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Water resources per capita — Vanuatu

Water resources per capita in Vanuatu in 2022 — 31,944 m³/person. Ranked 17 in the world out of 181. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 78.2%.

2022 31,944 m³/person −2.29% vs 2021
World rank 17of 181
Period maximum 146,683 m³/person1962
Period minimum 31,944 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1962–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Vanuatu, 1962–2022050,000100,000150,000196219681974198019861992199820042010201620221962: 146,683 m³/person1964: 138,468 m³/person1966: 130,565 m³/person1968: 122,980 m³/person1970: 115,921 m³/person1972: 109,216 m³/person1974: 102,817 m³/person1976: 96,723 m³/person1978: 90,940 m³/person1980: 86,460 m³/person1982: 82,621 m³/person1984: 78,673 m³/person1986: 74,783 m³/person1988: 71,045 m³/person1990: 67,539 m³/person1992: 64,264 m³/person1994: 61,232 m³/person1996: 58,510 m³/person1998: 56,081 m³/person2000: 53,682 m³/person2002: 51,056 m³/person2004: 48,612 m³/person2006: 46,313 m³/person2008: 44,073 m³/person2010: 41,973 m³/person2012: 40,180 m³/person2014: 38,426 m³/person2016: 36,753 m³/person2018: 35,056 m³/person2020: 33,461 m³/person2022: 31,944 m³/person
Change over the period: −114,739 (−78.22%) Average annual rate: -2.51 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Vanuatu 31,944 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
East Asia & Pacific 4,306 m³/person
Melanesia computed 72,380 m³/person
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2,322 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Vanuatu, by year Vanuatu All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 31,944 −750 −2.29%
2021 32,694 −767 −2.29%
2020 33,461 −788 −2.3%
2019 34,248 −808 −2.3%
2018 35,056 −850 −2.37%
2017 35,906 −847 −2.31%
2016 36,753 −827 −2.2%
2015 37,580 −846 −2.2%
2014 38,426 −869 −2.21%
2013 39,296 −884 −2.2%
2012 40,180 −893 −2.17%
2011 41,072 −901 −2.15%
2010 41,973 −995 −2.32%
2009 42,968 −1,105 −2.51%
2008 44,073 −1,119 −2.48%
2007 45,192 −1,120 −2.42%
2006 46,313 −1,135 −2.39%
2005 47,447 −1,165 −2.4%
2004 48,612 −1,202 −2.41%
2003 49,814 −1,242 −2.43%
2002 51,056 −1,291 −2.47%
2001 52,348 −1,335 −2.49%
2000 53,682 −1,248 −2.27%
1999 54,931 −1,151 −2.05%
1998 56,081 −1,184 −2.07%
1997 57,265 −1,245 −2.13%
1996 58,510 −1,321 −2.21%
1995 59,831 −1,401 −2.29%
1994 61,232 −1,479 −2.36%
1993 62,710 −1,554 −2.42%
1992 64,264 −1,615 −2.45%
1991 65,879 −1,660 −2.46%
1990 67,539 −1,717 −2.48%
1989 69,255 −1,789 −2.52%
1988 71,045 −1,848 −2.54%
1987 72,893 −1,890 −2.53%
1986 74,783 −1,930 −2.52%
1985 76,713 −1,960 −2.49%
1984 78,673 −1,974 −2.45%
1983 80,646 −1,974 −2.39%
1982 82,621 −1,947 −2.3%
1981 84,567 −1,893 −2.19%
1980 86,460 −2,004 −2.27%
1979 88,464 −2,475 −2.72%
1978 90,940 −2,853 −3.04%
1977 93,793 −2,930 −3.03%
1976 96,723 −3,009 −3.02%
1975 99,732 −3,085 −3%
1974 102,817 −3,158 −2.98%
1973 105,975 −3,241 −2.97%
1972 109,216 −3,318 −2.95%
1971 112,534 −3,386 −2.92%
1970 115,921 −3,475 −2.91%
1969 119,396 −3,584 −2.91%
1968 122,980 −3,729 −2.94%
1967 126,709 −3,856 −2.95%
1966 130,565 −3,919 −2.91%
1965 134,485 −3,983 −2.88%
1964 138,468 −4,066 −2.85%
1963 142,533 −4,150 −2.83%
1962 146,683 — —

Melanesia, 2022

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

PG Papua New Guinea 78,505 SB Solomon Islands 57,229 VU Vanuatu 31,944 FJ Fiji 31,052
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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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