SOURCE
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP),
Global Environmental Monitoring System/Water Quality Monitoring System, with data for an additional 29 countries from Prescott-Allen, R. The Well being of Nations, Washington, DC: Island Press, 2001
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
|
|
# 1
|
Sudan: |
1.75 mls/litre |
|
|
# 2
|
Belgium: |
1.63 mls/litre |
|
|
# 3
|
Korea, South: |
1.13 mls/litre |
|
|
= 4
|
Jordan: |
1.01 mls/litre |
|
|
= 4
|
Jamaica: |
1.01 mls/litre |
|
|
# 6
|
Tajikistan: |
0.96 mls/litre |
|
|
# 7
|
Guinea-Bissau: |
0.82 mls/litre |
|
|
# 8
|
Korea, North: |
0.81 mls/litre |
|
|
# 9
|
South Africa: |
0.73 mls/litre |
|
|
# 10
|
Niger: |
0.69 mls/litre |
|
|
# 11
|
Burundi: |
0.68 mls/litre |
|
|
# 12
|
Benin: |
0.67 mls/litre |
|
|
= 13
|
Kuwait: |
0.66 mls/litre |
|
|
= 13
|
Nigeria: |
0.66 mls/litre |
|
|
# 15
|
Mexico: |
0.64 mls/litre |
|
|
# 16
|
Nicaragua: |
0.61 mls/litre |
|
|
= 17
|
Azerbaijan: |
0.6 mls/litre |
|
|
= 17
|
Egypt: |
0.6 mls/litre |
|
|
# 19
|
Vietnam: |
0.59 mls/litre |
|
|
# 20
|
Kenya: |
0.58 mls/litre |
|
|
# 21
|
Angola: |
0.57 mls/litre |
|
|
= 22
|
Indonesia: |
0.56 mls/litre |
|
|
= 22
|
Zambia: |
0.56 mls/litre |
|
|
# 24
|
Gambia, The: |
0.53 mls/litre |
|
|
# 25
|
Malawi: |
0.52 mls/litre |
|
|
= 26
|
Bangladesh: |
0.51 mls/litre |
|
|
= 26
|
Chile: |
0.51 mls/litre |
|
|
= 26
|
Uzbekistan: |
0.51 mls/litre |
|
|
= 29
|
Croatia: |
0.5 mls/litre |
|
|
= 29
|
Spain: |
0.5 mls/litre |
|
|
= 29
|
Cameroon: |
0.5 mls/litre |
|
|
= 32
|
Rwanda: |
0.49 mls/litre |
|
|
= 32
|
Guinea: |
0.49 mls/litre |
|
|
= 32
|
Mozambique: |
0.49 mls/litre |
|
|
= 32
|
Liberia: |
0.49 mls/litre |
|
|
= 36
|
Armenia: |
0.48 mls/litre |
|
|
= 36
|
Turkmenistan: |
0.48 mls/litre |
|
|
= 36
|
Mauritania: |
0.48 mls/litre |
|
|
= 39
|
Libya: |
0.47 mls/litre |
|
|
= 39
|
Kazakhstan: |
0.47 mls/litre |
|
|
= 41
|
Venezuela: |
0.45 mls/litre |
|
|
= 41
|
Laos: |
0.45 mls/litre |
|
|
= 41
|
Madagascar: |
0.45 mls/litre |
|
|
# 44
|
United Arab Emirates: |
0.44 mls/litre |
|
|
# 45
|
Cambodia: |
0.43 mls/litre |
|
|
= 46
|
Israel: |
0.42 mls/litre |
|
|
= 46
|
Nepal: |
0.42 mls/litre |
|
|
# 48
|
Guatemala: |
0.41 mls/litre |
|
|
= 49
|
Algeria: |
0.4 mls/litre |
|
|
= 49
|
Honduras: |
0.4 mls/litre |
|
|
= 49
|
Romania: |
0.4 mls/litre |
|
|
= 52
|
Bulgaria: |
0.39 mls/litre |
|
|
= 52
|
Tunisia: |
0.39 mls/litre |
|
|
= 54
|
Ethiopia: |
0.38 mls/litre |
|
|
= 54
|
Lebanon: |
0.38 mls/litre |
|
|
= 54
|
Burkina Faso: |
0.38 mls/litre |
|
|
# 57
|
Panama: |
0.37 mls/litre |
|
|
= 58
|
Chad: |
0.36 mls/litre |
|
|
= 58
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
0.36 mls/litre |
|
|
= 58
|
Belarus: |
0.36 mls/litre |
|
|
= 58
|
Colombia: |
0.36 mls/litre |
|
|
= 58
|
Sierra Leone: |
0.36 mls/litre |
|
|
= 63
|
Central African Republic: |
0.35 mls/litre |
|
|
= 63
|
Somalia: |
0.35 mls/litre |
|
|
= 63
|
Iceland: |
0.35 mls/litre |
|
|
= 63
|
Philippines: |
0.35 mls/litre |
|
|
= 63
|
Namibia: |
0.35 mls/litre |
|
|
= 63
|
Turkey: |
0.35 mls/litre |
|
|
= 63
|
Iran: |
0.35 mls/litre |
|
|
= 70
|
Haiti: |
0.34 mls/litre |
|
|
= 70
|
Bolivia: |
0.34 mls/litre |
|
|
= 70
|
Senegal: |
0.34 mls/litre |
