Renewable internal freshwater per person in Australia
Australia had 18,909 cubic metres of renewable internal freshwater per person in 2022. The value for 2022 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1961.
Australia, 2022
18,909
Change from 2021
−1.3%
World, 2022
5,393 m³ per person
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2022
4,603 m³ per person
Position in 2022
32nd of 181
Renewable internal freshwater per person in Australia over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Cubic metres per person. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Australia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 18,909 m³ per person | 5,393 m³ per person |
| 2021 | 19,155 m³ per person | 5,431 m³ per person |
| 2020 | 19,182 m³ per person | 5,476 m³ per person |
| 2019 | 19,420 m³ per person | 5,531 m³ per person |
| 2018 | 19,709 m³ per person | 5,589 m³ per person |
| 2017 | 20,006 m³ per person | 5,650 m³ per person |
| 2016 | 20,338 m³ per person | 5,714 m³ per person |
| 2015 | 20,658 m³ per person | 5,781 m³ per person |
| 2014 | 20,958 m³ per person | 5,850 m³ per person |
| 2013 | 21,273 m³ per person | 5,922 m³ per person |
| 2012 | 21,642 m³ per person | 5,995 m³ per person |
| 2011 | 22,023 m³ per person | 6,107 m³ per person |
| 2010 | 22,331 m³ per person | 6,182 m³ per person |
| 2009 | 22,682 m³ per person | 6,257 m³ per person |
| 2008 | 23,154 m³ per person | 6,336 m³ per person |
| 2007 | 23,622 m³ per person | 6,416 m³ per person |
| 2006 | 24,058 m³ per person | 6,497 m³ per person |
| 2005 | 24,384 m³ per person | 6,586 m³ per person |
| 2004 | 24,683 m³ per person | 6,670 m³ per person |
| 2003 | 24,948 m³ per person | 6,757 m³ per person |
| 2002 | 25,237 m³ per person | 6,844 m³ per person |
| 2001 | 25,526 m³ per person | 6,935 m³ per person |
| 2000 | 25,856 m³ per person | 7,028 m³ per person |
| 1999 | 26,153 m³ per person | 7,124 m³ per person |
| 1998 | 26,441 m³ per person | 7,225 m³ per person |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −1.3% from 19,155 m³ per person in 2021.
- Since 2012, when it was 21,642 m³ per person, the figure has changed by −12.6%.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2022, Australia has the 32nd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2022 was 5,393 m³ per person.