Renewable internal freshwater per person in Israel

Israel had 80 cubic metres of renewable internal freshwater per person in 2021. The value for 2021 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1961.

Measure: Renewable internal freshwater per person Unit: Cubic metres per person Data: 1961 to 2021 Source: World Bank
Israel, 2021 80 Cubic metres per person
Change from 2020 −1.7% 2020: 81 m³ per person
World, 2021 5,431 m³ per person Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2021 4,154 m³ per person Middle value of 38 countries

Renewable internal freshwater per person in Israel 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 IsraelWorld
2022 – 5,393 m³ per person
2021 80 m³ per person 5,431 m³ per person
2020 81 m³ per person 5,476 m³ per person
2019 83 m³ per person 5,531 m³ per person
2018 84 m³ per person 5,589 m³ per person
2017 86 m³ per person 5,650 m³ per person
2016 88 m³ per person 5,714 m³ per person
2015 89 m³ per person 5,781 m³ per person
2014 91 m³ per person 5,850 m³ per person
2013 93 m³ per person 5,922 m³ per person
2012 95 m³ per person 5,995 m³ per person
2011 97 m³ per person 6,107 m³ per person
2010 98 m³ per person 6,182 m³ per person
2009 100 m³ per person 6,257 m³ per person
2008 103 m³ per person 6,336 m³ per person
2007 104 m³ per person 6,416 m³ per person
2006 106 m³ per person 6,497 m³ per person
2005 108 m³ per person 6,586 m³ per person
2004 110 m³ per person 6,670 m³ per person
2003 112 m³ per person 6,757 m³ per person
2002 114 m³ per person 6,844 m³ per person
2001 116 m³ per person 6,935 m³ per person
2000 119 m³ per person 7,028 m³ per person
1999 122 m³ per person 7,124 m³ per person
1998 126 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 −1.7% from 81 m³ per person in 2020.
  • Since 2011, when it was 97 m³ per person, the figure has changed by −17.1%.
  • The figure for the world in 2021 was 5,431 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 2021 for Israel
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