Renewable internal freshwater per person in European Union

The European Union had 3,041 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
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2022 3,041 Cubic metres per person
Change from 2021 −0.2% 2021: 3,047 m³ per person
World, 2022 5,393 m³ per person Official aggregate

Renewable internal freshwater per person in European Union 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 European UnionWorld
2022 3,041 m³ per person 5,393 m³ per person
2021 3,047 m³ per person 5,431 m³ per person
2020 3,043 m³ per person 5,476 m³ per person
2019 3,043 m³ per person 5,531 m³ per person
2018 3,048 m³ per person 5,589 m³ per person
2017 3,053 m³ per person 5,650 m³ per person
2016 3,058 m³ per person 5,714 m³ per person
2015 3,064 m³ per person 5,781 m³ per person
2014 3,070 m³ per person 5,850 m³ per person
2013 3,073 m³ per person 5,922 m³ per person
2012 3,076 m³ per person 5,995 m³ per person
2011 3,080 m³ per person 6,107 m³ per person
2010 3,076 m³ per person 6,182 m³ per person
2009 3,081 m³ per person 6,257 m³ per person
2008 3,088 m³ per person 6,336 m³ per person
2007 3,099 m³ per person 6,416 m³ per person
2006 3,110 m³ per person 6,497 m³ per person
2005 3,120 m³ per person 6,586 m³ per person
2004 3,132 m³ per person 6,670 m³ per person
2003 3,144 m³ per person 6,757 m³ per person
2002 3,155 m³ per person 6,844 m³ per person
2001 3,163 m³ per person 6,935 m³ per person
2000 3,167 m³ per person 7,028 m³ per person
1999 3,171 m³ per person 7,124 m³ per person
1998 3,176 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 −0.2% from 3,047 m³ per person in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 3,076 m³ per person, the figure has changed by −1.1%.
  • The figure for the world in 2022 was 5,393 m³ per person.

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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 European Union
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