Per capita renewable freshwater resources by country
Countries reporting
182
Highest
445,023
Iceland
Lowest
2.62
Bahrain
Median
2,508
Years covered
62
1961–2022
Data points
10,438
What the numbers show
Per capita renewable freshwater resources is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 445,023 in Iceland; the lowest is 2.62 in Bahrain.
The median across all reporting countries is 2,508, and the mean is 14,203.
Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 155 fell. The largest increase was in Albania (up 16.7%), and the largest decrease in Qatar (down 35.2%).
Per capita renewable freshwater resources: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 445,023 | 2022 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 2 | Guyana | 293,317 | 2022 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 3 | Suriname | 158,867 | 2022 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 4 | Bhutan | 99,883 | 2022 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 5 | Papua New Guinea | 78,505 | 2022 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 6 | Canada | 73,170 | 2022 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 7 | Norway | 70,000 | 2022 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 8 | Gabon | 67,469 | 2022 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 9 | New Zealand | 64,348 | 2022 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 10 | Solomon Islands | 57,230 | 2022 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 11 | Peru | 49,021 | 2022 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 12 | Chile | 45,262 | 2022 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 13 | Colombia | 41,459 | 2022 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 14 | Belize | 37,891 | 2022 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 15 | Liberia | 37,221 | 2022 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 16 | Congo | 36,785 | 2022 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 17 | Vanuatu | 31,944 | 2022 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 18 | Fiji | 31,052 | 2022 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 19 | Panama | 31,040 | 2022 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 20 | Russia | 29,895 | 2022 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 21 | Venezuela | 28,533 | 2022 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 22 | Central African Republic | 27,658 | 2022 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 23 | Uruguay | 27,190 | 2022 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 24 | Brazil | 26,918 | 2022 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 25 | Laos | 25,188 | 2022 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 26 | Bolivia | 25,130 | 2022 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 27 | Ecuador | 24,821 | 2022 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 28 | Nicaragua | 23,209 | 2022 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 29 | Costa Rica | 22,236 | 2022 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 30 | Sierra Leone | 19,331 | 2022 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 31 | Finland | 19,258 | 2022 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 32 | Australia | 18,910 | 2022 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 33 | Brunei | 18,666 | 2022 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Myanmar | 18,654 | 2022 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 35 | Paraguay | 17,306 | 2022 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 36 | Malaysia | 16,717 | 2022 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 37 | Sweden | 16,306 | 2022 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 38 | Guinea | 16,080 | 2022 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 39 | Georgia | 15,658 | 2022 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 40 | Equatorial Guinea | 14,416 | 2022 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11,077 | 2022 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 42 | Madagascar | 11,072 | 2022 | down 22.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Albania | 10,972 | 2022 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 44 | Mongolia | 10,135 | 2022 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 45 | Cameroon | 9,880 | 2022 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 46 | Croatia | 9,778 | 2022 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 47 | Sao Tome and Principe | 9,633 | 2022 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 48 | Estonia | 9,423 | 2022 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 49 | Ireland | 9,400 | 2022 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 50 | Latvia | 9,014 | 2022 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 51 | Slovenia | 8,840 | 2022 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 52 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 8,789 | 2022 | down 28.5% | volatile |
| 53 | Honduras | 8,664 | 2022 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 54 | United States | 8,437 | 2022 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 55 | Guinea-Bissau | 7,599 | 2022 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 56 | Indonesia | 7,240 | 2022 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 57 | Kyrgyzstan | 7,015 | 2022 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 58 | Cambodia | 7,011 | 2022 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 59 | Nepal | 6,670 | 2022 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 60 | Argentina | 6,431 | 2022 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 61 | Tajikistan | 6,232 | 2022 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 62 | Guatemala | 6,118 | 2022 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 63 | Austria | 6,083 | 2022 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 64 | East Timor | 5,999 | 2022 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 65 | Greece | 5,557 | 2022 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 66 | Lithuania | 5,460 | 2022 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 67 | Switzerland | 4,603 | 2022 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 68 | Philippines | 4,203 | 2022 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 69 | Angola | 4,153 | 2022 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 70 | Zambia | 3,980 | 2022 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Andorra | 3,960 | 2022 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Jamaica | 3,812 | 2022 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 73 | Belarus | 3,684 | 2022 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 74 | Portugal | 3,642 | 2022 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 75 | Vietnam | 3,606 | 2022 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 76 | Cuba | 3,447 | 2022 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 77 | Japan | 3,437 | 2022 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 78 | Bulgaria | 3,248 | 2022 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 79 | Kazakhstan | 3,212 | 2022 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 80 | Mexico | 3,180 | 2022 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 81 | Thailand | 3,130 | 2022 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 82 | Italy | 3,092 | 2022 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 83 | Mozambique | 3,071 | 2022 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 84 | Dominica | 2,993 | 2022 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 85 | North Macedonia | 2,948 | 2022 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 86 | France | 2,933 | 2022 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 87 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2,812 | 2022 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 88 | Turkey | 2,671 | 2022 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 89 | Mali | 2,600 | 2022 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 90 | North Korea | 2,545 | 2022 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 91 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2,528 | 2022 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 92 | El Salvador | 2,489 | 2022 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 93 | Sri Lanka | 2,380 | 2022 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 94 | South Sudan | 2,359 | 2022 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 95 | Spain | 2,327 | 2022 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 96 | Slovakia | 2,320 | 2022 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 97 | Armenia | 2,310 | 2022 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 98 | Lesotho | 2,288 | 2022 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 99 | Romania | 2,225 | 2022 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 100 | Puerto Rico | 2,205 | 2022 | up 13.7% | falling |
