environmental2021
Renewable freshwater resources per capita (m³ per person per year)
How much renewable freshwater each person has available annually (m³/person/year). A key indicator of water abundance vs. scarcity across countries.
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Key Insights
Global Average
13,081.2m³/person/year
Median: 3,000.0m³/person/year
Countries Covered
170
with available data
Highest
Iceland
530,000.0m³/person/year
Lowest
Kuwait
10.0m³/person/year
Top 5 Countries
1Iceland530,000.0m³/person/year
2Papua New Guinea100,000.0m³/person/year
3Benin93,000.0m³/person/year
4Norway85,000.0m³/person/year
5Canada80,000.0m³/person/year
By Region
Oceania51,500.0m³/person/year(2 countries)
South America39,857.1m³/person/year(7 countries)
North America25,900.0m³/person/year(4 countries)
Europe23,664.7m³/person/year(32 countries)
Other9,811.5m³/person/year(91 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (10.0m³/person/year)High (530,000.0m³/person/year)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 13,081.2m³/person/year)
Oceania (2)
South America (7)
North America (4)
Europe (32)
Other (91)
Asia (25)
Africa (9)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
How much renewable freshwater each person has available annually (m³/person/year). A key indicator of water abundance vs. scarcity across countries. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) — AQUASTAT.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 530,000.0m³/person/year |
| 2 | Papua New Guinea | 100,000.0m³/person/year |
| 3 | Benin | 93,000.0m³/person/year |
| 4 | Norway | 85,000.0m³/person/year |
| 5 | Canada | 80,000.0m³/person/year |
| 6 | New Zealand | 80,000.0m³/person/year |
| 7 | Peru | 65,000.0m³/person/year |
| 8 | Chile | 52,000.0m³/person/year |
| 9 | Uruguay | 50,000.0m³/person/year |
| 10 | Paraguay | 45,000.0m³/person/year |
| 11 | Colombia | 42,000.0m³/person/year |
| 12 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 30,000.0m³/person/year |
| 13 | Russian Federation | 30,000.0m³/person/year |
| 14 | Bolivia | 30,000.0m³/person/year |
| 15 | Brazil | 30,000.0m³/person/year |
| 16 | Gabon | 26,000.0m³/person/year |
| 17 | Belize | 25,000.0m³/person/year |
| 18 | Costa Rica | 24,000.0m³/person/year |
| 19 | Nicaragua | 24,000.0m³/person/year |
| 20 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 23,000.0m³/person/year |
| 21 | Honduras | 23,000.0m³/person/year |
| 22 | Panama | 23,000.0m³/person/year |
| 23 | Australia | 23,000.0m³/person/year |
| 24 | Guinea | 22,000.0m³/person/year |
| 25 | Suriname | 22,000.0m³/person/year |
| 26 | Myanmar | 21,000.0m³/person/year |
| 27 | Ecuador | 20,000.0m³/person/year |
| 28 | Finland | 20,000.0m³/person/year |
| 29 | Malaysia | 20,000.0m³/person/year |
| 30 | Sweden | 20,000.0m³/person/year |
| 31 | Venezuela | 20,000.0m³/person/year |
| 32 | Argentina | 20,000.0m³/person/year |
| 33 | Botswana | 20,000.0m³/person/year |
| 34 | Mali | 18,000.0m³/person/year |
| 35 | Liberia | 17,000.0m³/person/year |
| 36 | Madagascar | 15,000.0m³/person/year |
| 37 | Cameroon | 14,000.0m³/person/year |
