Renewable internal freshwater per person in China

China had 1,992 cubic metres of renewable internal freshwater per person in 2022.

Measure: Renewable internal freshwater per person Unit: Cubic metres per person Data: 1961 to 2022 Source: World Bank
China, 2022 1,992 Cubic metres per person
Change from 2021 0% 2021: 1,992 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 106th of 181 See the full ranking

Renewable internal freshwater per person in China 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 ChinaWorld
2022 1,992 m³ per person 5,393 m³ per person
2021 1,992 m³ per person 5,431 m³ per person
2020 1,993 m³ per person 5,476 m³ per person
2019 1,998 m³ per person 5,531 m³ per person
2018 2,005 m³ per person 5,589 m³ per person
2017 2,015 m³ per person 5,650 m³ per person
2016 2,027 m³ per person 5,714 m³ per person
2015 2,039 m³ per person 5,781 m³ per person
2014 2,050 m³ per person 5,850 m³ per person
2013 2,063 m³ per person 5,922 m³ per person
2012 2,077 m³ per person 5,995 m³ per person
2011 2,091 m³ per person 6,107 m³ per person
2010 2,103 m³ per person 6,182 m³ per person
2009 2,113 m³ per person 6,257 m³ per person
2008 2,123 m³ per person 6,336 m³ per person
2007 2,134 m³ per person 6,416 m³ per person
2006 2,146 m³ per person 6,497 m³ per person
2005 2,158 m³ per person 6,586 m³ per person
2004 2,170 m³ per person 6,670 m³ per person
2003 2,183 m³ per person 6,757 m³ per person
2002 2,197 m³ per person 6,844 m³ per person
2001 2,212 m³ per person 6,935 m³ per person
2000 2,228 m³ per person 7,028 m³ per person
1999 2,245 m³ per person 7,124 m³ per person
1998 2,265 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% from 1,992 m³ per person in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 2,077 m³ per person, the figure has changed by −4.1%.
  • Among the 181 countries with data for 2022, China has the 106th 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 China
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