| 101 | Mauritius | 2,179 | 2022 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 102 | Eswatini | 2,166 | 2022 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 103 | United Kingdom | 2,144 | 2022 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 104 | Namibia | 2,132 | 2022 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 105 | Dominican Republic | 2,092 | 2022 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 106 | China | 1,992 | 2022 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 107 | Bahamas | 1,761 | 2022 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 108 | Grenada | 1,711 | 2022 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 109 | Saint Lucia | 1,678 | 2022 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 110 | Luxembourg | 1,531 | 2022 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 111 | Senegal | 1,462 | 2022 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 112 | Poland | 1,456 | 2022 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 113 | Comoros | 1,439 | 2022 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 114 | Iran | 1,435 | 2022 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 115 | Togo | 1,425 | 2022 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 116 | Ukraine | 1,342 | 2022 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 117 | Tanzania | 1,298 | 2022 | down 26.8% | volatile |
| 118 | Germany | 1,286 | 2022 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 119 | Serbia | 1,261 | 2022 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 120 | South Korea | 1,255 | 2022 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 121 | Czechia | 1,232 | 2022 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 122 | Afghanistan | 1,162 | 2022 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 123 | Gambia | 1,138 | 2022 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Haiti | 1,131 | 2022 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 125 | Belgium | 1,027 | 2022 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 126 | Denmark | 1,016 | 2022 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 127 | India | 1,014 | 2022 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 128 | Nigeria | 990.36 | 2022 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 129 | Botswana | 983.65 | 2022 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 979.95 | 2022 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 131 | Ethiopia | 973.01 | 2022 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 132 | Ghana | 914.05 | 2022 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 133 | Nauru | 847.39 | 2022 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 134 | Lebanon | 835.58 | 2022 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 135 | Uganda | 824.3 | 2022 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 136 | Eritrea | 821.25 | 2022 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 137 | Chad | 812.77 | 2022 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 138 | Azerbaijan | 800.16 | 2022 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 139 | Iraq | 798.72 | 2022 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 140 | Malawi | 784.69 | 2022 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 141 | Morocco | 776.88 | 2022 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 142 | Zimbabwe | 762.96 | 2022 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 143 | Burundi | 755.19 | 2022 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 144 | Benin | 748.57 | 2022 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 145 | South Africa | 718.2 | 2022 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 146 | Rwanda | 695.92 | 2022 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 147 | Moldova | 640.66 | 2022 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 148 | Hungary | 624.67 | 2022 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 149 | Netherlands | 621.43 | 2022 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 150 | Bangladesh | 619.89 | 2022 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 151 | Cyprus | 585.86 | 2022 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 152 | Cape Verde | 577.21 | 2022 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 153 | Antigua and Barbuda | 560.1 | 2022 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 154 | Burkina Faso | 555.33 | 2022 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 155 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 513.82 | 2022 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 156 | Uzbekistan | 467.67 | 2022 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 157 | Kenya | 381.55 | 2022 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 158 | Tunisia | 346.14 | 2022 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 159 | Somalia | 337.04 | 2022 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Syria | 317.51 | 2022 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 161 | Oman | 295.97 | 2022 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Barbados | 283.37 | 2022 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 163 | Djibouti | 263.83 | 2022 | down 15.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Algeria | 247.31 | 2022 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 165 | Pakistan | 225.69 | 2022 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 166 | Turkmenistan | 194.32 | 2022 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 167 | Palestine | 164.95 | 2021 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 168 | Niger | 138.27 | 2022 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 169 | Singapore | 106.44 | 2022 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 170 | Libya | 96.9 | 2022 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 171 | Malta | 95.08 | 2022 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 172 | Mauritania | 82.04 | 2022 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 173 | Sudan | 81 | 2022 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 174 | Israel | 80.03 | 2021 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 175 | Saudi Arabia | 74.59 | 2022 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 176 | Jordan | 60.59 | 2022 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 177 | Maldives | 57.24 | 2022 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 178 | Yemen | 54.94 | 2022 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 179 | Qatar | 21.07 | 2022 | down 35.2% | volatile |
| 180 | United Arab Emirates | 14.89 | 2022 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 181 | Egypt | 8.88 | 2022 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 182 | Bahrain | 2.62 | 2022 | down 20.7% | volatile |