| 38 | Georgia | 12,000.0m³/person/year |
| 39 | Guatemala | 12,000.0m³/person/year |
| 40 | Seychelles | 12,000.0m³/person/year |
| 41 | Albania | 11,000.0m³/person/year |
| 42 | Ireland | 10,000.0m³/person/year |
| 43 | Zimbabwe | 10,000.0m³/person/year |
| 44 | Croatia | 9,500.0m³/person/year |
| 45 | Cambodia | 9,000.0m³/person/year |
| 46 | Cape Verde | 9,000.0m³/person/year |
| 47 | Namibia | 9,000.0m³/person/year |
| 48 | Vietnam | 9,000.0m³/person/year |
| 49 | Slovenia | 9,000.0m³/person/year |
| 50 | Zambia | 9,000.0m³/person/year |
| 51 | Estonia | 8,000.0m³/person/year |
| 52 | United States of America | 8,000.0m³/person/year |
| 53 | Bangladesh | 8,000.0m³/person/year |
| 54 | Republic of the Congo | 7,800.0m³/person/year |
| 55 | Indonesia | 7,800.0m³/person/year |
| 56 | Bhutan | 7,000.0m³/person/year |
| 57 | Kazakhstan | 6,900.0m³/person/year |
| 58 | Belarus | 6,700.0m³/person/year |
| 59 | Greece | 6,600.0m³/person/year |
| 60 | Denmark | 6,000.0m³/person/year |
| 61 | Philippines | 6,000.0m³/person/year |
| 62 | Mongolia | 5,600.0m³/person/year |
| 63 | Dominica | 5,000.0m³/person/year |
| 64 | Cote d'Ivoire | 5,000.0m³/person/year |
| 65 | Switzerland | 5,000.0m³/person/year |
| 66 | Austria | 5,000.0m³/person/year |
| 67 | Sierra Leone | 4,200.0m³/person/year |
| 68 | Luxembourg | 4,000.0m³/person/year |
| 69 | Mexico | 3,600.0m³/person/year |
| 70 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 3,500.0m³/person/year |
| 71 | Japan | 3,400.0m³/person/year |
| 72 | Kyrgyzstan | 3,400.0m³/person/year |
| 73 | Thailand | 3,400.0m³/person/year |
| 74 | Cuba | 3,300.0m³/person/year |
| 75 | France | 3,200.0m³/person/year |
| 76 | Jamaica | 3,200.0m³/person/year |
| 77 | Cayman Islands | 3,000.0m³/person/year |
| 78 | Chad | 3,000.0m³/person/year |
| 79 | Fiji | 3,000.0m³/person/year |
| 80 | Ghana | 3,000.0m³/person/year |
| 81 | Mauritania | 3,000.0m³/person/year |
| 82 | Portugal | 3,000.0m³/person/year |
| 83 | Serbia | 3,000.0m³/person/year |
| 84 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3,000.0m³/person/year |
| 85 | Türkiye | 3,000.0m³/person/year |
| 86 | Ukraine | 3,000.0m³/person/year |
| 87 | Italy | 2,900.0m³/person/year |
| 88 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,900.0m³/person/year |
| 89 | El Salvador | 2,800.0m³/person/year |
| 90 | Brunei Darussalam | 2,800.0m³/person/year |
| 91 | Dominican Republic | 2,600.0m³/person/year |
| 92 | Romania | 2,600.0m³/person/year |
| 93 | Tajikistan | 2,600.0m³/person/year |
| 94 | Bulgaria | 2,500.0m³/person/year |
| 95 | Central African Republic | 2,500.0m³/person/year |
| 96 | North Korea | 2,500.0m³/person/year |
| 97 | Mauritius | 2,500.0m³/person/year |
| 98 | Senegal | 2,500.0m³/person/year |
| 99 | Burkina Faso | 2,500.0m³/person/year |
| 100 | Sri Lanka | 2,400.0m³/person/year |
| 101 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2,400.0m³/person/year |
| 102 | Lithuania | 2,400.0m³/person/year |
| 103 | Montenegro | 2,400.0m³/person/year |
| 104 | Spain | 2,400.0m³/person/year |
| 105 | Uganda | 2,400.0m³/person/year |
