Renewable internal freshwater per person in Norway

Norway had 70,000 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
Norway, 2022 70,000 Cubic metres per person
Change from 2021 −0.9% 2021: 70,632 m³ per person
World, 2022 5,393 m³ per person Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2022 4,603 m³ per person Middle value of 37 countries
Position in 2022 7th of 181 See the full ranking

Renewable internal freshwater per person in Norway 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 NorwayWorld
2022 70,000 m³ per person 5,393 m³ per person
2021 70,632 m³ per person 5,431 m³ per person
2020 71,011 m³ per person 5,476 m³ per person
2019 71,430 m³ per person 5,531 m³ per person
2018 71,914 m³ per person 5,589 m³ per person
2017 72,390 m³ per person 5,650 m³ per person
2016 72,977 m³ per person 5,714 m³ per person
2015 73,623 m³ per person 5,781 m³ per person
2014 74,359 m³ per person 5,850 m³ per person
2013 75,202 m³ per person 5,922 m³ per person
2012 76,117 m³ per person 5,995 m³ per person
2011 77,124 m³ per person 6,107 m³ per person
2010 78,131 m³ per person 6,182 m³ per person
2009 79,110 m³ per person 6,257 m³ per person
2008 80,114 m³ per person 6,336 m³ per person
2007 81,119 m³ per person 6,416 m³ per person
2006 81,962 m³ per person 6,497 m³ per person
2005 82,625 m³ per person 6,586 m³ per person
2004 83,190 m³ per person 6,670 m³ per person
2003 83,683 m³ per person 6,757 m³ per person
2002 84,175 m³ per person 6,844 m³ per person
2001 84,630 m³ per person 6,935 m³ per person
2000 85,060 m³ per person 7,028 m³ per person
1999 85,614 m³ per person 7,124 m³ per person
1998 86,202 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 −0.9% from 70,632 m³ per person in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 76,117 m³ per person, the figure has changed by −8.0%.
  • Among the 181 countries with data for 2022, Norway has the 7th 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 Norway
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