Water availability (most recent) by country

SOURCE
Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org

DEFINITION
Water availability per capita (1961-1990 (avg.))
Units: Thousands Cubic Meters/Person
Units: This variable measures internal renewable water (average annual surface runoff and groundwater recharge generated from endogenous precipitation)

Environment Statistics > Water > Availability (most recent) by country

Rank

Countries

Amount

# 1

Iceland:

294.34 thousand cubic metres

# 2

Gabon:

176.37 thousand cubic metres

# 3

Papua New Guinea:

154.61 thousand cubic metres

# 4

Canada:

84.51 thousand cubic metres

# 5

New Zealand:

79.81 thousand cubic metres

# 6

Liberia:

58.85 thousand cubic metres

# 7

Norway:

57.71 thousand cubic metres

# 8

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:

53.89 thousand cubic metres

# 9

Bolivia:

51.39 thousand cubic metres

# 10

Peru:

47.55 thousand cubic metres

# 11

Colombia:

45.56 thousand cubic metres

# 12

Laos:

40.43 thousand cubic metres

# 13

Central African Republic:

37.41 thousand cubic metres

# 14

Brazil:

37.25 thousand cubic metres

# 15

Venezuela:

33.83 thousand cubic metres

# 16

Panama:

30.79 thousand cubic metres

# 17

Ecuador:

30.37 thousand cubic metres

# 18

Nicaragua:

29.15 thousand cubic metres

# 19

Australia:

27.81 thousand cubic metres

= 20

Angola:

24.24 thousand cubic metres

= 20

Uruguay:

24.24 thousand cubic metres

# 22

Costa Rica:

23.35 thousand cubic metres

# 23

Russia:

22.82 thousand cubic metres

# 24

Madagascar:

22.55 thousand cubic metres

# 25

Sierra Leone:

21.97 thousand cubic metres

# 26

Malaysia:

20.24 thousand cubic metres

# 27

Burma:

20.06 thousand cubic metres

# 28

Chile:

19.56 thousand cubic metres

# 29

Guinea-Bissau:

19.15 thousand cubic metres

# 30

Finland:

18.01 thousand cubic metres

# 31

Cameroon:

17.3 thousand cubic metres

# 32

Mongolia:

16.32 thousand cubic metres

# 33

Sweden:

15.91 thousand cubic metres

# 34

Bhutan:

14.08 thousand cubic metres

# 35

Guatemala:

14.03 thousand cubic metres

# 36

Honduras:

13.09 thousand cubic metres

# 37

Ireland:

12.47 thousand cubic metres

# 38

Indonesia:

10.96 thousand cubic metres

# 39

Paraguay:

10.77 thousand cubic metres

# 40

Guinea:

10.13 thousand cubic metres

# 41

Zambia:

10.01 thousand cubic metres

# 42

Cambodia:

9.92 thousand cubic metres

# 43

Slovenia:

8.04 thousand cubic metres

# 44

Bosnia and Herzegovina:

7.91 thousand cubic metres

# 45

Argentina:

7.65 thousand cubic metres

# 46

Estonia:

7.4 thousand cubic metres

# 47

United States:

7.09 thousand cubic metres

# 48

Cote d'Ivoire:

6.87 thousand cubic metres

# 49

Austria:

6.37 thousand cubic metres

# 50

Latvia:

6.31 thousand cubic metres

# 51

Croatia:

6.01 thousand cubic metres

# 52

Nepal:

5.97 thousand cubic metres

# 53

Mozambique:

5.81 thousand cubic metres

# 54

Switzerland:

5.74 thousand cubic metres

# 55

Tajikistan:

5.56 thousand cubic metres

# 56

Kyrgyzstan:

5.47 thousand cubic metres

# 57

Lithuania:

5.1 thousand cubic metres

# 58

Albania:

4.09 thousand cubic metres

# 59

Philippines:

3.79 thousand cubic metres

# 60

Tanzania:

3.64 thousand cubic metres

# 61

Kazakhstan:

3.63 thousand cubic metres

# 62

Thailand:

3.5 thousand cubic metres

# 63

Mexico:

3.47 thousand cubic metres

# 64

Zimbabwe:

3.4 thousand cubic metres

# 65

France:

3.26 thousand cubic metres

# 66

Portugal:

3.25 thousand cubic metres

# 67

Jamaica:

3.24 thousand cubic metres

# 68

United Kingdom:

3.1 thousand cubic metres

# 69

Greece:

2.96 thousand cubic metres

# 70

Vietnam:

2.8 thousand cubic metres

# 71

Belarus:

