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Renewable internal freshwater per person, m³: ranking of countries
183 countries ranked by their latest value (2021–2022). Iceland is highest at 445,023 m³; Kuwait is lowest at 0 m³.
World 5,393 m³ (2022)Median country 2,489 m³183 countries
Freshwater per person: world and regions, 1994–2022
WorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanNorth AmericaSouth AsiaSub-Saharan Africa
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Regional lines are World Bank aggregates.
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Latest value for each country; the year column shows when it was reported.
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| # | Country | Region | Freshwater per person | Year | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | Europe & Central Asia | 445,023 m³ | 2022 | |
| 2 | Guyana | Latin America & Caribbean | 293,317 m³ | 2022 | |
| 3 | Suriname | Latin America & Caribbean | 158,867 m³ | 2022 | |
| 4 | Bhutan | South Asia | 99,883 m³ | 2022 | |
| 5 | Papua New Guinea | East Asia & Pacific | 78,505 m³ | 2022 | |
| 6 | Canada | North America | 73,170 m³ | 2022 | |
| 7 | Norway | Europe & Central Asia | 70,000 m³ | 2022 | |
| 8 | Gabon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 67,469 m³ | 2022 | |
| 9 | New Zealand | East Asia & Pacific | 64,349 m³ | 2022 | |
| 10 | Solomon Islands | East Asia & Pacific | 57,229 m³ | 2022 | |
| 11 | Peru | Latin America & Caribbean | 49,021 m³ | 2022 | |
| 12 | Chile | Latin America & Caribbean | 45,262 m³ | 2022 | |
| 13 | Colombia | Latin America & Caribbean | 41,459 m³ | 2022 | |
| 14 | Belize | Latin America & Caribbean | 37,891 m³ | 2022 | |
| 15 | Liberia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 37,221 m³ | 2022 | |
| 16 | Republic of the Congo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 36,785 m³ | 2022 | |
| 17 | Vanuatu | East Asia & Pacific | 31,944 m³ | 2022 | |
| 18 | Fiji | East Asia & Pacific | 31,052 m³ | 2022 | |
| 19 | Panama | Latin America & Caribbean | 31,040 m³ | 2022 | |
| 20 | Russia | Europe & Central Asia | 29,895 m³ | 2022 | |
| 21 | Venezuela | Latin America & Caribbean | 28,533 m³ | 2022 | |
| 22 | Central African Republic | Sub-Saharan Africa | 27,658 m³ | 2022 | |
| 23 | Uruguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 27,190 m³ | 2022 | |
| 24 | Brazil | Latin America & Caribbean | 26,918 m³ | 2022 | |
| 25 | Laos | East Asia & Pacific | 25,188 m³ | 2022 | |
| 26 | Bolivia | Latin America & Caribbean | 25,130 m³ | 2022 | |
| 27 | Ecuador | Latin America & Caribbean | 24,821 m³ | 2022 | |
| 28 | Nicaragua | Latin America & Caribbean | 23,209 m³ | 2022 | |
| 29 | Costa Rica | Latin America & Caribbean | 22,236 m³ | 2022 | |
| 30 | Sierra Leone | Sub-Saharan Africa | 19,331 m³ | 2022 | |
| 31 | Finland | Europe & Central Asia | 19,258 m³ | 2022 | |
| 32 | Australia | East Asia & Pacific | 18,909 m³ | 2022 | |
| 33 | Brunei | East Asia & Pacific | 18,666 m³ | 2022 | |
| 34 | Myanmar | East Asia & Pacific | 18,654 m³ | 2022 | |
| 35 | Paraguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 17,307 m³ | 2022 | |
| 36 | Malaysia | East Asia & Pacific | 16,717 m³ | 2022 | |
| 37 | Sweden | Europe & Central Asia | 16,306 m³ | 2022 | |
| 38 | Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 16,080 m³ | 2022 | |
| 39 | Georgia | Europe & Central Asia | 15,658 m³ | 2022 | |
