Renewable internal freshwater per person in Malawi

Malawi had 785 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
Malawi, 2022 785 Cubic metres per person
Change from 2021 −2.5% 2021: 805 m³ per person
World, 2022 5,393 m³ per person Official aggregate
Position in 2022 140th of 181 See the full ranking

Renewable internal freshwater per person in Malawi 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 MalawiWorld
2022 785 m³ per person 5,393 m³ per person
2021 805 m³ per person 5,431 m³ per person
2020 826 m³ per person 5,476 m³ per person
2019 848 m³ per person 5,531 m³ per person
2018 871 m³ per person 5,589 m³ per person
2017 895 m³ per person 5,650 m³ per person
2016 919 m³ per person 5,714 m³ per person
2015 945 m³ per person 5,781 m³ per person
2014 971 m³ per person 5,850 m³ per person
2013 999 m³ per person 5,922 m³ per person
2012 1,027 m³ per person 5,995 m³ per person
2011 1,057 m³ per person 6,107 m³ per person
2010 1,089 m³ per person 6,182 m³ per person
2009 1,121 m³ per person 6,257 m³ per person
2008 1,155 m³ per person 6,336 m³ per person
2007 1,189 m³ per person 6,416 m³ per person
2006 1,223 m³ per person 6,497 m³ per person
2005 1,257 m³ per person 6,586 m³ per person
2004 1,291 m³ per person 6,670 m³ per person
2003 1,325 m³ per person 6,757 m³ per person
2002 1,359 m³ per person 6,844 m³ per person
2001 1,392 m³ per person 6,935 m³ per person
2000 1,426 m³ per person 7,028 m³ per person
1999 1,461 m³ per person 7,124 m³ per person
1998 1,495 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 −2.5% from 805 m³ per person in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 1,027 m³ per person, the figure has changed by −23.6%.
  • Among the 181 countries with data for 2022, Malawi has the 140th 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 Malawi
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