2.79 thousand cubic metres

# 72

Togo:

2.71 thousand cubic metres

# 73

Japan:

2.6 thousand cubic metres

# 74

Turkey:

2.59 thousand cubic metres

# 75

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:

2.55 thousand cubic metres

# 76

Denmark:

2.49 thousand cubic metres

# 77

Spain:

2.33 thousand cubic metres

# 78

Nigeria:

2.26 thousand cubic metres

# 79

Benin:

2.25 thousand cubic metres

# 80

Slovakia:

2.24 thousand cubic metres

# 81

Ethiopia:

2.17 thousand cubic metres

# 82

Korea, North:

2.11 thousand cubic metres

# 83

Italy:

2.04 thousand cubic metres

# 84

Cuba:

2.01 thousand cubic metres

# 85

Bulgaria:

2 thousand cubic metres

# 86

Dominica:

1.92 thousand cubic metres

# 87

Ghana:

1.87 thousand cubic metres

# 88

Moldova:

1.83 thousand cubic metres

# 89

China:

1.72 thousand cubic metres

# 90

Sri Lanka:

1.62 thousand cubic metres

# 91

El Salvador:

1.59 thousand cubic metres

# 92

Trinidad and Tobago:

1.58 thousand cubic metres

# 93

India:

1.56 thousand cubic metres

# 94

Malawi:

1.55 thousand cubic metres

# 95

Kenya:

1.51 thousand cubic metres

# 96

Poland:

1.48 thousand cubic metres

= 97

Romania:

1.45 thousand cubic metres

= 97

Czech Republic:

1.45 thousand cubic metres

# 99

Germany:

1.35 thousand cubic metres

# 100

Ukraine:

1.26 thousand cubic metres

# 101

South Africa:

1.25 thousand cubic metres

# 102

Belgium:

1.19 thousand cubic metres

# 103

Hungary:

1.17 thousand cubic metres

# 104

Korea, South:

1.16 thousand cubic metres

# 105

Armenia:

1.12 thousand cubic metres

# 106

Uganda:

1 thousand cubic metres

# 107

Senegal:

0.96 thousand cubic metres

# 108

Rwanda:

0.95 thousand cubic metres

= 109

Haiti:

0.93 thousand cubic metres

= 109

Oman:

0.93 thousand cubic metres

# 111

Burkina Faso:

0.86 thousand cubic metres

# 112

Azerbaijan:

0.79 thousand cubic metres

# 113

Lebanon:

0.66 thousand cubic metres

= 114

Burundi:

0.65 thousand cubic metres

= 114

Netherlands:

0.65 thousand cubic metres

# 116

Iran:

0.63 thousand cubic metres

= 117

Bangladesh:

0.6 thousand cubic metres

= 117

Libya:

0.6 thousand cubic metres

# 119

Morocco:

0.42 thousand cubic metres

= 120

Gambia, The:

0.4 thousand cubic metres

= 120

Mali:

0.4 thousand cubic metres

# 122

Algeria:

0.39 thousand cubic metres

# 123

Israel:

0.36 thousand cubic metres

# 124

Syria:

0.35 thousand cubic metres

# 125

Uzbekistan:

0.31 thousand cubic metres

# 126

Somalia:

0.24 thousand cubic metres

# 127

Pakistan:

0.23 thousand cubic metres

= 128

Tunisia:

0.22 thousand cubic metres

= 128

Saudi Arabia:

0.22 thousand cubic metres

# 130

Mauritania:

0.18 thousand cubic metres

# 131

Jordan:

0.07 thousand cubic metres

# 132

Kuwait:

-0.2 thousand cubic metres

# 133

Egypt:

-0.24 thousand cubic metres

# 134

Niger:

-0.33 thousand cubic metres

# 135

Iraq:

-0.45 thousand cubic metres

# 136

Turkmenistan:

-0.49 thousand cubic metres

# 137

Sudan:

-0.53 thousand cubic metres

# 138

United Arab Emirates:

-0.91 thousand cubic metres

# 139

Namibia:

-1.94 thousand cubic metres

# 140

Chad:

-3.28 thousand cubic metres

# 141

Botswana:

-7.46 thousand cubic metres

Weighted average:

14.0 thousand cubic metres

DEFINITION: Water availability per capita (1961-1990 (avg.))
Units: Thousands Cubic Meters/Person
Units: This variable measures internal renewable water (average annual surface runoff and groundwater recharge generated from endogenous precipitation)

SOURCE: Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org via NationMaster

Environment Statistics > Water > Availability (most recent) by country

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