Renewable internal freshwater per person in Namibia

Namibia had 2,132 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
Namibia, 2022 2,132 Cubic metres per person
Change from 2021 −2.7% 2021: 2,192 m³ per person
World, 2022 5,393 m³ per person Official aggregate
Position in 2022 104th of 181 See the full ranking

Renewable internal freshwater per person in Namibia 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 NamibiaWorld
2022 2,132 m³ per person 5,393 m³ per person
2021 2,192 m³ per person 5,431 m³ per person
2020 2,257 m³ per person 5,476 m³ per person
2019 2,324 m³ per person 5,531 m³ per person
2018 2,390 m³ per person 5,589 m³ per person
2017 2,457 m³ per person 5,650 m³ per person
2016 2,525 m³ per person 5,714 m³ per person
2015 2,594 m³ per person 5,781 m³ per person
2014 2,664 m³ per person 5,850 m³ per person
2013 2,735 m³ per person 5,922 m³ per person
2012 2,807 m³ per person 5,995 m³ per person
2011 2,870 m³ per person 6,107 m³ per person
2010 2,920 m³ per person 6,182 m³ per person
2009 2,965 m³ per person 6,257 m³ per person
2008 3,009 m³ per person 6,336 m³ per person
2007 3,052 m³ per person 6,416 m³ per person
2006 3,093 m³ per person 6,497 m³ per person
2005 3,132 m³ per person 6,586 m³ per person
2004 3,172 m³ per person 6,670 m³ per person
2003 3,213 m³ per person 6,757 m³ per person
2002 3,259 m³ per person 6,844 m³ per person
2001 3,317 m³ per person 6,935 m³ per person
2000 3,387 m³ per person 7,028 m³ per person
1999 3,468 m³ per person 7,124 m³ per person
1998 3,555 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 −2.7% from 2,192 m³ per person in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 2,807 m³ per person, the figure has changed by −24.1%.
  • Among the 181 countries with data for 2022, Namibia has the 104th 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 Namibia
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