Internal renewable freshwater resources by region by country
Renewable internal freshwater resources refers to the quantity of internal freshwater from inflowing river basins and recharging groundwater aquifers.
Countries reporting
180
Highest
5,661 billion cubic meters
Brazil
Lowest
0 billion cubic meters
Kuwait
Median
34.4 billion cubic meters
Years covered
62
1961–2022
Data points
10,467
What the numbers show
Internal renewable freshwater resources by region is currently reported for 180 countries. The highest value is 5,661 billion cubic meters in Brazil; the lowest is 0 billion cubic meters in Kuwait.
The median across all reporting countries is 34.4 billion cubic meters, and the mean is 237.55 billion cubic meters.
Internal renewable freshwater resources by region: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 5,661 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Russia | 4,312 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 3 | Canada | 2,850 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | United States | 2,818 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | China | 2,813 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 6 | Colombia | 2,145 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 7 | Indonesia | 2,019 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 8 | Peru | 1,641 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | India | 1,446 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | Myanmar | 1,003 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 11 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 900 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 12 | Chile | 885 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Venezuela | 805 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Papua New Guinea | 801 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 15 | Malaysia | 580 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 16 | Australia | 492 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 17 | Philippines | 479 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Ecuador | 442.4 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 19 | Japan | 430 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | Mexico | 409 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 21 | Norway | 382 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 22 | Vietnam | 359.42 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Madagascar | 337 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | New Zealand | 327 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 25 | Bolivia | 303.5 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 26 | Argentina | 292 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Cameroon | 273 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 28 | Guyana | 241 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 29 | Turkey | 227 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 30 | Guinea | 226 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 31 | Thailand | 224.51 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Congo | 222 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Nigeria | 221 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 34 | France | 200 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 34 | Liberia | 200 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 36 | Nepal | 198.2 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 37 | Laos | 190.4 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 38 | Italy | 182.5 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 39 | Sweden | 171 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 40 | Iceland | 170 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 41 | Gabon | 164 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 42 | Sierra Leone | 160 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 43 | Nicaragua | 156.21 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 44 | Angola | 148 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 45 | United Kingdom | 145 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 46 | Central African Republic | 141 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 47 | Panama | 136.6 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 48 | Iran | 128.5 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 49 | Ethiopia | 122 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Cambodia | 120.6 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 51 | Paraguay | 117 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 52 | Costa Rica | 113 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 53 | Spain | 111.2 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 54 | Guatemala | 109.2 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 55 | Germany | 107 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 55 | Finland | 107 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 57 | Bangladesh | 105 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Mozambique | 100.3 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 59 | Suriname | 99 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 60 | Uruguay | 92.2 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 61 | Honduras | 90.66 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 62 | Tanzania | 84 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 63 | Zambia | 80.2 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 64 | Bhutan | 78 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 65 | Cote d'Ivoire | 76.84 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 66 | North Korea | 67 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 67 | South Korea | 64.85 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 68 | Kazakhstan | 64.35 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 69 | Tajikistan | 63.46 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Mali | 60 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 71 | Georgia | 58.13 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 72 | Greece | 58 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 73 | Ukraine | 55.1 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 74 | Austria | 55 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 74 | Pakistan | 55 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 76 | Poland | 53.6 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 77 | Sri Lanka | 52.8 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 79 | Kyrgyzstan | 48.93 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 80 | Afghanistan | 47.15 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 81 | South Africa | 44.8 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 82 | Solomon Islands | 44.7 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Romania | 42.38 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 84 | Switzerland | 40.4 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 85 | Uganda | 39 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 86 | Cuba | 38.12 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 87 | Portugal | 38 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 88 | Croatia | 37.7 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 89 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 35.5 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 90 | Iraq | 35.2 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 91 | Mongolia | 34.8 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 92 | Belarus | 34 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 93 | Ghana | 30.3 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 94 | Morocco | 29 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 95 | Fiji | 28.55 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 96 | Albania | 26.9 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 97 | Equatorial Guinea | 26 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 97 | South Sudan | 26 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 99 | Senegal | 25.8 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 100 | Dominican Republic | 23.5 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Bulgaria | 21 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 102 | Kenya | 20.7 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 103 | Slovenia | 18.67 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 104 | Latvia | 16.94 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 105 | Uzbekistan | 16.34 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 106 | Malawi | 16.14 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | Guinea-Bissau | 16 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 108 | El Salvador | 15.63 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 109 | Lithuania | 15.46 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 110 | Belize | 15.26 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 111 | Chad | 15 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 112 | Czechia | 13.15 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 113 | Haiti | 13.01 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 114 | Estonia | 12.71 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 115 | Slovakia | 12.6 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 116 | Burkina Faso | 12.5 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 117 | Zimbabwe | 12.26 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 118 | Belgium | 12 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 119 | Togo | 11.5 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 120 | Algeria | 11.25 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | Netherlands | 11 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 122 | Jamaica | 10.82 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 123 | Benin | 10.3 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 124 | Burundi | 10.06 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 125 | Vanuatu | 10 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 126 | Rwanda | 9.5 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 127 | Brunei | 8.5 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 128 | Serbia | 8.41 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | East Timor | 8.21 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 130 | Azerbaijan | 8.12 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 131 | Syria | 7.13 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 132 | Puerto Rico | 7.1 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 133 | Armenia | 6.86 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 134 | Namibia | 6.16 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 135 | Denmark | 6 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 135 | Hungary | 6 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 135 | Somalia | 6 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 138 | North Macedonia | 5.4 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 139 | Lesotho | 5.23 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 140 | Lebanon | 4.8 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 141 | Tunisia | 4.2 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 142 | Sudan | 4 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 143 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.84 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 144 | Niger | 3.5 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 145 | Gambia | 3 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 146 | Eritrea | 2.8 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | Mauritius | 2.75 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 148 | Eswatini | 2.64 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 149 | Botswana | 2.4 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 149 | Saudi Arabia | 2.4 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 151 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2.18 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 152 | Yemen | 2.1 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | Moldova | 1.62 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 154 | Turkmenistan | 1.41 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 155 | Oman | 1.4 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 156 | Comoros | 1.2 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 157 | Egypt | 1 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 159 | Palestine | 0.812 billion cubic meters | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 160 | Cyprus | 0.78 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 161 | Israel | 0.75 billion cubic meters | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 162 | Bahamas | 0.7 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 162 | Libya | 0.7 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 164 | Jordan | 0.682 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 165 | Singapore | 0.6 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 166 | Mauritania | 0.4 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 167 | Andorra | 0.3156 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 168 | Cape Verde | 0.3 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 168 | Djibouti | 0.3 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 168 | Saint Lucia | 0.3 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 171 | Dominica | 0.2 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 171 | Grenada | 0.2 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 173 | United Arab Emirates | 0.15 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 174 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.1 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 175 | Barbados | 0.08 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 176 | Qatar | 0.056 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 177 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.052 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 179 | Maldives | 0.03 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 180 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.024 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 181 | Nauru | 0.01 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 182 | Bahrain | 0.004 billion cubic meters | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 183 | Kuwait | 0 billion cubic meters | 2022 | — | flat |
About this data
Renewable internal freshwater resources refers to the quantity of internal freshwater from inflowing river basins and recharging groundwater aquifers.