Water resources per capita — all countries

Water resources per capita — Uganda

Water resources per capita in Uganda in 2022 — 824 m³/person. Ranked 135 in the world out of 181. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 83.4%.

2022 824 m³/person −2.96% vs 2021
World rank 135of 181
Period maximum 4,960 m³/person1961
Period minimum 824 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Uganda, 1961–202202,0004,0006,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 4,960 m³/person1963: 4,680 m³/person1965: 4,407 m³/person1967: 4,145 m³/person1969: 3,894 m³/person1971: 3,673 m³/person1973: 3,500 m³/person1975: 3,326 m³/person1977: 3,155 m³/person1979: 3,000 m³/person1981: 2,877 m³/person1983: 2,742 m³/person1985: 2,596 m³/person1987: 2,445 m³/person1989: 2,293 m³/person1991: 2,148 m³/person1993: 2,006 m³/person1995: 1,887 m³/person1997: 1,784 m³/person1999: 1,677 m³/person2001: 1,576 m³/person2003: 1,480 m³/person2005: 1,395 m³/person2007: 1,315 m³/person2009: 1,240 m³/person2011: 1,169 m³/person2013: 1,104 m³/person2015: 1,039 m³/person2017: 971 m³/person2019: 907 m³/person2021: 849 m³/person2022: 824 m³/person
Change over the period: −4,136 (−83.38%) Average annual rate: -2.9 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Uganda 824 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
Sub-Saharan Africa 3,162 m³/person
Eastern Africa computed 1,836 m³/person
Low-income countries computed 3,206 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Uganda, by year Uganda All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 824 −25 −2.96%
2021 849 −28 −3.17%
2020 877 −30 −3.28%
2019 907 −31 −3.33%
2018 938 −32 −3.34%
2017 971 −34 −3.43%
2016 1,005 −34 −3.27%
2015 1,039 −32 −3.03%
2014 1,072 −32 −2.91%
2013 1,104 −32 −2.83%
2012 1,136 −33 −2.86%
2011 1,169 −35 −2.89%
2010 1,204 −36 −2.9%
2009 1,240 −37 −2.9%
2008 1,277 −38 −2.9%
2007 1,315 −39 −2.9%
2006 1,354 −40 −2.89%
2005 1,395 −42 −2.89%
2004 1,436 −44 −2.95%
2003 1,480 −47 −3.11%
2002 1,527 −49 −3.08%
2001 1,576 −49 −3.01%
2000 1,625 −52 −3.1%
1999 1,677 −55 −3.19%
1998 1,732 −52 −2.93%
1997 1,784 −52 −2.86%
1996 1,837 −50 −2.67%
1995 1,887 −52 −2.69%
1994 1,939 −66 −3.3%
1993 2,006 −70 −3.39%
1992 2,076 −72 −3.35%
1991 2,148 −72 −3.23%
1990 2,220 −73 −3.18%
1989 2,293 −75 −3.18%
1988 2,368 −77 −3.13%
1987 2,445 −77 −3.05%
1986 2,521 −74 −2.87%
1985 2,596 −74 −2.77%
1984 2,670 −72 −2.64%
1983 2,742 −69 −2.45%
1982 2,811 −66 −2.29%
1981 2,877 −61 −2.07%
1980 2,938 −62 −2.06%
1979 3,000 −73 −2.38%
1978 3,073 −83 −2.62%
1977 3,155 −85 −2.61%
1976 3,240 −86 −2.59%
1975 3,326 −87 −2.56%
1974 3,414 −86 −2.46%
1973 3,500 −83 −2.32%
1972 3,583 −90 −2.46%
1971 3,673 −106 −2.79%
1970 3,778 −116 −2.97%
1969 3,894 −123 −3.06%
1968 4,017 −128 −3.09%
1967 4,145 −130 −3.04%
1966 4,275 −132 −3%
1965 4,407 −135 −2.97%
1964 4,542 −138 −2.94%
1963 4,680 −140 −2.9%
1962 4,819 −141 −2.84%
1961 4,960

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.