Renewable internal freshwater per person in Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau had 7,599 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
Guinea-Bissau, 2022 7,599 Cubic metres per person
Change from 2021 −2.2% 2021: 7,771 m³ per person
World, 2022 5,393 m³ per person Official aggregate
Position in 2022 55th of 181 See the full ranking

Renewable internal freshwater per person in Guinea-Bissau 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 Guinea-BissauWorld
2022 7,599 m³ per person 5,393 m³ per person
2021 7,771 m³ per person 5,431 m³ per person
2020 7,947 m³ per person 5,476 m³ per person
2019 8,131 m³ per person 5,531 m³ per person
2018 8,324 m³ per person 5,589 m³ per person
2017 8,524 m³ per person 5,650 m³ per person
2016 8,734 m³ per person 5,714 m³ per person
2015 8,956 m³ per person 5,781 m³ per person
2014 9,189 m³ per person 5,850 m³ per person
2013 9,434 m³ per person 5,922 m³ per person
2012 9,689 m³ per person 5,995 m³ per person
2011 9,950 m³ per person 6,107 m³ per person
2010 10,215 m³ per person 6,182 m³ per person
2009 10,482 m³ per person 6,257 m³ per person
2008 10,752 m³ per person 6,336 m³ per person
2007 11,027 m³ per person 6,416 m³ per person
2006 11,305 m³ per person 6,497 m³ per person
2005 11,581 m³ per person 6,586 m³ per person
2004 11,856 m³ per person 6,670 m³ per person
2003 12,132 m³ per person 6,757 m³ per person
2002 12,410 m³ per person 6,844 m³ per person
2001 12,686 m³ per person 6,935 m³ per person
2000 12,958 m³ per person 7,028 m³ per person
1999 13,221 m³ per person 7,124 m³ per person
1998 13,474 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 −2.2% from 7,771 m³ per person in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 9,689 m³ per person, the figure has changed by −21.6%.
  • Among the 181 countries with data for 2022, Guinea-Bissau has the 55th highest value.
  • 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 Guinea-Bissau
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