Renewable internal freshwater per person in Brazil

Brazil had 26,918 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
Brazil, 2022 26,918 Cubic metres per person
Change from 2021 −0.4% 2021: 27,015 m³ per person
World, 2022 5,393 m³ per person Official aggregate
Median of G20 countries, 2022 3,093 m³ per person Middle value of 19 countries
Position in 2022 24th of 181 See the full ranking

Renewable internal freshwater per person in Brazil 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 BrazilWorld
2022 26,918 m³ per person 5,393 m³ per person
2021 27,015 m³ per person 5,431 m³ per person
2020 27,130 m³ per person 5,476 m³ per person
2019 27,288 m³ per person 5,531 m³ per person
2018 27,466 m³ per person 5,589 m³ per person
2017 27,655 m³ per person 5,650 m³ per person
2016 27,857 m³ per person 5,714 m³ per person
2015 28,070 m³ per person 5,781 m³ per person
2014 28,293 m³ per person 5,850 m³ per person
2013 28,522 m³ per person 5,922 m³ per person
2012 28,754 m³ per person 5,995 m³ per person
2011 28,988 m³ per person 6,107 m³ per person
2010 29,225 m³ per person 6,182 m³ per person
2009 29,472 m³ per person 6,257 m³ per person
2008 29,737 m³ per person 6,336 m³ per person
2007 30,023 m³ per person 6,416 m³ per person
2006 30,329 m³ per person 6,497 m³ per person
2005 30,652 m³ per person 6,586 m³ per person
2004 30,989 m³ per person 6,670 m³ per person
2003 31,342 m³ per person 6,757 m³ per person
2002 31,714 m³ per person 6,844 m³ per person
2001 32,110 m³ per person 6,935 m³ per person
2000 32,531 m³ per person 7,028 m³ per person
1999 32,982 m³ per person 7,124 m³ per person
1998 33,465 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 −0.4% from 27,015 m³ per person in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 28,754 m³ per person, the figure has changed by −6.4%.
  • Among the 181 countries with data for 2022, Brazil has the 24th 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 Brazil
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