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Renewable freshwater per person

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Renewable freshwater per person in World fell from 13,680.24 cubic metres per person per year in 1961 to 5,392.94 cubic metres per person per year in 2022.

As of
2022
Geography
World
Ingested
2026-09-07 05:31 UTC
Observed series

Renewable freshwater per person, World

Observed
4,0006,0008,00010,00012,00014,0001961197019801990200020102022CUBIC METRES PER PERSON PER YEARRenewable freshwater per personRenewable freshwater per person, 1961: 13,680.24 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 1962: 13,438.89 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 1963: 13,150.68 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 1964: 12,872.8 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 1965: 12,604.1 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 1966: 12,333.72 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 1967: 12,074.5 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 1968: 11,820.27 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 1969: 11,568.36 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 1970: 11,320.59 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 1971: 11,075.71 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 1972: 10,848.52 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 1973: 10,628.43 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 1974: 10,418.33 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 1975: 10,220.07 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 1976: 10,032.93 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 1977: 9,853.49 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 1978: 9,677.23 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 1979: 9,502.14 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 1980: 9,330.25 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 1981: 9,161.65 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 1982: 8,993.02 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 1983: 8,828.01 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 1984: 8,669.46 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 1985: 8,513.54 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 1986: 8,359.1 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 1987: 8,206.4 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 1988: 8,057.78 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 1989: 7,913.58 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 1990: 7,771.63 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 1991: 7,638.08 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 1992: 7,983.73 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 1993: 7,784.56 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 1994: 7,663.58 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 1995: 7,549.28 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 1996: 7,437.63 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 1997: 7,329.63 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 1998: 7,224.87 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 1999: 7,124.41 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 2000: 7,028 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 2001: 6,934.58 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 2002: 6,844.42 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 2003: 6,756.72 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 2004: 6,670 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 2005: 6,585.92 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 2006: 6,496.9 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 2007: 6,415.88 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 2008: 6,335.52 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 2009: 6,257.11 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 2010: 6,181.87 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 2011: 6,107.33 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 2012: 5,995.22 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 2013: 5,921.61 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 2014: 5,850.41 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 2015: 5,781.35 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 2016: 5,714.18 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 2017: 5,649.74 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 2018: 5,589.06 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 2019: 5,530.63 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 2020: 5,476.36 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 2021: 5,430.6 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 2022: 5,392.94 cubic metres per person per yearRenewable freshwater per person, 2022: 5,392.94 cubic metres per person per year5,392.94
Renewable freshwater per person: 62 points, 1961 to 2022
Data table (62 rows, 1 series)
Renewable freshwater per person. Line chart of Renewable freshwater per person (cubic metres per person per year), 1961 to 2022. Renewable freshwater per person in World fell from 13,680.24 cubic metres per person per year in 1961 to 5,392.94 cubic metres per person per year in 2022. Data table below.
PeriodRenewable freshwater per person (cubic metres per person per year)Observation ids
20225,392.9445107865
20215,430.5965107866
20205,476.3576107867
20195,530.6342107868
20185,589.0645107869
20175,649.7443107870
20165,714.1839107871
20155,781.349107872
20145,850.41107873
20135,921.6145107874
20125,995.22107875
20116,107.3349107876
20106,181.8697107877
20096,257.1056107878
20086,335.5208107879
20076,415.8841107880
20066,496.9022107881
20056,585.9166107882
20046,669.9974107883
20036,756.7198107884
20026,844.4215107885
20016,934.5767107886
20007,027.9978107887
19997,124.4075107888
19987,224.8738107889
19977,329.6259107890
19967,437.6332107891
19957,549.2767107892
19947,663.5844107893
19937,784.5633107894
19927,983.7254107895
19917,638.0826107896
19907,771.6289107897
19897,913.5823107898
19888,057.7843107899
19878,206.3989107900
19868,359.0954107901
19858,513.5403107902
19848,669.4575107903
19838,828.0067107904
19828,993.0194107905
19819,161.6489107906
19809,330.2503107907
19799,502.1396107908
19789,677.2277107909
19779,853.488107910
197610,032.9286107911
197510,220.0712107912
197410,418.3321107913
197310,628.4327107914
197210,848.5154107915
197111,075.7142107916
197011,320.5941107917
196911,568.3616107918
196811,820.2696107919
196712,074.5019107920
196612,333.7202107921
196512,604.1033107922
196412,872.8029107923
196313,150.6841107924
196213,438.8874107925
196113,680.2413107926
Regions and income groups are World Bank aggregates, not continents.
World Bank, World Development Indicators, series ER.H2O.INTR.PC
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Internal renewable freshwater resources divided by population. The resource is roughly fixed, so the line mostly tracks population growth in reverse.

Numbers in the takeaway

  • 13,680.24 cubic metres per person per year: Renewable freshwater per person, 1961, observation 107926
  • 5,392.94 cubic metres per person per year: Renewable freshwater per person, 2022, observation 107865

The sentence is composed by a fixed template from these stored values on every request. Nothing in it is estimated.

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  • World Bank, World Development Indicators, ER.H2O.INTR.PC