Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita (cubic meters) by country
Renewable internal freshwater resources flows refer to internal renewable resources (internal river flows and groundwater from rainfall) in the country. Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita are calculated using the World Bank's population estimates.
Countries reporting
183
Highest
445,023 cubic meters
Iceland
Lowest
0 cubic meters
Kuwait
Median
2,489 cubic meters
Years covered
62
1961–2022
Data points
13,255
What the numbers show
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita (cubic meters) is currently reported for 183 countries. The highest value is 445,023 cubic meters in Iceland; the lowest is 0 cubic meters in Kuwait.
The median across all reporting countries is 2,489 cubic meters, and the mean is 14,125 cubic meters.
Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 155 fell. The largest increase was in Albania (up 16.7%), and the largest decrease in Qatar (down 35.2%).
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 445,023 cubic meters | 2022 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 2 | Guyana | 293,317 cubic meters | 2022 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 3 | Suriname | 158,867 cubic meters | 2022 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 4 | Bhutan | 99,883 cubic meters | 2022 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 5 | Papua New Guinea | 78,505 cubic meters | 2022 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 6 | Canada | 73,170 cubic meters | 2022 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 7 | Norway | 70,000 cubic meters | 2022 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 8 | Gabon | 67,469 cubic meters | 2022 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 9 | New Zealand | 64,348 cubic meters | 2022 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 10 | Solomon Islands | 57,230 cubic meters | 2022 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 11 | Peru | 49,021 cubic meters | 2022 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 12 | Chile | 45,262 cubic meters | 2022 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 13 | Colombia | 41,459 cubic meters | 2022 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 14 | Belize | 37,891 cubic meters | 2022 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 15 | Liberia | 37,221 cubic meters | 2022 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 16 | Congo | 36,785 cubic meters | 2022 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 17 | Vanuatu | 31,944 cubic meters | 2022 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 18 | Fiji | 31,052 cubic meters | 2022 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 19 | Panama | 31,040 cubic meters | 2022 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 20 | Russia | 29,895 cubic meters | 2022 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 21 | Venezuela | 28,533 cubic meters | 2022 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 22 | Central African Republic | 27,658 cubic meters | 2022 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 23 | Uruguay | 27,190 cubic meters | 2022 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 24 | Brazil | 26,918 cubic meters | 2022 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 25 | Laos | 25,188 cubic meters | 2022 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 26 | Bolivia | 25,130 cubic meters | 2022 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 27 | Ecuador | 24,821 cubic meters | 2022 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 28 | Nicaragua | 23,209 cubic meters | 2022 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 29 | Costa Rica | 22,236 cubic meters | 2022 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 30 | Sierra Leone | 19,331 cubic meters | 2022 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 31 | Finland | 19,258 cubic meters | 2022 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 32 | Australia | 18,910 cubic meters | 2022 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 33 | Brunei | 18,666 cubic meters | 2022 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Myanmar | 18,654 cubic meters | 2022 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 35 | Paraguay | 17,306 cubic meters | 2022 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 36 | Malaysia | 16,717 cubic meters | 2022 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 37 | Sweden | 16,306 cubic meters | 2022 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 38 | Guinea | 16,080 cubic meters | 2022 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 39 | Georgia | 15,658 cubic meters | 2022 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 40 | Equatorial Guinea | 14,416 cubic meters | 2022 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11,077 cubic meters | 2022 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 42 | Madagascar | 11,072 cubic meters | 2022 | down 22.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Albania | 10,972 cubic meters | 2022 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 44 | Mongolia | 10,135 cubic meters | 2022 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 45 | Cameroon | 9,880 cubic meters | 2022 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 46 | Croatia | 9,778 cubic meters | 2022 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 47 | Sao Tome and Principe | 9,633 cubic meters | 2022 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 48 | Estonia | 9,423 cubic meters | 2022 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 49 | Ireland | 9,400 cubic meters | 2022 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 50 | Latvia | 9,014 cubic meters | 2022 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 51 | Slovenia | 8,840 cubic meters | 2022 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 52 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 8,789 cubic meters | 2022 | down 28.5% | volatile |
