Renewable internal freshwater per person in Barbados

Barbados had 283 cubic metres of renewable internal freshwater per person in 2022. The value for 2022 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1961.

Measure: Renewable internal freshwater per person Unit: Cubic metres per person Data: 1961 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Barbados, 2022 283 Cubic metres per person
Change from 2021 −0.1% 2021: 284 m³ per person
World, 2022 5,393 m³ per person Official aggregate
Position in 2022 162nd of 181 See the full ranking

Renewable internal freshwater per person in Barbados over time

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Cubic metres per person. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Renewable internal freshwater per person (cubic metres per person), 1998 to 2022
Period BarbadosWorld
2022 283 m³ per person 5,393 m³ per person
2021 284 m³ per person 5,431 m³ per person
2020 284 m³ per person 5,476 m³ per person
2019 284 m³ per person 5,531 m³ per person
2018 285 m³ per person 5,589 m³ per person
2017 286 m³ per person 5,650 m³ per person
2016 286 m³ per person 5,714 m³ per person
2015 287 m³ per person 5,781 m³ per person
2014 287 m³ per person 5,850 m³ per person
2013 288 m³ per person 5,922 m³ per person
2012 289 m³ per person 5,995 m³ per person
2011 290 m³ per person 6,107 m³ per person
2010 291 m³ per person 6,182 m³ per person
2009 292 m³ per person 6,257 m³ per person
2008 293 m³ per person 6,336 m³ per person
2007 295 m³ per person 6,416 m³ per person
2006 296 m³ per person 6,497 m³ per person
2005 298 m³ per person 6,586 m³ per person
2004 299 m³ per person 6,670 m³ per person
2003 301 m³ per person 6,757 m³ per person
2002 303 m³ per person 6,844 m³ per person
2001 305 m³ per person 6,935 m³ per person
2000 305 m³ per person 7,028 m³ per person
1999 305 m³ per person 7,124 m³ per person
1998 305 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 −0.1% from 284 m³ per person in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 289 m³ per person, the figure has changed by −1.9%.
  • Among the 181 countries with data for 2022, Barbados has the 162nd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2022 was 5,393 m³ per person.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, AQUASTAT
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
ER.H2O.INTR.PC · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2022 for Barbados
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, AQUASTAT