| 106 | United Kingdom | 2,300.0m³/person/year |
| 107 | Armenia | 2,300.0m³/person/year |
| 108 | Lesotho | 2,200.0m³/person/year |
| 109 | Latvia | 2,200.0m³/person/year |
| 110 | Moldova, Republic of | 2,200.0m³/person/year |
| 111 | Nepal | 2,200.0m³/person/year |
| 112 | Mozambique | 2,100.0m³/person/year |
| 113 | Angola | 2,100.0m³/person/year |
| 114 | Burundi | 2,000.0m³/person/year |
| 115 | People's Republic of China | 2,000.0m³/person/year |
| 116 | Iraq | 2,000.0m³/person/year |
| 117 | Malta | 2,000.0m³/person/year |
| 118 | Solomon Islands | 2,000.0m³/person/year |
| 119 | Germany | 1,900.0m³/person/year |
| 120 | Niger | 1,900.0m³/person/year |
| 121 | Comoros | 1,700.0m³/person/year |
| 122 | Rwanda | 1,600.0m³/person/year |
| 123 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1,600.0m³/person/year |
| 124 | Uzbekistan | 1,600.0m³/person/year |
| 125 | Czech Republic | 1,500.0m³/person/year |
| 126 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,500.0m³/person/year |
| 127 | South Korea | 1,500.0m³/person/year |
| 128 | Nigeria | 1,500.0m³/person/year |
| 129 | Poland | 1,500.0m³/person/year |
| 130 | Somalia | 1,500.0m³/person/year |
| 131 | Togo | 1,500.0m³/person/year |
| 132 | Republic of The Gambia | 1,400.0m³/person/year |
| 133 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 1,400.0m³/person/year |
| 134 | Slovakia | 1,400.0m³/person/year |
| 135 | Belgium | 1,400.0m³/person/year |
| 136 | Malawi | 1,300.0m³/person/year |
| 137 | New Caledonia | 1,300.0m³/person/year |
| 138 | Ethiopia | 1,200.0m³/person/year |
| 139 | Faroe Islands | 1,200.0m³/person/year |
| 140 | Pakistan | 1,200.0m³/person/year |
| 141 | Haiti | 1,100.0m³/person/year |
| 142 | India | 1,100.0m³/person/year |
| 143 | Eswatini | 1,100.0m³/person/year |
| 144 | Hungary | 1,000.0m³/person/year |
| 145 | Netherlands | 900.0m³/person/year |
| 146 | Sudan | 900.0m³/person/year |
| 147 | Morocco | 800.0m³/person/year |
| 148 | South Africa | 800.0m³/person/year |
| 149 | Kenya | 700.0m³/person/year |
| 150 | Syrian Arab Republic | 700.0m³/person/year |
| 151 | Lebanon | 660.0m³/person/year |
| 152 | Algeria | 430.0m³/person/year |
| 153 | Eritrea | 400.0m³/person/year |
| 154 | Djibouti | 400.0m³/person/year |
| 155 | Tunisia | 400.0m³/person/year |
| 156 | Turkmenistan | 260.0m³/person/year |
| 157 | Israel | 240.0m³/person/year |
| 158 | Oman | 200.0m³/person/year |
| 159 | Jordan | 130.0m³/person/year |
| 160 | Libya | 100.0m³/person/year |
| 161 | Singapore | 100.0m³/person/year |
| 162 | Maldives | 90.0m³/person/year |
| 163 | Afghanistan | 82.0m³/person/year |
| 164 | Saudi Arabia | 80.0m³/person/year |
| 165 | Yemen | 80.0m³/person/year |
| 166 | Cyprus | 70.0m³/person/year |
| 167 | Qatar | 30.0m³/person/year |
| 168 | United Arab Emirates | 20.0m³/person/year |
| 169 | Egypt | 20.0m³/person/year |
| 170 | Kuwait | 10.0m³/person/year |
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Data Source
This data comes from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) — AQUASTAT (2021).
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