Renewable internal freshwater per person in Laos

Laos had 25,188 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
Laos, 2022 25,188 Cubic metres per person
Change from 2021 −1.4% 2021: 25,546 m³ per person
World, 2022 5,393 m³ per person Official aggregate
Position in 2022 25th of 181 See the full ranking

Renewable internal freshwater per person in Laos 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 LaosWorld
2022 25,188 m³ per person 5,393 m³ per person
2021 25,546 m³ per person 5,431 m³ per person
2020 25,917 m³ per person 5,476 m³ per person
2019 26,307 m³ per person 5,531 m³ per person
2018 26,711 m³ per person 5,589 m³ per person
2017 27,130 m³ per person 5,650 m³ per person
2016 27,559 m³ per person 5,714 m³ per person
2015 27,993 m³ per person 5,781 m³ per person
2014 28,404 m³ per person 5,850 m³ per person
2013 28,799 m³ per person 5,922 m³ per person
2012 29,207 m³ per person 5,995 m³ per person
2011 29,627 m³ per person 6,107 m³ per person
2010 30,059 m³ per person 6,182 m³ per person
2009 30,505 m³ per person 6,257 m³ per person
2008 30,965 m³ per person 6,336 m³ per person
2007 31,439 m³ per person 6,416 m³ per person
2006 31,929 m³ per person 6,497 m³ per person
2005 32,439 m³ per person 6,586 m³ per person
2004 32,932 m³ per person 6,670 m³ per person
2003 33,416 m³ per person 6,757 m³ per person
2002 33,934 m³ per person 6,844 m³ per person
2001 34,483 m³ per person 6,935 m³ per person
2000 35,057 m³ per person 7,028 m³ per person
1999 35,650 m³ per person 7,124 m³ per person
1998 36,279 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 −1.4% from 25,546 m³ per person in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 29,207 m³ per person, the figure has changed by −13.8%.
  • Among the 181 countries with data for 2022, Laos has the 25th 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 Laos
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