| 40 | Equatorial Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 14,416 m³ | 2022 | |
| 41 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe & Central Asia | 11,077 m³ | 2022 | |
| 42 | Madagascar | Sub-Saharan Africa | 11,072 m³ | 2022 | |
| 43 | Albania | Europe & Central Asia | 10,972 m³ | 2022 | |
| 44 | Mongolia | East Asia & Pacific | 10,135 m³ | 2022 | |
| 45 | Cameroon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 9,880 m³ | 2022 | |
| 46 | Croatia | Europe & Central Asia | 9,778 m³ | 2022 | |
| 47 | São Tomé and Príncipe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 9,633 m³ | 2022 | |
| 48 | Estonia | Europe & Central Asia | 9,423 m³ | 2022 | |
| 49 | Ireland | Europe & Central Asia | 9,400 m³ | 2022 | |
| 50 | Latvia | Europe & Central Asia | 9,014 m³ | 2022 | |
| 51 | Slovenia | Europe & Central Asia | 8,840 m³ | 2022 | |
| 52 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 8,789 m³ | 2022 | |
| 53 | Honduras | Latin America & Caribbean | 8,664 m³ | 2022 | |
| 54 | United States | North America | 8,437 m³ | 2022 | |
| 55 | Guinea-Bissau | Sub-Saharan Africa | 7,599 m³ | 2022 | |
| 56 | Indonesia | East Asia & Pacific | 7,240 m³ | 2022 | |
| 57 | Kyrgyzstan | Europe & Central Asia | 7,015 m³ | 2022 | |
| 58 | Cambodia | East Asia & Pacific | 7,011 m³ | 2022 | |
| 59 | Nepal | South Asia | 6,670 m³ | 2022 | |
| 60 | Argentina | Latin America & Caribbean | 6,431 m³ | 2022 | |
| 61 | Tajikistan | Europe & Central Asia | 6,232 m³ | 2022 | |
| 62 | Guatemala | Latin America & Caribbean | 6,118 m³ | 2022 | |
| 63 | Austria | Europe & Central Asia | 6,083 m³ | 2022 | |
| 64 | Timor-Leste | East Asia & Pacific | 5,999 m³ | 2022 | |
| 65 | Greece | Europe & Central Asia | 5,557 m³ | 2022 | |
| 66 | Lithuania | Europe & Central Asia | 5,460 m³ | 2022 | |
| 67 | Switzerland | Europe & Central Asia | 4,603 m³ | 2022 | |
| 68 | Philippines | East Asia & Pacific | 4,203 m³ | 2022 | |
| 69 | Angola | Sub-Saharan Africa | 4,153 m³ | 2022 | |
| 70 | Zambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 3,980 m³ | 2022 | |
| 71 | Andorra | Europe & Central Asia | 3,960 m³ | 2022 | |
| 72 | Jamaica | Latin America & Caribbean | 3,812 m³ | 2022 | |
| 73 | Belarus | Europe & Central Asia | 3,684 m³ | 2022 | |
| 74 | Portugal | Europe & Central Asia | 3,642 m³ | 2022 | |
| 75 | Vietnam | East Asia & Pacific | 3,606 m³ | 2022 | |
| 76 | Cuba | Latin America & Caribbean | 3,447 m³ | 2022 | |
| 77 | Japan | East Asia & Pacific | 3,437 m³ | 2022 | |
| 78 | Bulgaria | Europe & Central Asia | 3,248 m³ | 2022 | |
| 79 | Kazakhstan | Europe & Central Asia | 3,212 m³ | 2022 | |
| 80 | Mexico | Latin America & Caribbean | 3,180 m³ | 2022 | |
| 81 | Thailand | East Asia & Pacific | 3,130 m³ | 2022 | |
| 82 | Italy | Europe & Central Asia | 3,093 m³ | 2022 | |
| 83 | Mozambique | Sub-Saharan Africa | 3,071 m³ | 2022 | |
| 84 | Dominica | Latin America & Caribbean | 2,993 m³ | 2022 | |
| 85 | North Macedonia | Europe & Central Asia | 2,948 m³ | 2022 | |
| 86 | France | Europe & Central Asia | 2,933 m³ | 2022 | |
| 87 | Trinidad and Tobago | Latin America & Caribbean | 2,812 m³ | 2022 | |
| 88 | Türkiye | Europe & Central Asia | 2,671 m³ | 2022 | |
| 89 | Mali | Sub-Saharan Africa | 2,600 m³ | 2022 | |
| 90 | North Korea | East Asia & Pacific | 2,545 m³ | 2022 | |
| 91 | Côte d'Ivoire | Sub-Saharan Africa | 2,528 m³ | 2022 | |
