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Water resources per capita — Zimbabwe

Water resources per capita in Zimbabwe in 2022 — 763 m³/person. Ranked 142 in the world out of 181. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 75.5%.

2022 763 m³/person −1.69% vs 2021
World rank 142of 181
Period maximum 3,119 m³/person1961
Period minimum 763 m³/person2022

Trend over time

1961–2022 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita — Zimbabwe, 1961–202201,0002,0003,0004,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720221961: 3,119 m³/person1963: 2,929 m³/person1965: 2,750 m³/person1967: 2,582 m³/person1969: 2,424 m³/person1971: 2,281 m³/person1973: 2,143 m³/person1975: 2,010 m³/person1977: 1,901 m³/person1979: 1,844 m³/person1981: 1,635 m³/person1983: 1,514 m³/person1985: 1,411 m³/person1987: 1,320 m³/person1989: 1,243 m³/person1991: 1,178 m³/person1993: 1,129 m³/person1995: 1,117 m³/person1997: 1,078 m³/person1999: 1,040 m³/person2001: 1,024 m³/person2003: 1,002 m³/person2005: 982 m³/person2007: 958 m³/person2009: 933 m³/person2011: 902 m³/person2013: 875 m³/person2015: 851 m³/person2017: 828 m³/person2019: 803 m³/person2021: 776 m³/person2022: 763 m³/person
Change over the period: −2,356 (−75.54%) Average annual rate: -2.28 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Zimbabwe 763 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person
Sub-Saharan Africa 3,162 m³/person
Eastern Africa computed 1,836 m³/person
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2,322 m³/person
Water resources per capita — Zimbabwe, by year Zimbabwe All countries CSV XLSX
Year m³/person Change Change, %
2022 763 −13 −1.69%
2021 776 −14 −1.71%
2020 790 −13 −1.65%
2019 803 −13 −1.55%
2018 815 −12 −1.48%
2017 828 −12 −1.43%
2016 840 −12 −1.38%
2015 851 −11 −1.33%
2014 863 −12 −1.36%
2013 875 −12 −1.4%
2012 887 −15 −1.61%
2011 902 −16 −1.76%
2010 918 −15 −1.6%
2009 933 −13 −1.4%
2008 946 −11 −1.2%
2007 958 −13 −1.31%
2006 970 −12 −1.21%
2005 982 −9 −0.94%
2004 991 −11 −1.08%
2003 1,002 −12 −1.18%
2002 1,014 −10 −0.96%
2001 1,024 −7 −0.67%
2000 1,031 −10 −0.91%
1999 1,040 −17 −1.61%
1998 1,057 −21 −1.94%
1997 1,078 −20 −1.86%
1996 1,099 −18 −1.65%
1995 1,117 −10 −0.92%
1994 1,128 −1 −0.12%
1993 1,129 −17 −1.45%
1992 1,146 −33 −2.78%
1991 1,178 −31 −2.57%
1990 1,209 −33 −2.69%
1989 1,243 −37 −2.86%
1988 1,279 −41 −3.11%
1987 1,320 −44 −3.25%
1986 1,365 −46 −3.29%
1985 1,411 −50 −3.4%
1984 1,461 −53 −3.49%
1983 1,514 −59 −3.73%
1982 1,573 −62 −3.82%
1981 1,635 −106 −6.1%
1980 1,741 −103 −5.59%
1979 1,844 −29 −1.56%
1978 1,874 −27 −1.44%
1977 1,901 −49 −2.52%
1976 1,950 −60 −3%
1975 2,010 −65 −3.12%
1974 2,075 −68 −3.18%
1973 2,143 −69 −3.11%
1972 2,212 −69 −3.03%
1971 2,281 −69 −2.95%
1970 2,350 −73 −3.02%
1969 2,424 −78 −3.12%
1968 2,502 −80 −3.1%
1967 2,582 −83 −3.1%
1966 2,665 −85 −3.1%
1965 2,750 −88 −3.11%
1964 2,838 −91 −3.1%
1963 2,929 −94 −3.1%
1962 3,023 −97 −3.1%
1961 3,119 — —

Eastern Africa, 2022

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

MG Madagascar 11,072 ZM Zambia 3,980 MZ Mozambique 3,071 SS South Sudan 2,359 MU Mauritius 2,179 KM Comoros 1,439 TZ Tanzania 1,298 ET Ethiopia 973 UG Uganda 824 ER Eritrea 821 MW Malawi 785 ZW Zimbabwe 763 BI Burundi 755 RW Rwanda 696 KE Kenya 382 SO Somalia 337 DJ Djibouti 264
Full table for all countries

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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