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Renewable freshwater resources per capita (m³ per person per year)

Name: Renewable freshwater resources per capita (m³ per person per year)
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) — AQUASTAT
Keywords: statistic-of-the-day, ai-generated, water, freshwater, water scarcity, renewable resources, climate resilience, hydrology

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•171 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

13,168.4m³/person/year

Median: 3,000.0m³/person/year

Countries Covered

171

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)

Other10,009.2m³/person/year(92 countries)

Key Findings

•Arid Gulf countries cluster at extremely low renewable freshwater per capita (e.g., Kuwait, UAE, Qatar).
•Very water-rich, sparsely populated countries (e.g., Iceland, Canada, Norway, New Zealand) show exceptionally high per-capita freshwater availability.
•Large-population countries with moderate water endowment (e.g., India, Pakistan) have relatively low per-capita values, highlighting demographic pressure on water resources.
•The indicator helps flag structural water scarcity risk, but does not capture seasonal drought, groundwater depletion, or water quality constraints.

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 (500,000.0m³/person/year)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 13,168.4m³/person/year)

Oceania (2)

South America (7)

North America (4)

Europe (32)

Other (92)

Asia (25)

Africa (9)

About This Statistic

Renewable freshwater resources per capita measures how much water is naturally renewed (via precipitation and inflows) and is theoretically available per person each year. It divides a country’s total renewable water resources by its population, making it a widely used benchmark for comparing “water-rich” and “water-stressed” countries.

Because it is a per-capita indicator, it can shift significantly with population growth even if the underlying hydrology is stable. It also does not directly measure water accessibility, storage, seasonal variability, water quality, governance, or the share of water that is practically usable—so it is best interpreted as a high-level indicator of natural water endowment rather than day-to-day water security.

