Renewable internal freshwater per person in Spain

Spain had 2,327 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
Spain, 2022 2,327 Cubic metres per person
Change from 2021 −0.7% 2021: 2,344 m³ per person
European Union, 2022 3,041 m³ per person Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2022 2,933 m³ per person Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2022 95th of 181 See the full ranking

Renewable internal freshwater per person in Spain 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 SpainEuropean Union
2022 2,327 m³ per person 3,041 m³ per person
2021 2,344 m³ per person 3,047 m³ per person
2020 2,348 m³ per person 3,043 m³ per person
2019 2,360 m³ per person 3,043 m³ per person
2018 2,377 m³ per person 3,048 m³ per person
2017 2,388 m³ per person 3,053 m³ per person
2016 2,394 m³ per person 3,058 m³ per person
2015 2,395 m³ per person 3,064 m³ per person
2014 2,393 m³ per person 3,070 m³ per person
2013 2,386 m³ per person 3,073 m³ per person
2012 2,377 m³ per person 3,076 m³ per person
2011 2,379 m³ per person 3,080 m³ per person
2010 2,387 m³ per person 3,076 m³ per person
2009 2,398 m³ per person 3,081 m³ per person
2008 2,420 m³ per person 3,088 m³ per person
2007 2,459 m³ per person 3,099 m³ per person
2006 2,505 m³ per person 3,110 m³ per person
2005 2,547 m³ per person 3,120 m³ per person
2004 2,591 m³ per person 3,132 m³ per person
2003 2,636 m³ per person 3,144 m³ per person
2002 2,684 m³ per person 3,155 m³ per person
2001 2,722 m³ per person 3,163 m³ per person
2000 2,741 m³ per person 3,167 m³ per person
1999 2,753 m³ per person 3,171 m³ per person
1998 2,765 m³ per person 3,176 m³ per person

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.7% from 2,344 m³ per person in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 2,377 m³ per person, the figure has changed by −2.1%.
  • Among the 181 countries with data for 2022, Spain has the 95th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2022 was 3,041 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 Spain
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