| 53 | Honduras | 8,664 cubic meters | 2022 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 54 | United States | 8,437 cubic meters | 2022 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 55 | Guinea-Bissau | 7,599 cubic meters | 2022 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 56 | Indonesia | 7,240 cubic meters | 2022 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 57 | Kyrgyzstan | 7,015 cubic meters | 2022 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 58 | Cambodia | 7,011 cubic meters | 2022 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 59 | Nepal | 6,670 cubic meters | 2022 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 60 | Argentina | 6,431 cubic meters | 2022 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 61 | Tajikistan | 6,232 cubic meters | 2022 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 62 | Guatemala | 6,118 cubic meters | 2022 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 63 | Austria | 6,083 cubic meters | 2022 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 64 | East Timor | 5,999 cubic meters | 2022 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 65 | Greece | 5,557 cubic meters | 2022 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 66 | Lithuania | 5,460 cubic meters | 2022 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 67 | Switzerland | 4,603 cubic meters | 2022 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 68 | Philippines | 4,203 cubic meters | 2022 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 69 | Angola | 4,153 cubic meters | 2022 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 70 | Zambia | 3,980 cubic meters | 2022 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Andorra | 3,960 cubic meters | 2022 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Jamaica | 3,812 cubic meters | 2022 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 73 | Belarus | 3,684 cubic meters | 2022 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 74 | Portugal | 3,642 cubic meters | 2022 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 75 | Vietnam | 3,606 cubic meters | 2022 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 76 | Cuba | 3,447 cubic meters | 2022 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 77 | Japan | 3,437 cubic meters | 2022 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 78 | Bulgaria | 3,248 cubic meters | 2022 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 79 | Kazakhstan | 3,212 cubic meters | 2022 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 80 | Mexico | 3,180 cubic meters | 2022 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 81 | Thailand | 3,130 cubic meters | 2022 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 82 | Italy | 3,092 cubic meters | 2022 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 83 | Mozambique | 3,071 cubic meters | 2022 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 84 | Dominica | 2,993 cubic meters | 2022 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 85 | North Macedonia | 2,948 cubic meters | 2022 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 86 | France | 2,933 cubic meters | 2022 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 87 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2,812 cubic meters | 2022 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 88 | Turkey | 2,671 cubic meters | 2022 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 89 | Mali | 2,600 cubic meters | 2022 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 90 | North Korea | 2,545 cubic meters | 2022 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 91 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2,528 cubic meters | 2022 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 92 | El Salvador | 2,489 cubic meters | 2022 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 93 | Sri Lanka | 2,380 cubic meters | 2022 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 94 | South Sudan | 2,359 cubic meters | 2022 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 95 | Spain | 2,327 cubic meters | 2022 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 96 | Slovakia | 2,320 cubic meters | 2022 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 97 | Armenia | 2,310 cubic meters | 2022 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 98 | Lesotho | 2,288 cubic meters | 2022 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 99 | Romania | 2,225 cubic meters | 2022 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 100 | Puerto Rico | 2,205 cubic meters | 2022 | up 13.7% | falling |
| 101 | Mauritius | 2,179 cubic meters | 2022 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 102 | Eswatini | 2,166 cubic meters | 2022 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 103 | United Kingdom | 2,144 cubic meters | 2022 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 104 | Namibia | 2,132 cubic meters | 2022 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 105 | Dominican Republic | 2,092 cubic meters | 2022 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 106 | China | 1,992 cubic meters | 2022 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 107 | Bahamas | 1,761 cubic meters | 2022 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 108 | Grenada | 1,711 cubic meters | 2022 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 109 | Saint Lucia | 1,678 cubic meters | 2022 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 110 | Luxembourg | 1,531 cubic meters | 2022 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 111 | Senegal | 1,462 cubic meters | 2022 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 112 | Poland | 1,456 cubic meters | 2022 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 113 | Comoros | 1,439 cubic meters | 2022 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 114 | Iran | 1,435 cubic meters | 2022 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 115 | Togo | 1,425 cubic meters | 2022 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 116 | Ukraine | 1,342 cubic meters | 2022 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 117 | Tanzania | 1,298 cubic meters | 2022 | down 26.8% | volatile |