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	Country 134	28,000.0m³/person/year
17	Gabon	26,000.0m³/person/year
18	Belize	25,000.0m³/person/year
19	Costa Rica	24,000.0m³/person/year
20	Nicaragua	24,000.0m³/person/year
21	Democratic Republic of the Congo	23,000.0m³/person/year
22	Honduras	23,000.0m³/person/year
23	Panama	23,000.0m³/person/year
24	Australia	23,000.0m³/person/year
25	Guinea	22,000.0m³/person/year
26	Suriname	22,000.0m³/person/year
27	Myanmar	21,000.0m³/person/year
28	Ecuador	20,000.0m³/person/year
29	Finland	20,000.0m³/person/year
30	Malaysia	20,000.0m³/person/year
31	Sweden	20,000.0m³/person/year
32	Venezuela	20,000.0m³/person/year
33	Argentina	20,000.0m³/person/year
34	Botswana	20,000.0m³/person/year
35	Mali	18,000.0m³/person/year
36	Liberia	17,000.0m³/person/year
37	Madagascar	15,000.0m³/person/year
38	Cameroon	14,000.0m³/person/year
39	Georgia	12,000.0m³/person/year
40	Guatemala	12,000.0m³/person/year
41	Seychelles	12,000.0m³/person/year
42	Albania	11,000.0m³/person/year
43	Ireland	10,000.0m³/person/year
44	Zimbabwe	10,000.0m³/person/year
45	Croatia	9,500.0m³/person/year
46	Cambodia	9,000.0m³/person/year
47	Cape Verde	9,000.0m³/person/year
48	Namibia	9,000.0m³/person/year
49	Vietnam	9,000.0m³/person/year
50	Slovenia	9,000.0m³/person/year
51	Zambia	9,000.0m³/person/year
52	Estonia	8,000.0m³/person/year
53	United States of America	8,000.0m³/person/year
54	Bangladesh	8,000.0m³/person/year
55	Republic of the Congo	7,800.0m³/person/year
56	Indonesia	7,800.0m³/person/year
57	Bhutan	7,000.0m³/person/year
58	Kazakhstan	6,900.0m³/person/year
59	Belarus	6,700.0m³/person/year
60	Greece	6,600.0m³/person/year
61	Denmark	6,000.0m³/person/year
62	Philippines	6,000.0m³/person/year
63	Mongolia	5,600.0m³/person/year
64	Dominica	5,000.0m³/person/year
65	Cote d'Ivoire	5,000.0m³/person/year
66	Switzerland	5,000.0m³/person/year
67	Austria	5,000.0m³/person/year
68	Sierra Leone	4,200.0m³/person/year
69	Luxembourg	4,000.0m³/person/year
70	Mexico	3,600.0m³/person/year
71	The Republic of North Macedonia	3,500.0m³/person/year
72	Japan	3,400.0m³/person/year
73	Kyrgyzstan	3,400.0m³/person/year
74	Thailand	3,400.0m³/person/year
75	Cuba	3,300.0m³/person/year
76	France	3,200.0m³/person/year
77	Jamaica	3,200.0m³/person/year
78	Cayman Islands	3,000.0m³/person/year
79	Chad	3,000.0m³/person/year
80	Fiji	3,000.0m³/person/year
81	Ghana	3,000.0m³/person/year
82	Mauritania	3,000.0m³/person/year
83	Portugal	3,000.0m³/person/year
84	Serbia	3,000.0m³/person/year
85	Trinidad and Tobago	3,000.0m³/person/year
86	Türkiye	3,000.0m³/person/year
87	Ukraine	3,000.0m³/person/year
88	Italy	2,900.0m³/person/year
89	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,900.0m³/person/year
90	El Salvador	2,800.0m³/person/year
91	Brunei Darussalam	2,800.0m³/person/year
92	Dominican Republic	2,600.0m³/person/year
93	Romania	2,600.0m³/person/year
94	Tajikistan	2,600.0m³/person/year
95	Bulgaria	2,500.0m³/person/year
96	Central African Republic	2,500.0m³/person/year
97	North Korea	2,500.0m³/person/year
98	Mauritius	2,500.0m³/person/year
99	Senegal	2,500.0m³/person/year
100	Burkina Faso	2,500.0m³/person/year
101	Sri Lanka	2,400.0m³/person/year
102	Lao People's Democratic Republic	2,400.0m³/person/year
103	Lithuania	2,400.0m³/person/year
104	Montenegro	2,400.0m³/person/year
105	Spain	2,400.0m³/person/year
106	Uganda	2,400.0m³/person/year
107	United Kingdom	2,300.0m³/person/year
108	Armenia	2,300.0m³/person/year
109	Lesotho	2,200.0m³/person/year
110	Latvia	2,200.0m³/person/year
111	Moldova, Republic of	2,200.0m³/person/year
112	Nepal	2,200.0m³/person/year
113	Mozambique	2,100.0m³/person/year
114	Angola	2,100.0m³/person/year
115	Burundi	2,000.0m³/person/year
116	People's Republic of China	2,000.0m³/person/year
117	Iraq	2,000.0m³/person/year
118	Malta	2,000.0m³/person/year
119	Solomon Islands	2,000.0m³/person/year
120	Germany	1,900.0m³/person/year
121	Niger	1,900.0m³/person/year
122	Comoros	1,700.0m³/person/year
123	Rwanda	1,600.0m³/person/year
124	United Republic of Tanzania	1,600.0m³/person/year
125	Uzbekistan	1,600.0m³/person/year
126	Czech Republic	1,500.0m³/person/year
127	Equatorial Guinea	1,500.0m³/person/year
128	South Korea	1,500.0m³/person/year
129	Nigeria	1,500.0m³/person/year
130	Poland	1,500.0m³/person/year
131	Somalia	1,500.0m³/person/year
132	Togo	1,500.0m³/person/year
133	Republic of The Gambia	1,400.0m³/person/year
134	Islamic Republic of Iran	1,400.0m³/person/year
135	Slovakia	1,400.0m³/person/year
136	Belgium	1,400.0m³/person/year
137	Malawi	1,300.0m³/person/year
138	New Caledonia	1,300.0m³/person/year
139	Ethiopia	1,200.0m³/person/year
140	Faroe Islands	1,200.0m³/person/year
141	Pakistan	1,200.0m³/person/year
142	Haiti	1,100.0m³/person/year
143	India	1,100.0m³/person/year
144	Eswatini	1,100.0m³/person/year
145	Hungary	1,000.0m³/person/year
146	Netherlands	900.0m³/person/year
147	Sudan	900.0m³/person/year
148	Morocco	800.0m³/person/year
149	South Africa	800.0m³/person/year
150	Kenya	700.0m³/person/year
151	Syrian Arab Republic	700.0m³/person/year
152	Lebanon	660.0m³/person/year
153	Algeria	430.0m³/person/year
154	Eritrea	400.0m³/person/year
155	Djibouti	400.0m³/person/year
156	Tunisia	400.0m³/person/year
157	Turkmenistan	260.0m³/person/year
158	Israel	240.0m³/person/year
159	Oman	200.0m³/person/year
160	Jordan	130.0m³/person/year
161	Libya	100.0m³/person/year
162	Singapore	100.0m³/person/year
163	Maldives	90.0m³/person/year
164	Afghanistan	82.0m³/person/year
165	Saudi Arabia	80.0m³/person/year
166	Yemen	80.0m³/person/year
167	Cyprus	70.0m³/person/year
168	Qatar	30.0m³/person/year
169	United Arab Emirates	20.0m³/person/year
170	Egypt	20.0m³/person/year
171	Kuwait	10.0m³/person/year

Showing 171 of 171 countries

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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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