| 92 | El Salvador | Latin America & Caribbean | 2,489 m³ | 2022 | |
| 93 | Sri Lanka | South Asia | 2,380 m³ | 2022 | |
| 94 | South Sudan | Sub-Saharan Africa | 2,359 m³ | 2022 | |
| 95 | Spain | Europe & Central Asia | 2,327 m³ | 2022 | |
| 96 | Slovakia | Europe & Central Asia | 2,320 m³ | 2022 | |
| 97 | Armenia | Europe & Central Asia | 2,310 m³ | 2022 | |
| 98 | Lesotho | Sub-Saharan Africa | 2,288 m³ | 2022 | |
| 99 | Romania | Europe & Central Asia | 2,225 m³ | 2022 | |
| 100 | Puerto Rico | Latin America & Caribbean | 2,205 m³ | 2022 | |
| 101 | Mauritius | Sub-Saharan Africa | 2,179 m³ | 2022 | |
| 102 | Eswatini | Sub-Saharan Africa | 2,166 m³ | 2022 | |
| 103 | United Kingdom | Europe & Central Asia | 2,144 m³ | 2022 | |
| 104 | Namibia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 2,132 m³ | 2022 | |
| 105 | Dominican Republic | Latin America & Caribbean | 2,092 m³ | 2022 | |
| 106 | China | East Asia & Pacific | 1,992 m³ | 2022 | |
| 107 | Bahamas | Latin America & Caribbean | 1,761 m³ | 2022 | |
| 108 | Grenada | Latin America & Caribbean | 1,711 m³ | 2022 | |
| 109 | Saint Lucia | Latin America & Caribbean | 1,678 m³ | 2022 | |
| 110 | Luxembourg | Europe & Central Asia | 1,531 m³ | 2022 | |
| 111 | Senegal | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1,462 m³ | 2022 | |
| 112 | Poland | Europe & Central Asia | 1,456 m³ | 2022 | |
| 113 | Comoros | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1,439 m³ | 2022 | |
| 114 | Iran | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1,435 m³ | 2022 | |
| 115 | Togo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1,425 m³ | 2022 | |
| 116 | Ukraine | Europe & Central Asia | 1,342 m³ | 2022 | |
| 117 | Tanzania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1,298 m³ | 2022 | |
| 118 | Germany | Europe & Central Asia | 1,286 m³ | 2022 | |
| 119 | Serbia | Europe & Central Asia | 1,261 m³ | 2022 | |
| 120 | South Korea | East Asia & Pacific | 1,255 m³ | 2022 | |
| 121 | Czechia | Europe & Central Asia | 1,232 m³ | 2022 | |
| 122 | Afghanistan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1,162 m³ | 2022 | |
| 123 | The Gambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1,138 m³ | 2022 | |
| 124 | Haiti | Latin America & Caribbean | 1,131 m³ | 2022 | |
| 125 | Belgium | Europe & Central Asia | 1,027 m³ | 2022 | |
| 126 | Denmark | Europe & Central Asia | 1,016 m³ | 2022 | |
| 127 | India | South Asia | 1,014 m³ | 2022 | |
| 128 | Nigeria | Sub-Saharan Africa | 990 m³ | 2022 | |
| 129 | Botswana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 984 m³ | 2022 | |
| 130 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Latin America & Caribbean | 980 m³ | 2022 | |
| 131 | Ethiopia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 973 m³ | 2022 | |
| 132 | Ghana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 914 m³ | 2022 | |
| 133 | Nauru | East Asia & Pacific | 847 m³ | 2022 | |
| 134 | Lebanon | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 836 m³ | 2022 | |
| 135 | Uganda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 824 m³ | 2022 | |
| 136 | Eritrea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 821 m³ | 2022 | |
| 137 | Chad | Sub-Saharan Africa | 813 m³ | 2022 | |
| 138 | Azerbaijan | Europe & Central Asia | 800 m³ | 2022 | |
| 139 | Iraq | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 799 m³ | 2022 | |
| 140 | Malawi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 785 m³ | 2022 | |
