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Water resources per capita

How many cubic meters of a country's own water are available per resident each year.

Unit: m³ per capita Period: 1961–2022 Source: FAOSTAT (FAO)
Source: FAO · About the indicator
Average: 14,125 m³/person Countries: 183

The ranking uses the latest available value for each country — the year is shown in the row. The table spans 2021 to 2022.

Water resources per capita, 2021–2022

Top-20 · m³ per capita

Water resources per capita, 2021–20220200,000400,000600,000IcelandIceland: 445,023 m³/person445,023GuyanaGuyana: 293,317 m³/person293,317SurinameSuriname: 158,867 m³/person158,867BhutanBhutan: 99,883 m³/person99,883Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea: 78,505 m³/person78,505CanadaCanada: 73,170 m³/person73,170NorwayNorway: 70,000 m³/person70,000GabonGabon: 67,469 m³/person67,469New ZealandNew Zealand: 64,349 m³/person64,349Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands: 57,229 m³/person57,229PeruPeru: 49,021 m³/person49,021ChileChile: 45,262 m³/person45,262ColombiaColombia: 41,459 m³/person41,459BelizeBelize: 37,891 m³/person37,891LiberiaLiberia: 37,221 m³/person37,221Republic of the CongoRepublic of the Congo: 36,785 m³/person36,785VanuatuVanuatu: 31,944 m³/person31,944FijiFiji: 31,052 m³/person31,052PanamaPanama: 31,040 m³/person31,040RussiaRussia: 29,895 m³/person29,895
Water resources per capita — 2021–2022 Current breakdown Full series CSV XLSX JSON
# Year Subregion World rank
1 IS Iceland 445,023 2022 1
2 GY Guyana 293,317 2022 2
3 SR Suriname 158,867 2022 3
4 BT Bhutan 99,883 2022 4
5 PG Papua New Guinea 78,505 2022 5
6 CA Canada 73,170 2022 6
7 NO Norway 70,000 2022 7
8 GA Gabon 67,469 2022 8
9 NZ New Zealand 64,349 2022 9
10 SB Solomon Islands 57,229 2022 10
11 PE Peru 49,021 2022 11
12 CL Chile 45,262 2022 12
13 CO Colombia 41,459 2022 13
14 BZ Belize 37,891 2022 14
15 LR Liberia 37,221 2022 15
16 CG Republic of the Congo 36,785 2022 16
17 VU Vanuatu 31,944 2022 17
18 FJ Fiji 31,052 2022 18
19 PA Panama 31,040 2022 19
20 RU Russia 29,895 2022 20
21 VE Venezuela 28,533 2022 21
22 CF Central African Republic 27,658 2022 22
23 UY Uruguay 27,190 2022 23
24 BR Brazil 26,918 2022 24
25 LA Laos 25,188 2022 25
26 BO Bolivia 25,130 2022 26
27 EC Ecuador 24,821 2022 27
28 NI Nicaragua 23,209 2022 28
29 CR Costa Rica 22,236 2022 29
30 SL Sierra Leone 19,331 2022 30
31 FI Finland 19,258 2022 31
32 AU Australia 18,909 2022 32
33 BN Brunei Darussalam 18,666 2022 33
34 MM Myanmar 18,654 2022 34
35 PY Paraguay 17,307 2022 35
36 MY Malaysia 16,717 2022 36
37 SE Sweden 16,306 2022 37
38 GN Guinea 16,080 2022 38
39 GE Georgia 15,658 2022 39
40 GQ Equatorial Guinea 14,416 2022 40
41 BA Bosnia and Herzegovina 11,077 2022 41
42 MG Madagascar 11,072 2022 42
43 AL Albania 10,972 2022 43
44 MN Mongolia 10,135 2022 44
45 CM Cameroon 9,880 2022 45
46 HR Croatia 9,778 2022 46
47 ST Sao Tome and Principe 9,633 2022 47
48 EE Estonia 9,423 2022 48
49 IE Ireland 9,400 2022 49
50 LV Latvia 9,014 2022 50
51 SI Slovenia 8,840 2022 51
52 CD Democratic Republic of the Congo 8,789 2022 52
53 HN Honduras 8,664 2022 53
54 US United States 8,437 2022 54
55 GW Guinea-Bissau 7,599 2022 55
56 ID Indonesia 7,240 2022 56
57 KG Kyrgyzstan 7,015 2022 57
58 KH Cambodia 7,011 2022 58
59 NP Nepal 6,670 2022 59
60 AR Argentina 6,431 2022 60
61 TJ Tajikistan 6,232 2022 61
62 GT Guatemala 6,118 2022 62
63 AT Austria 6,083 2022 63
64 TL Timor-Leste 5,999 2022 64
65 GR Greece 5,557 2022 65
66 LT Lithuania 5,460 2022 66
67 CH Switzerland 4,603 2022 67
68 PH Philippines 4,203 2022 68
69 AO Angola 4,153 2022 69
70 ZM Zambia 3,980 2022 70
71 AD Andorra 3,960 2022 71
72 JM Jamaica 3,812 2022 72
73 BY Belarus 3,684 2022 73
74 PT Portugal 3,642 2022 74
75 VN Vietnam 3,606 2022 75
76 CU Cuba 3,447 2022 76
77 JP Japan 3,437 2022 77
78 BG Bulgaria 3,248 2022 78
79 KZ Kazakhstan 3,212 2022 79
80 MX Mexico 3,180 2022 80
81 TH Thailand 3,130 2022 81
82 IT Italy 3,093 2022 82
