Renewable internal freshwater per person in Brunei

Brunei had 18,666 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
Brunei, 2022 18,666 Cubic metres per person
Change from 2021 −0.8% 2021: 18,817 m³ per person
World, 2022 5,393 m³ per person Official aggregate
Position in 2022 33rd of 181 See the full ranking

Renewable internal freshwater per person in Brunei 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 BruneiWorld
2022 18,666 m³ per person 5,393 m³ per person
2021 18,817 m³ per person 5,431 m³ per person
2020 18,998 m³ per person 5,476 m³ per person
2019 19,201 m³ per person 5,531 m³ per person
2018 19,415 m³ per person 5,589 m³ per person
2017 19,641 m³ per person 5,650 m³ per person
2016 19,880 m³ per person 5,714 m³ per person
2015 20,132 m³ per person 5,781 m³ per person
2014 20,396 m³ per person 5,850 m³ per person
2013 20,671 m³ per person 5,922 m³ per person
2012 20,959 m³ per person 5,995 m³ per person
2011 21,283 m³ per person 6,107 m³ per person
2010 21,665 m³ per person 6,182 m³ per person
2009 22,081 m³ per person 6,257 m³ per person
2008 22,499 m³ per person 6,336 m³ per person
2007 22,919 m³ per person 6,416 m³ per person
2006 23,309 m³ per person 6,497 m³ per person
2005 23,682 m³ per person 6,586 m³ per person
2004 24,085 m³ per person 6,670 m³ per person
2003 24,521 m³ per person 6,757 m³ per person
2002 24,993 m³ per person 6,844 m³ per person
2001 25,499 m³ per person 6,935 m³ per person
2000 26,040 m³ per person 7,028 m³ per person
1999 26,611 m³ per person 7,124 m³ per person
1998 27,210 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 −0.8% from 18,817 m³ per person in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 20,959 m³ per person, the figure has changed by −10.9%.
  • Among the 181 countries with data for 2022, Brunei has the 33rd 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 Brunei
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