| 141 | Morocco | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 777 m³ | 2022 | |
| 142 | Zimbabwe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 763 m³ | 2022 | |
| 143 | Burundi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 755 m³ | 2022 | |
| 144 | Benin | Sub-Saharan Africa | 749 m³ | 2022 | |
| 145 | South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | 718 m³ | 2022 | |
| 146 | Rwanda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 696 m³ | 2022 | |
| 147 | Moldova | Europe & Central Asia | 641 m³ | 2022 | |
| 148 | Hungary | Europe & Central Asia | 625 m³ | 2022 | |
| 149 | Netherlands | Europe & Central Asia | 621 m³ | 2022 | |
| 150 | Bangladesh | South Asia | 620 m³ | 2022 | |
| 151 | Cyprus | Europe & Central Asia | 586 m³ | 2022 | |
| 152 | Cabo Verde | Sub-Saharan Africa | 577 m³ | 2022 | |
| 153 | Antigua and Barbuda | Latin America & Caribbean | 560 m³ | 2022 | |
| 154 | Burkina Faso | Sub-Saharan Africa | 555 m³ | 2022 | |
| 155 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Latin America & Caribbean | 514 m³ | 2022 | |
| 156 | Uzbekistan | Europe & Central Asia | 468 m³ | 2022 | |
| 157 | Kenya | Sub-Saharan Africa | 382 m³ | 2022 | |
| 158 | Tunisia | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 346 m³ | 2022 | |
| 159 | Somalia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 337 m³ | 2022 | |
| 160 | Syria | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 318 m³ | 2022 | |
| 161 | Oman | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 296 m³ | 2022 | |
| 162 | Barbados | Latin America & Caribbean | 283 m³ | 2022 | |
| 163 | Djibouti | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 264 m³ | 2022 | |
| 164 | Algeria | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 247 m³ | 2022 | |
| 165 | Pakistan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 226 m³ | 2022 | |
| 166 | Turkmenistan | Europe & Central Asia | 194 m³ | 2022 | |
| 167 | West Bank and Gaza | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 165 m³ | 2021 | |
| 168 | Niger | Sub-Saharan Africa | 138 m³ | 2022 | |
| 169 | Singapore | East Asia & Pacific | 106 m³ | 2022 | |
| 170 | Libya | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 97 m³ | 2022 | |
| 171 | Malta | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 95 m³ | 2022 | |
| 172 | Mauritania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 82 m³ | 2022 | |
| 173 | Sudan | Sub-Saharan Africa | 81 m³ | 2022 | |
| 174 | Israel | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 80 m³ | 2021 | |
| 175 | Saudi Arabia | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 75 m³ | 2022 | |
| 176 | Jordan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 61 m³ | 2022 | |
| 177 | Maldives | South Asia | 57 m³ | 2022 | |
| 178 | Yemen | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 55 m³ | 2022 | |
| 179 | Qatar | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 21 m³ | 2022 | |
| 180 | United Arab Emirates | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 15 m³ | 2022 | |
| 181 | Egypt | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 9 m³ | 2022 | |
| 182 | Bahrain | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 3 m³ | 2022 | |
| 183 | Kuwait | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0 m³ | 2022 |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita (cubic meters)