83 MZ Mozambique 3,071 2022 83
84 DM Dominica 2,993 2022 84
85 MK North Macedonia 2,948 2022 85
86 FR France 2,933 2022 86
87 TT Trinidad and Tobago 2,812 2022 87
88 TR Türkiye 2,671 2022 88
89 ML Mali 2,600 2022 89
90 KP North Korea 2,545 2022 90
91 CI Côte d'Ivoire 2,528 2022 91
92 SV El Salvador 2,489 2022 92
93 LK Sri Lanka 2,380 2022 93
94 SS South Sudan 2,359 2022 94
95 ES Spain 2,327 2022 95
96 SK Slovakia 2,320 2022 96
97 AM Armenia 2,310 2022 97
98 LS Lesotho 2,288 2022 98
99 RO Romania 2,225 2022 99
100 PR Puerto Rico 2,205 2022 100
101 MU Mauritius 2,179 2022 101
102 SZ Eswatini 2,166 2022 102
103 GB United Kingdom 2,144 2022 103
104 NA Namibia 2,132 2022 104
105 DO Dominican Republic 2,092 2022 105
106 CN China 1,992 2022 106
107 BS Bahamas 1,761 2022 107
108 GD Grenada 1,711 2022 108
109 LC Saint Lucia 1,678 2022 109
110 LU Luxembourg 1,531 2022 110
111 SN Senegal 1,462 2022 111
112 PL Poland 1,456 2022 112
113 KM Comoros 1,439 2022 113
114 IR Iran 1,435 2022 114
115 TG Togo 1,425 2022 115
116 UA Ukraine 1,342 2022 116
117 TZ Tanzania 1,298 2022 117
118 DE Germany 1,286 2022 118
119 RS Serbia 1,261 2022 119
120 KR South Korea 1,255 2022 120
121 CZ Czechia 1,232 2022 121
122 AF Afghanistan 1,162 2022 122
123 GM Gambia 1,138 2022 123
124 HT Haiti 1,131 2022 124
125 BE Belgium 1,027 2022 125
126 DK Denmark 1,016 2022 126
127 IN India 1,014 2022 127
128 NG Nigeria 990 2022 128
129 BW Botswana 984 2022 129
130 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 980 2022 130
131 ET Ethiopia 973 2022 131
132 GH Ghana 914 2022 132
133 NR Nauru 847 2022 133
134 LB Lebanon 836 2022 134
135 UG Uganda 824 2022 135
136 ER Eritrea 821 2022 136
137 TD Chad 813 2022 137
138 AZ Azerbaijan 800 2022 138
139 IQ Iraq 799 2022 139
140 MW Malawi 785 2022 140
141 MA Morocco 777 2022 141
142 ZW Zimbabwe 763 2022 142
143 BI Burundi 755 2022 143
144 BJ Benin 749 2022 144
145 ZA South Africa 718 2022 145
146 RW Rwanda 696 2022 146
147 MD Moldova 641 2022 147
148 HU Hungary 625 2022 148
149 NL Netherlands 621 2022 149
150 BD Bangladesh 620 2022 150
151 CY Cyprus 586 2022 151
152 CV Cabo Verde 577 2022 152
153 AG Antigua and Barbuda 560 2022 153
154 BF Burkina Faso 555 2022 154
155 KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 514 2022 155
156 UZ Uzbekistan 468 2022 156
157 KE Kenya 382 2022 157
158 TN Tunisia 346 2022 158
159 SO Somalia 337 2022 159
160 SY Syria 318 2022 160
161 OM Oman 296 2022 161
162 BB Barbados 283 2022 162
163 DJ Djibouti 264 2022 163
164 DZ Algeria 247 2022 164
165 PK Pakistan 226 2022 165
166 TM Turkmenistan 194 2022 166
167 PS Palestine 165 2021 167
168 NE Niger 138 2022 168
169 SG Singapore 106 2022 169
170 LY Libya 97 2022 170
171 MT Malta 95 2022 171
172 MR Mauritania 82 2022 172
173 SD Sudan 81 2022 173
174 IL Israel 80 2021 174
175 SA Saudi Arabia 75 2022 175
176 JO Jordan 61 2022 176
177 MV Maldives 57 2022 177
178 YE Yemen 55 2022 178
179 QA Qatar 21 2022 179
180 AE United Arab Emirates 15 2022 180
181 EG Egypt 9 2022 181
182 BH Bahrain 3 2022 182
183 KW Kuwait 0 2022 183
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Maximum 445,023 m³/person
Median 2,489 m³/person
Minimum 0 m³/person
World 5,393 m³/person

About the indicator

Internal renewable water resources divided by the population. This is the conventional measure of water scarcity: below 1,700 cubic meters per person a year indicates water stress, below 1,000 scarcity, and below 500 absolute scarcity. The value falls even where the water itself does not diminish — simply from population growth — and the series shows which countries are entering scarcity demographically.

Important: The aggregate for a group is all of its water resources divided by all of its population. The thresholds of 1,700, 1,000 and 500 m³ are widely used benchmarks, not an official classification.

Updates
annually
Unit of measurement
m³ per capita
Observation period
1961–2022
License
CC BY 4.0
Dataset
FAOSTAT

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