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Water resources per capita — Upper-middle-income countries

Water resources per capita in upper-middle-income countries in 2022 — 6,572 m³/person. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 59.6%.

2022 6,572 m³/person −0.35% vs 2021
World rank —
Period maximum 16,252 m³/person1962
Period minimum 6,572 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1962–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Upper-middle-income countries, 1962–20225,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,500196219681974198019861992199820042010201620221962: 16,252 m³/person1964: 15,450 m³/person1966: 14,668 m³/person1968: 13,922 m³/person1970: 13,193 m³/person1972: 12,531 m³/person1974: 11,970 m³/person1976: 11,511 m³/person1978: 11,117 m³/person1980: 10,745 m³/person1982: 10,376 m³/person1984: 10,021 m³/person1986: 9,681 m³/person1988: 9,342 m³/person1990: 9,033 m³/person1992: 8,629 m³/person1994: 8,399 m³/person1996: 8,190 m³/person1998: 7,998 m³/person2000: 7,828 m³/person2002: 7,680 m³/person2004: 7,545 m³/person2006: 7,400 m³/person2008: 7,286 m³/person2010: 7,168 m³/person2012: 7,044 m³/person2014: 6,919 m³/person2016: 6,807 m³/person2018: 6,703 m³/person2020: 6,622 m³/person2022: 6,572 m³/person
Change over the period: −9,680 (−59.56%) Average annual rate: -1.5 %

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries

Upper-middle-income countries 6,572 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 6,572 −23 −0.35%
2021 6,595 −27 −0.4%
2020 6,622 −36 −0.55%
2019 6,658 −45 −0.67%
2018 6,703 −50 −0.74%
2017 6,753 −54 −0.79%
2016 6,807 −54 −0.79%
2015 6,862 −57 −0.83%
2014 6,919 −61 −0.87%
2013 6,980 −64 −0.91%
2012 7,044 −65 −0.91%
2011 7,109 −59 −0.83%
2010 7,168 −58 −0.8%
2009 7,226 −60 −0.82%
2008 7,286 −59 −0.81%
2007 7,345 −55 −0.74%
2006 7,400 −80 −1.07%
2005 7,481 −65 −0.86%
2004 7,545 −66 −0.86%
2003 7,611 −69 −0.89%
2002 7,680 −72 −0.93%
2001 7,752 −76 −0.97%
2000 7,828 −82 −1.04%
1999 7,910 −87 −1.09%
1998 7,998 −94 −1.16%
1997 8,091 −98 −1.2%
1996 8,190 −103 −1.24%
1995 8,293 −106 −1.26%
1994 8,399 −113 −1.32%
1993 8,512 −117 −1.36%
1992 8,629 −266 −2.99%
1991 8,895 −138 −1.53%
1990 9,033 −149 −1.62%
1989 9,183 −159 −1.7%
1988 9,342 −168 −1.76%
1987 9,509 −172 −1.78%
1986 9,681 −171 −1.73%
1985 9,852 −169 −1.69%
1984 10,021 −172 −1.68%
1983 10,193 −183 −1.77%
1982 10,376 −188 −1.78%
1981 10,564 −181 −1.68%
1980 10,745 −182 −1.67%
1979 10,927 −190 −1.71%
1978 11,117 −194 −1.71%
1977 11,310 −201 −1.74%
1976 11,511 −219 −1.87%
1975 11,730 −240 −2%
1974 11,970 −268 −2.19%
1973 12,238 −293 −2.34%
1972 12,531 −315 −2.45%
1971 12,845 −347 −2.63%
1970 13,193 −360 −2.66%
1969 13,552 −370 −2.66%
1968 13,922 −370 −2.59%
1967 14,292 −376 −2.56%
1966 14,668 −404 −2.68%
1965 15,071 −379 −2.45%
1964 15,450 −389 −2.46%
1963 15,839 −413 −2.54%
1962 16,252 — —

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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