Renewable internal freshwater per person in World
The world had 5,393 cubic metres of renewable internal freshwater per person in 2022. The value for 2022 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1961.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2022
5,393
Change from 2021
−0.7%
European Union, 2022
3,041 m³ per person
Renewable internal freshwater per person in World over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Cubic metres per person. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | World | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5,393 m³ per person | 3,041 m³ per person |
| 2021 | 5,431 m³ per person | 3,047 m³ per person |
| 2020 | 5,476 m³ per person | 3,043 m³ per person |
| 2019 | 5,531 m³ per person | 3,043 m³ per person |
| 2018 | 5,589 m³ per person | 3,048 m³ per person |
| 2017 | 5,650 m³ per person | 3,053 m³ per person |
| 2016 | 5,714 m³ per person | 3,058 m³ per person |
| 2015 | 5,781 m³ per person | 3,064 m³ per person |
| 2014 | 5,850 m³ per person | 3,070 m³ per person |
| 2013 | 5,922 m³ per person | 3,073 m³ per person |
| 2012 | 5,995 m³ per person | 3,076 m³ per person |
| 2011 | 6,107 m³ per person | 3,080 m³ per person |
| 2010 | 6,182 m³ per person | 3,076 m³ per person |
| 2009 | 6,257 m³ per person | 3,081 m³ per person |
| 2008 | 6,336 m³ per person | 3,088 m³ per person |
| 2007 | 6,416 m³ per person | 3,099 m³ per person |
| 2006 | 6,497 m³ per person | 3,110 m³ per person |
| 2005 | 6,586 m³ per person | 3,120 m³ per person |
| 2004 | 6,670 m³ per person | 3,132 m³ per person |
| 2003 | 6,757 m³ per person | 3,144 m³ per person |
| 2002 | 6,844 m³ per person | 3,155 m³ per person |
| 2001 | 6,935 m³ per person | 3,163 m³ per person |
| 2000 | 7,028 m³ per person | 3,167 m³ per person |
| 1999 | 7,124 m³ per person | 3,171 m³ per person |
| 1998 | 7,225 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 5,431 m³ per person in 2021.
- Since 2012, when it was 5,995 m³ per person, the figure has changed by −10.0%.
- The figure for the European Union in 2022 was 3,041 m³ per person.