Renewable internal freshwater per person by country, 2022
Internal river flows and groundwater from rainfall in the country, divided by population. Flows from other countries are excluded.
181 places ranked for 2022. Highest: Iceland (445,023 m³ per person). Lowest: Kuwait (0 m³ per person). The median is 2,528 m³ per person.
Highest 10
- 1. Iceland 445,023 m³ per person
- 2. Guyana 293,317 m³ per person
- 3. Suriname 158,867 m³ per person
- 4. Bhutan 99,883 m³ per person
- 5. Papua New Guinea 78,505 m³ per person
- 6. Canada 73,170 m³ per person
- 7. Norway 70,000 m³ per person
- 8. Gabon 67,469 m³ per person
- 9. New Zealand 64,349 m³ per person
- 10. Solomon Islands 57,229 m³ per person
Lowest 10
- 181. Kuwait 0 m³ per person
- 180. Bahrain 3 m³ per person
- 179. Egypt 9 m³ per person
- 178. United Arab Emirates 15 m³ per person
- 177. Qatar 21 m³ per person
- 176. Yemen 55 m³ per person
- 175. Maldives 57 m³ per person
- 174. Jordan 61 m³ per person
- 173. Saudi Arabia 75 m³ per person
- 172. Sudan 81 m³ per person
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The chart shows the 40 highest values; the table lists all 181. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
In short
- Among the 181 countries with a value for 2022, the highest is Iceland (445,023 m³ per person) and the lowest Kuwait (0 m³ per person).
- Half of the countries are above 2,528 m³ per person and half below.
- From 2021 to 2022 the value rose in 32 countries and fell in 148.
- The figure for the world was 5,393 m³ per person in 2022, against 5,650 m³ per person in 2017 (−4.5%).
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 445,023 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 2 | Guyana | 293,317 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 3 | Suriname | 158,867 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 4 | Bhutan | 99,883 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 5 | Papua New Guinea | 78,505 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 6 | Canada | 73,170 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 7 | Norway | 70,000 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 8 | Gabon | 67,469 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 9 | New Zealand | 64,349 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 10 | Solomon Islands | 57,229 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 11 | Peru | 49,021 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 12 | Chile | 45,262 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 13 | Colombia | 41,459 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 14 | Belize | 37,891 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 15 | Liberia | 37,221 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 16 | Republic of the Congo | 36,785 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 17 | Vanuatu | 31,944 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 18 | Fiji | 31,052 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 19 | Panama | 31,040 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 20 | Russia | 29,895 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 21 | Venezuela | 28,533 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 22 | Central African Republic | 27,658 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 23 | Uruguay | 27,190 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 24 | Brazil | 26,918 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 25 | Laos | 25,188 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 26 | Bolivia | 25,130 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 27 | Ecuador | 24,821 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 28 | Nicaragua | 23,209 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 29 | Costa Rica | 22,236 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 30 | Sierra Leone | 19,331 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 31 | Finland | 19,258 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 32 | Australia | 18,909 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 33 | Brunei | 18,666 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 34 | Myanmar | 18,654 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 35 | Paraguay | 17,307 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 36 | Malaysia | 16,717 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 37 | Sweden | 16,306 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 38 | Guinea | 16,080 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 39 | Georgia | 15,658 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 40 | Equatorial Guinea | 14,416 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 41 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11,077 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 42 | Madagascar | 11,072 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 43 | Albania | 10,972 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 44 | Mongolia | 10,135 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 45 | Cameroon | 9,880 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 46 | Croatia | 9,778 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 47 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 9,633 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 48 | Estonia | 9,423 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 49 | Ireland | 9,400 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 50 | Latvia | 9,014 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 51 | Slovenia | 8,840 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 52 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 8,789 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 53 | Honduras | 8,664 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 54 | United States | 8,437 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 55 | Guinea-Bissau | 7,599 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 56 | Indonesia | 7,240 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 57 | Kyrgyzstan | 7,015 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 58 | Cambodia | 7,011 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 59 | Nepal | 6,670 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 60 | Argentina | 6,431 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 61 | Tajikistan | 6,232 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 62 | Guatemala | 6,118 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 63 | Austria | 6,083 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 64 | Timor-Leste | 5,999 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 65 | Greece | 5,557 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 66 | Lithuania | 5,460 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 67 | Switzerland | 4,603 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 68 | Philippines | 4,203 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 69 | Angola | 4,153 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 70 | Zambia | 3,980 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 71 | Andorra | 3,960 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 72 | Jamaica | 3,812 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 73 | Belarus | 3,684 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 74 | Portugal | 3,642 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 75 | Viet Nam | 3,606 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 76 | Cuba | 3,447 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 77 | Japan | 3,437 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 78 | Bulgaria | 3,248 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 79 | Kazakhstan | 3,212 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 80 | Mexico | 3,180 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 81 | Thailand | 3,130 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 82 | Italy | 3,093 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 83 | Mozambique | 3,071 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 84 | Dominica | 2,993 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 85 | North Macedonia | 2,948 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 86 | France | 2,933 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 87 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2,812 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 88 | Türkiye | 2,671 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 89 | Mali | 2,600 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 90 | North Korea | 2,545 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 91 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2,528 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 92 | El Salvador | 2,489 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 93 | Sri Lanka | 2,380 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 94 | South Sudan | 2,359 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 95 | Spain | 2,327 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 96 | Slovakia | 2,320 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 97 | Armenia | 2,310 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 98 | Lesotho | 2,288 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 99 | Romania | 2,225 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 100 | Puerto Rico (US) | 2,205 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 101 | Mauritius | 2,179 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 102 | Eswatini | 2,166 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 103 | United Kingdom | 2,144 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 104 | Namibia | 2,132 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 105 | Dominican Republic | 2,092 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 106 | China | 1,992 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 107 | Bahamas | 1,761 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 108 | Grenada | 1,711 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 109 | Saint Lucia | 1,678 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 110 | Luxembourg | 1,531 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 111 | Senegal | 1,462 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 112 | Poland | 1,456 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 113 | Comoros | 1,439 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 114 | Iran | 1,435 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 115 | Togo | 1,425 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 116 | Ukraine | 1,342 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 117 | Tanzania | 1,298 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 118 | Germany | 1,286 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 119 | Serbia | 1,261 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 120 | South Korea | 1,255 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 121 | Czechia | 1,232 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 122 | Afghanistan | 1,162 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 123 | Gambia | 1,138 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 124 | Haiti | 1,131 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 125 | Belgium | 1,027 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 126 | Denmark | 1,016 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 127 | India | 1,014 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 128 | Nigeria | 990 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 129 | Botswana | 984 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 130 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 980 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 131 | Ethiopia | 973 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 132 | Ghana | 914 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 133 | Naoero | 847 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 134 | Lebanon | 836 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 135 | Uganda | 824 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 136 | Eritrea | 821 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 137 | Chad | 813 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 138 | Azerbaijan | 800 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 139 | Iraq | 799 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 140 | Malawi | 785 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 141 | Morocco | 777 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 142 | Zimbabwe | 763 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 143 | Burundi | 755 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 144 | Benin | 749 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 145 | South Africa | 718 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 146 | Rwanda | 696 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 147 | Moldova | 641 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 148 | Hungary | 625 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 149 | Netherlands | 621 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 150 | Bangladesh | 620 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 151 | Cyprus | 586 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 152 | Cabo Verde | 577 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 153 | Antigua and Barbuda | 560 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 154 | Burkina Faso | 555 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 155 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 514 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 156 | Uzbekistan | 468 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 157 | Kenya | 382 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 158 | Tunisia | 346 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 159 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 337 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 160 | Syria | 318 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 161 | Oman | 296 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 162 | Barbados | 283 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 163 | Djibouti | 264 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 164 | Algeria | 247 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 165 | Pakistan | 226 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 166 | Turkmenistan | 194 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 167 | Niger | 138 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 168 | Singapore | 106 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 169 | Libya | 97 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 170 | Malta | 95 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 171 | Mauritania | 82 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 172 | Sudan | 81 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 173 | Saudi Arabia | 75 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 174 | Jordan | 61 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 175 | Maldives | 57 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 176 | Yemen | 55 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 177 | Qatar | 21 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 178 | United Arab Emirates | 15 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 179 | Egypt | 9 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 180 | Bahrain | 3 m³ per person | 2022 | |
| 181 | Kuwait | 0 m³ per person | 2022 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2022, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2022 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by World Bank; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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