| 118 | Germany | 1,286 cubic meters | 2022 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 119 | Serbia | 1,261 cubic meters | 2022 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 120 | South Korea | 1,255 cubic meters | 2022 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 121 | Czechia | 1,232 cubic meters | 2022 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 122 | Afghanistan | 1,162 cubic meters | 2022 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 123 | Gambia | 1,138 cubic meters | 2022 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Haiti | 1,131 cubic meters | 2022 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 125 | Belgium | 1,027 cubic meters | 2022 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 126 | Denmark | 1,016 cubic meters | 2022 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 127 | India | 1,014 cubic meters | 2022 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 128 | Nigeria | 990.36 cubic meters | 2022 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 129 | Botswana | 983.65 cubic meters | 2022 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 979.95 cubic meters | 2022 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 131 | Ethiopia | 973.01 cubic meters | 2022 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 132 | Ghana | 914.05 cubic meters | 2022 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 133 | Nauru | 847.39 cubic meters | 2022 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 134 | Lebanon | 835.58 cubic meters | 2022 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 135 | Uganda | 824.3 cubic meters | 2022 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 136 | Eritrea | 821.25 cubic meters | 2022 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 137 | Chad | 812.77 cubic meters | 2022 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 138 | Azerbaijan | 800.16 cubic meters | 2022 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 139 | Iraq | 798.72 cubic meters | 2022 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 140 | Malawi | 784.69 cubic meters | 2022 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 141 | Morocco | 776.88 cubic meters | 2022 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 142 | Zimbabwe | 762.96 cubic meters | 2022 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 143 | Burundi | 755.19 cubic meters | 2022 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 144 | Benin | 748.57 cubic meters | 2022 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 145 | South Africa | 718.2 cubic meters | 2022 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 146 | Rwanda | 695.92 cubic meters | 2022 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 147 | Moldova | 640.66 cubic meters | 2022 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 148 | Hungary | 624.67 cubic meters | 2022 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 149 | Netherlands | 621.43 cubic meters | 2022 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 150 | Bangladesh | 619.89 cubic meters | 2022 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 151 | Cyprus | 585.86 cubic meters | 2022 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 152 | Cape Verde | 577.21 cubic meters | 2022 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 153 | Antigua and Barbuda | 560.1 cubic meters | 2022 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 154 | Burkina Faso | 555.33 cubic meters | 2022 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 155 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 513.82 cubic meters | 2022 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 156 | Uzbekistan | 467.67 cubic meters | 2022 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 157 | Kenya | 381.55 cubic meters | 2022 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 158 | Tunisia | 346.14 cubic meters | 2022 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 159 | Somalia | 337.04 cubic meters | 2022 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Syria | 317.51 cubic meters | 2022 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 161 | Oman | 295.97 cubic meters | 2022 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Barbados | 283.37 cubic meters | 2022 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 163 | Djibouti | 263.83 cubic meters | 2022 | down 15.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Algeria | 247.31 cubic meters | 2022 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 165 | Pakistan | 225.69 cubic meters | 2022 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 166 | Turkmenistan | 194.32 cubic meters | 2022 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 167 | Palestine | 164.95 cubic meters | 2021 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 168 | Niger | 138.27 cubic meters | 2022 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 169 | Singapore | 106.44 cubic meters | 2022 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 170 | Libya | 96.9 cubic meters | 2022 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 171 | Malta | 95.08 cubic meters | 2022 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 172 | Mauritania | 82.04 cubic meters | 2022 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 173 | Sudan | 81 cubic meters | 2022 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 174 | Israel | 80.03 cubic meters | 2021 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 175 | Saudi Arabia | 74.59 cubic meters | 2022 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 176 | Jordan | 60.59 cubic meters | 2022 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 177 | Maldives | 57.24 cubic meters | 2022 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 178 | Yemen | 54.94 cubic meters | 2022 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 179 | Qatar | 21.07 cubic meters | 2022 | down 35.2% | volatile |
| 180 | United Arab Emirates | 14.89 cubic meters | 2022 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 181 | Egypt | 8.88 cubic meters | 2022 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 182 | Bahrain | 2.62 cubic meters | 2022 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 183 | Kuwait | 0 cubic meters | 2022 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Caribbean small states 80,216 cubic meters
- Pacific island small states 41,109 cubic meters
- Small states 39,669 cubic meters
- Other small states 24,129 cubic meters
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 21,670 cubic meters
- Latin America & Caribbean 21,253 cubic meters
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 20,181 cubic meters
- North America 15,198 cubic meters
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 11,184 cubic meters
- High income 10,984 cubic meters
- OECD members 9,318 cubic meters
- Post-demographic dividend 8,008 cubic meters
About this data
Renewable internal freshwater resources flows refer to internal renewable resources (internal river flows and groundwater from rainfall) in the country. Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita are calculated using the World Bank's population estimates.