Renewable internal freshwater per person in Vanuatu

Vanuatu had 31,944 cubic metres of renewable internal freshwater per person in 2022. The value for 2022 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1962.

Measure: Renewable internal freshwater per person Unit: Cubic metres per person Data: 1962 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Vanuatu, 2022 31,944 Cubic metres per person
Change from 2021 −2.3% 2021: 32,694 m³ per person
World, 2022 5,393 m³ per person Official aggregate
Position in 2022 17th of 181 See the full ranking

Renewable internal freshwater per person in Vanuatu 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 VanuatuWorld
2022 31,944 m³ per person 5,393 m³ per person
2021 32,694 m³ per person 5,431 m³ per person
2020 33,461 m³ per person 5,476 m³ per person
2019 34,248 m³ per person 5,531 m³ per person
2018 35,056 m³ per person 5,589 m³ per person
2017 35,906 m³ per person 5,650 m³ per person
2016 36,753 m³ per person 5,714 m³ per person
2015 37,580 m³ per person 5,781 m³ per person
2014 38,426 m³ per person 5,850 m³ per person
2013 39,296 m³ per person 5,922 m³ per person
2012 40,180 m³ per person 5,995 m³ per person
2011 41,072 m³ per person 6,107 m³ per person
2010 41,973 m³ per person 6,182 m³ per person
2009 42,968 m³ per person 6,257 m³ per person
2008 44,073 m³ per person 6,336 m³ per person
2007 45,192 m³ per person 6,416 m³ per person
2006 46,313 m³ per person 6,497 m³ per person
2005 47,447 m³ per person 6,586 m³ per person
2004 48,612 m³ per person 6,670 m³ per person
2003 49,814 m³ per person 6,757 m³ per person
2002 51,056 m³ per person 6,844 m³ per person
2001 52,348 m³ per person 6,935 m³ per person
2000 53,682 m³ per person 7,028 m³ per person
1999 54,931 m³ per person 7,124 m³ per person
1998 56,081 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 −2.3% from 32,694 m³ per person in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 40,180 m³ per person, the figure has changed by −20.5%.
  • Among the 181 countries with data for 2022, Vanuatu has the 17th 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
1962 to 2022 for Vanuatu
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