|
|
= 70
|
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
0.34 mls/litre |
|
|
= 70
|
Costa Rica: |
0.34 mls/litre |
|
|
= 75
|
Poland: |
0.33 mls/litre |
|
|
= 75
|
Togo: |
0.33 mls/litre |
|
|
= 77
|
Germany: |
0.32 mls/litre |
|
|
= 77
|
Tanzania: |
0.32 mls/litre |
|
|
= 79
|
Thailand: |
0.31 mls/litre |
|
|
= 79
|
Greece: |
0.31 mls/litre |
|
|
= 79
|
Burma: |
0.31 mls/litre |
|
|
= 79
|
Uruguay: |
0.31 mls/litre |
|
|
= 83
|
Peru: |
0.29 mls/litre |
|
|
= 83
|
Gabon: |
0.29 mls/litre |
|
|
= 83
|
Czech Republic: |
0.29 mls/litre |
|
|
= 86
|
China: |
0.28 mls/litre |
|
|
= 86
|
Sweden: |
0.28 mls/litre |
|
|
# 88
|
Netherlands: |
0.27 mls/litre |
|
|
# 89
|
Morocco: |
0.26 mls/litre |
|
|
# 90
|
Ecuador: |
0.25 mls/litre |
|
|
= 91
|
Ukraine: |
0.23 mls/litre |
|
|
= 91
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
0.23 mls/litre |
|
|
= 93
|
Slovakia: |
0.22 mls/litre |
|
|
= 93
|
El Salvador: |
0.22 mls/litre |
|
|
= 95
|
Syria: |
0.21 mls/litre |
|
|
= 95
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
0.21 mls/litre |
|
|
= 95
|
Hungary: |
0.21 mls/litre |
|
|
= 98
|
Botswana: |
0.2 mls/litre |
|
|
= 98
|
Moldova: |
0.2 mls/litre |
|
|
= 98
|
Pakistan: |
0.2 mls/litre |
|
|
= 98
|
Oman: |
0.2 mls/litre |
|
|
# 102
|
Dominica: |
0.19 mls/litre |
|
|
# 103
|
Paraguay: |
0.18 mls/litre |
|
|
= 104
|
Mongolia: |
0.17 mls/litre |
|
|
= 104
|
France: |
0.17 mls/litre |
|
|
# 106
|
Uganda: |
0.16 mls/litre |
|
|
= 107
|
India: |
0.15 mls/litre |
|
|
= 107
|
Mali: |
0.15 mls/litre |
|
|
= 109
|
Cote d'Ivoire: |
0.14 mls/litre |
|
|
= 109
|
Russia: |
0.14 mls/litre |
|
|
= 109
|
Denmark: |
0.14 mls/litre |
|
|
= 112
|
Portugal: |
0.13 mls/litre |
|
|
= 112
|
Bhutan: |
0.13 mls/litre |
|
|
= 112
|
Italy: |
0.13 mls/litre |
|
|
= 112
|
Ghana: |
0.13 mls/litre |
|
|
= 116
|
Ireland: |
0.11 mls/litre |
|
|
= 116
|
Saudi Arabia: |
0.11 mls/litre |
|
|
= 116
|
Papua New Guinea: |
0.11 mls/litre |
|
|
= 116
|
Estonia: |
0.11 mls/litre |
|
|
= 120
|
Slovenia: |
0.1 mls/litre |
|
|
= 120
|
Sri Lanka: |
0.1 mls/litre |
|
|
= 120
|
Austria: |
0.1 mls/litre |
|
|
= 120
|
Latvia: |
0.1 mls/litre |
|
|
= 124
|
Brazil: |
0.09 mls/litre |
|
|
= 124
|
Zimbabwe: |
0.09 mls/litre |
|
|
= 124
|
United Kingdom: |
0.09 mls/litre |
|
|
= 127
|
Lithuania: |
0.08 mls/litre |
|
|
= 127
|
Trinidad and Tobago: |
0.08 mls/litre |
|
|
= 127
|
United States: |
0.08 mls/litre |
|
|
# 130
|
Switzerland: |
0.07 mls/litre |
|
|
= 131
|
Australia: |
0.06 mls/litre |
|
|
= 131
|
Japan: |
0.06 mls/litre |
|
|
= 133
|
Argentina: |
0.04 mls/litre |
|
|
= 133
|
New Zealand: |
0.04 mls/litre |
|
|
= 133
|
Malaysia: |
0.04 mls/litre |
|
|
= 136
|
Norway: |
0.01 mls/litre |
|
|
= 136
|
Finland: |
0.01 mls/litre |
|
|
= 136
|
Cuba: |
0.01 mls/litre |
|
|
= 136
|
Iraq: |
0.01 mls/litre |
|
|
= 140
|
Albania: |
0 mls/litre |
|
|
= 140
|
Canada: |
0 mls/litre |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
0.4 mls/litre |
|
SOURCE: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP),
Global Environmental Monitoring System/Water Quality Monitoring System, with data for an additional 29 countries from Prescott-Allen, R. The Well being of Nations, Washington, DC: Island Press, 2001