Australia
Capital: Canberra · High income · Pop. 27.2 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT)
Sanitation tracks closely: 95.77% use safely managed sanitation services and 100% have at least a basic service (2024).
Australia has about 18,909 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year. It withdraws the equivalent of 2% of those internal resources annually (low water stress).
Agriculture accounts for about 67% of Australia's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Australia have safe drinking water?
Comprehensive safely-managed drinking-water data is not available for Australia; basic-service estimates may exist.
Does Australia have enough freshwater?
Australia has roughly 18,909 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 2% of it annually (low stress).