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Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita by country

cubic metres per person · 181 countries ranked · 2022

Rank 1 = highest value; “better” is not defined for this indicator.25 of 181
  1. 1IcelandWorld rank 1st of 181
    down −2.5 %
  2. 2GuyanaWorld rank 2nd of 181
    down −0.7 %
  3. 3SurinameWorld rank 3rd of 181
    down −0.8 %
  4. 4BhutanWorld rank 4th of 181
    down −0.7 %
  5. 5Papua New GuineaWorld rank 5th of 181
    down −1.9 %
  6. 6CanadaWorld rank 6th of 181
    down −1.8 %
  7. 7NorwayWorld rank 7th of 181
    down −0.9 %
  8. 8GabonWorld rank 8th of 181
    down −2.2 %
  9. 9New ZealandWorld rank 9th of 181
    up +0.1 %
  10. 10Solomon IslandsWorld rank 10th of 181
    down −2.4 %
  11. 11PeruWorld rank 11th of 181
    down −1.0 %
  12. 12ChileWorld rank 12th of 181
    down −0.5 %
  13. 13ColombiaWorld rank 13th of 181
    down −1.1 %
  14. 14BelizeWorld rank 14th of 181
    down −1.8 %
  15. 15LiberiaWorld rank 15th of 181
    down −2.1 %
  16. 16Republic of the CongoWorld rank 16th of 181
    down −2.4 %
  17. 17VanuatuWorld rank 17th of 181
    down −2.3 %
  18. 18FijiWorld rank 18th of 181
    down −0.3 %
  19. 19PanamaWorld rank 19th of 181
    down −1.3 %
  20. 20RussiaWorld rank 20th of 181
    up +0.4 %
  21. up +0.1 %
  22. up +0.3 %
  23. 23UruguayWorld rank 23rd of 181
    up +0.2 %
  24. 24BrazilWorld rank 24th of 181
    down −0.4 %
  25. 25LaosWorld rank 25th of 181
    down −1.4 %

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Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita, 2022. Quantile classes; hatched = no data.

Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita, 2022World map of Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita (2022) for 181 countries, from 0 to 445,023.Fiji: 31,052Tanzania: 1,298W. Sahara: —Canada: 73,170United States: 8,437Kazakhstan: 3,212Uzbekistan: 468Papua New Guinea: 78,505Indonesia: 7,240Argentina: 6,431Chile: 45,262DR Congo: 8,789Somalia: 337Kenya: 382Sudan: 81Chad: 813Haiti: 1,131Dominican Republic: 2,092Russia: 29,895Bahamas: 1,761Falkland Is.: —Norway: 70,000Greenland: —Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: —Timor-Leste: 5,999South Africa: 718Lesotho: 2,288Mexico: 3,180Uruguay: 27,190Brazil: 26,918Bolivia: 25,130Peru: 49,021Colombia: 41,459Panama: 31,040Costa Rica: 22,236Nicaragua: 23,209Honduras: 8,664El Salvador: 2,489Guatemala: 6,118Belize: 37,891Venezuela: 28,533Guyana: 293,317Suriname: 158,867France: 2,933Ecuador: 24,821Puerto Rico: 2,205Jamaica: 3,812Cuba: 3,447Zimbabwe: 763Botswana: 984Namibia: 2,132Senegal: 1,462Mali: 2,600Mauritania: 82Benin: 749Niger: 138Nigeria: 990Cameroon: 9,880Togo: 1,425Ghana: 914Côte d'Ivoire: 2,528Guinea: 16,080Guinea-Bissau: 7,599Liberia: 37,221Sierra Leone: 19,331Burkina Faso: 555Central African Republic: 27,658Republic of the Congo: 36,785Gabon: 67,469Equatorial Guinea: 14,416Zambia: 3,980Malawi: 785Mozambique: 3,071Eswatini: 2,166Angola: 4,153Burundi: 755Israel: —Lebanon: 836Madagascar: 11,072Palestine: —Gambia: 1,138Tunisia: 346Algeria: 247Jordan: 61United Arab Emirates: 15Qatar: 21Kuwait: 0Iraq: 799Oman: 296Vanuatu: 31,944Cambodia: 7,011Thailand: 3,130Laos: 25,188Myanmar: 18,654Vietnam: 3,606North Korea: 2,545South Korea: 1,255Mongolia: 10,135India: 1,014Bangladesh: 620Bhutan: 99,883Nepal: 6,670Pakistan: 226Afghanistan: 1,162Tajikistan: 6,232Kyrgyzstan: 7,015Turkmenistan: 194Iran: 1,435Syria: 318Armenia: 2,310Sweden: 16,306Belarus: 3,684Ukraine: 1,342Poland: 1,456Austria: 6,083Hungary: 625Moldova: 641Romania: 2,225Lithuania: 5,460Latvia: 9,014Estonia: 9,423Germany: 1,286Bulgaria: 3,248Greece: 5,557Türkiye: 2,671Albania: 10,972Croatia: 9,778Switzerland: 4,603Luxembourg: 1,531Belgium: 1,027Netherlands: 621Portugal: 3,642Spain: 2,327Ireland: 9,400New Caledonia: —Solomon Islands: 57,229New Zealand: 64,349Australia: 18,909Sri Lanka: 2,380China: 1,992Taiwan: —Italy: 3,093Denmark: 1,016United Kingdom: 2,144Iceland: 445,023Azerbaijan: 800Georgia: 15,658Philippines: 4,203Malaysia: 16,717Brunei: 18,666Slovenia: 8,840Finland: 19,258Slovakia: 2,320Czechia: 1,232Eritrea: 821Japan: 3,437Paraguay: 17,307Yemen: 55Saudi Arabia: 75N. Cyprus: —Cyprus: 586Morocco: 777Egypt: 9Libya: 97Ethiopia: 973Djibouti: 264Somaliland: —Uganda: 824Rwanda: 696Bosnia and Herzegovina: 11,077North Macedonia: 2,948Serbia: 1,261Montenegro: —Kosovo: —Trinidad and Tobago: 2,812South Sudan: 2,359
  • 0 – 586
  • 586 – 1,232
  • 1,232 – 2,528
  • 2,528 – 6,232
  • 6,232 – 19,258
  • 19,258 – 445,023
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Rank over time

Position in the world ranking by year, up to 5 countries. Rank 1 is at the top.

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Rank by year for Iceland, Guyana, Suriname, 2000–2024.