Level of water stress in Indonesia

Freshwater withdrawals in Indonesia were equal to 29.7% of available resources in 2022.

Measure: Level of water stress Unit: % of available freshwater resources Data: 1990 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Indonesia, 2022 29.7% % of available freshwater resources
Change from 2021 0percentage points 2021: 29.7%
Median of G20 countries, 2022 29.8% Middle value of 19 countries
Position in 2022 54th of 176 See the full ranking

Level of water stress in Indonesia over time

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% of available freshwater resources. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Level of water stress (% of available freshwater resources), 1998 to 2022
Period Indonesia
2022 29.7%
2021 29.7%
2020 29.7%
2019 29.7%
2018 29.7%
2017 29.7%
2016 29.7%
2015 28.8%
2014 27.9%
2013 27.0%
2012 26.0%
2011 25.1%
2010 24.2%
2009 23.3%
2008 22.4%
2007 21.5%
2006 20.6%
2005 19.7%
2004 18.8%
2003 17.8%
2002 16.9%
2001 16.0%
2000 15.1%
1999 14.6%
1998 14.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 26.0%, the figure has changed by +3.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 176 countries with data for 2022, Indonesia has the 54th highest value.

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.FWST.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2022 for Indonesia
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