Renewable internal freshwater per person in Japan

Japan had 3,437 cubic metres of renewable internal freshwater per person in 2022. The value for 2022 is the highest since 1993.

Measure: Renewable internal freshwater per person Unit: Cubic metres per person Data: 1961 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Japan, 2022 3,437 Cubic metres per person
Change from 2021 +0.4% 2021: 3,421 m³ per person
World, 2022 5,393 m³ per person Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2022 4,603 m³ per person Middle value of 37 countries
Position in 2022 77th of 181 See the full ranking

Renewable internal freshwater per person in Japan 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 JapanWorld
2022 3,437 m³ per person 5,393 m³ per person
2021 3,421 m³ per person 5,431 m³ per person
2020 3,406 m³ per person 5,476 m³ per person
2019 3,396 m³ per person 5,531 m³ per person
2018 3,391 m³ per person 5,589 m³ per person
2017 3,387 m³ per person 5,650 m³ per person
2016 3,384 m³ per person 5,714 m³ per person
2015 3,382 m³ per person 5,781 m³ per person
2014 3,378 m³ per person 5,850 m³ per person
2013 3,374 m³ per person 5,922 m³ per person
2012 3,369 m³ per person 5,995 m³ per person
2011 3,364 m³ per person 6,107 m³ per person
2010 3,358 m³ per person 6,182 m³ per person
2009 3,358 m³ per person 6,257 m³ per person
2008 3,358 m³ per person 6,336 m³ per person
2007 3,359 m³ per person 6,416 m³ per person
2006 3,363 m³ per person 6,497 m³ per person
2005 3,365 m³ per person 6,586 m³ per person
2004 3,366 m³ per person 6,670 m³ per person
2003 3,367 m³ per person 6,757 m³ per person
2002 3,374 m³ per person 6,844 m³ per person
2001 3,382 m³ per person 6,935 m³ per person
2000 3,390 m³ per person 7,028 m³ per person
1999 3,396 m³ per person 7,124 m³ per person
1998 3,402 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 +0.4% from 3,421 m³ per person in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 3,369 m³ per person, the figure has changed by +2.0%.
  • Among the 181 countries with data for 2022, Japan has the 77th 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 Japan
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