Level of water stress in Philippines

Freshwater withdrawals in Philippines were equal to 27.8% of available resources in 2022.

Measure: Level of water stress Unit: % of available freshwater resources Data: 2006 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Philippines, 2022 27.8% % of available freshwater resources
Change from 2021 +0.6percentage points 2021: 27.2%
Position in 2022 57th of 176 See the full ranking

Level of water stress in Philippines over time

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% of available freshwater resources. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Level of water stress (% of available freshwater resources), 2006 to 2022
Period Philippines
2022 27.8%
2021 27.2%
2020 26.7%
2019 26.3%
2018 28.2%
2017 28.1%
2016 26.6%
2015 26.4%
2014 25.8%
2013 25.8%
2012 25.8%
2011 25.7%
2010 25.5%
2009 24.9%
2008 25.2%
2007 24.9%
2006 24.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.6 percentage points from 27.2% in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 25.8%, the figure has changed by +2.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 176 countries with data for 2022, Philippines has the 57th highest value.

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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.FWST.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2006 to 2022 for Philippines
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