Renewable internal freshwater per person in Peru

Peru had 49,021 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
Peru, 2022 49,021 Cubic metres per person
Change from 2021 −1.0% 2021: 49,493 m³ per person
World, 2022 5,393 m³ per person Official aggregate
Position in 2022 11th of 181 See the full ranking

Renewable internal freshwater per person in Peru 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 PeruWorld
2022 49,021 m³ per person 5,393 m³ per person
2021 49,493 m³ per person 5,431 m³ per person
2020 49,972 m³ per person 5,476 m³ per person
2019 50,571 m³ per person 5,531 m³ per person
2018 51,446 m³ per person 5,589 m³ per person
2017 52,387 m³ per person 5,650 m³ per person
2016 53,164 m³ per person 5,714 m³ per person
2015 53,878 m³ per person 5,781 m³ per person
2014 54,490 m³ per person 5,850 m³ per person
2013 55,034 m³ per person 5,922 m³ per person
2012 55,532 m³ per person 5,995 m³ per person
2011 55,999 m³ per person 6,107 m³ per person
2010 56,419 m³ per person 6,182 m³ per person
2009 56,788 m³ per person 6,257 m³ per person
2008 57,140 m³ per person 6,336 m³ per person
2007 57,517 m³ per person 6,416 m³ per person
2006 57,936 m³ per person 6,497 m³ per person
2005 58,396 m³ per person 6,586 m³ per person
2004 58,918 m³ per person 6,670 m³ per person
2003 59,499 m³ per person 6,757 m³ per person
2002 60,136 m³ per person 6,844 m³ per person
2001 60,858 m³ per person 6,935 m³ per person
2000 61,696 m³ per person 7,028 m³ per person
1999 62,666 m³ per person 7,124 m³ per person
1998 63,758 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 −1.0% from 49,493 m³ per person in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 55,532 m³ per person, the figure has changed by −11.7%.
  • Among the 181 countries with data for 2022, Peru has the 11th 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 Peru
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