Renewable internal freshwater per person in Lebanon

Lebanon had 836 cubic metres of renewable internal freshwater per person in 2022.

Measure: Renewable internal freshwater per person Unit: Cubic metres per person Data: 1961 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Lebanon, 2022 836 Cubic metres per person
Change from 2021 −0.5% 2021: 839 m³ per person
World, 2022 5,393 m³ per person Official aggregate
Position in 2022 134th of 181 See the full ranking

Renewable internal freshwater per person in Lebanon 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 LebanonWorld
2022 836 m³ per person 5,393 m³ per person
2021 839 m³ per person 5,431 m³ per person
2020 842 m³ per person 5,476 m³ per person
2019 828 m³ per person 5,531 m³ per person
2018 802 m³ per person 5,589 m³ per person
2017 779 m³ per person 5,650 m³ per person
2016 759 m³ per person 5,714 m³ per person
2015 742 m³ per person 5,781 m³ per person
2014 756 m³ per person 5,850 m³ per person
2013 836 m³ per person 5,922 m³ per person
2012 917 m³ per person 5,995 m³ per person
2011 942 m³ per person 6,107 m³ per person
2010 952 m³ per person 6,182 m³ per person
2009 961 m³ per person 6,257 m³ per person
2008 975 m³ per person 6,336 m³ per person
2007 991 m³ per person 6,416 m³ per person
2006 1,010 m³ per person 6,497 m³ per person
2005 1,028 m³ per person 6,586 m³ per person
2004 1,044 m³ per person 6,670 m³ per person
2003 1,061 m³ per person 6,757 m³ per person
2002 1,075 m³ per person 6,844 m³ per person
2001 1,090 m³ per person 6,935 m³ per person
2000 1,109 m³ per person 7,028 m³ per person
1999 1,128 m³ per person 7,124 m³ per person
1998 1,148 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 −0.5% from 839 m³ per person in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 917 m³ per person, the figure has changed by −8.9%.
  • Among the 181 countries with data for 2022, Lebanon has the 134th 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 Lebanon
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