Renewable internal freshwater per person in Malaysia

Malaysia had 16,717 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
Malaysia, 2022 16,717 Cubic metres per person
Change from 2021 −1.2% 2021: 16,918 m³ per person
World, 2022 5,393 m³ per person Official aggregate
Position in 2022 36th of 181 See the full ranking

Renewable internal freshwater per person in Malaysia 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 MalaysiaWorld
2022 16,717 m³ per person 5,393 m³ per person
2021 16,918 m³ per person 5,431 m³ per person
2020 17,114 m³ per person 5,476 m³ per person
2019 17,344 m³ per person 5,531 m³ per person
2018 17,623 m³ per person 5,589 m³ per person
2017 17,926 m³ per person 5,650 m³ per person
2016 18,245 m³ per person 5,714 m³ per person
2015 18,570 m³ per person 5,781 m³ per person
2014 18,895 m³ per person 5,850 m³ per person
2013 19,222 m³ per person 5,922 m³ per person
2012 19,553 m³ per person 5,995 m³ per person
2011 19,889 m³ per person 6,107 m³ per person
2010 20,240 m³ per person 6,182 m³ per person
2009 20,622 m³ per person 6,257 m³ per person
2008 21,037 m³ per person 6,336 m³ per person
2007 21,483 m³ per person 6,416 m³ per person
2006 21,955 m³ per person 6,497 m³ per person
2005 22,449 m³ per person 6,586 m³ per person
2004 22,964 m³ per person 6,670 m³ per person
2003 23,501 m³ per person 6,757 m³ per person
2002 24,064 m³ per person 6,844 m³ per person
2001 24,653 m³ per person 6,935 m³ per person
2000 25,253 m³ per person 7,028 m³ per person
1999 25,852 m³ per person 7,124 m³ per person
1998 26,476 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 −1.2% from 16,918 m³ per person in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 19,553 m³ per person, the figure has changed by −14.5%.
  • Among the 181 countries with data for 2022, Malaysia has the 36th 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 Malaysia
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