83 −0.4%
1974 20,956 −61 −0.29%
1973 21,017 −36 −0.17%
1972 21,053 −62 −0.3%
1971 21,115 −146 −0.69%
1970 21,261 −199 −0.93%
1969 21,461 −151 −0.7%
1968 21,612 −122 −0.56%
1967 21,734 −167 −0.76%
1966 21,901 −209 −0.95%
1965 22,111 −209 −0.94%
1964 22,320 −167 −0.74%
1963 22,487 −127 −0.56%
1962 22,614 −125 −0.55%
1961 22,739

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.