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Total renewable freshwater, and why the ranking misleads

Total renewable internal freshwater, in billions of cubic metres. Brazil, Russia and Canada top it — but the list mostly measures which countries are big and rainy, not whether their people have enough. For that, divide by population: see renewable freshwater per capita, where the order falls apart.

Highest
5,661bn m³
Brazil
Median
34.4bn m³
across 180 countries
Lowest
0.0bn m³
Kuwait
Top 12 of 180 · bn m³
Brazil5,661Russian Federation4,312Canada2,850United States2,818China2,813Colombia2,145Indonesia2,019Peru1,641India1,446Myanmar1,003Congo, Dem. Rep.900Chile885

180 countries · source: FAO AQUASTAT · years 2021–2022 · open this measure in the console →

Total renewable internal freshwater, billion cubic metres. A real figure, but largely a measure of national size and rainfall — high totals say little about water security per person.
#CountryRegionbn m³Year
1 Brazil Latin America & Caribbean 5,661 2022
2 Russian Federation Europe & Central Asia 4,312 2022
3 Canada North America 2,850 2022
4 United States North America 2,818 2022
5 China East Asia & Pacific 2,813 2022
6 Colombia Latin America & Caribbean 2,145 2022
7 Indonesia East Asia & Pacific 2,019 2022
8 Peru Latin America & Caribbean 1,641 2022
9 India South Asia 1,446 2022
10 Myanmar East Asia & Pacific 1,003 2022
11 Congo, Dem. Rep. Sub-Saharan Africa 900 2022
12 Chile Latin America & Caribbean 885 2022
13 Venezuela, RB Latin America & Caribbean 805 2022
14 Papua New Guinea East Asia & Pacific 801 2022
15 Malaysia East Asia & Pacific 580 2022
16 Australia East Asia & Pacific 492 2022
17 Philippines East Asia & Pacific 479 2022
18 Ecuador Latin America & Caribbean 442 2022
19 Japan East Asia & Pacific 430 2022
20 Mexico Latin America & Caribbean 409 2022
21 Norway Europe & Central Asia 382 2022
22 Viet Nam East Asia & Pacific 359 2022
23 Madagascar Sub-Saharan Africa 337 2022
24 New Zealand East Asia & Pacific 327 2022
25 Bolivia Latin America & Caribbean 304 2022
26 Argentina Latin America & Caribbean 292 2022
27 Cameroon Sub-Saharan Africa 273 2022
28 Guyana Latin America & Caribbean 241 2022
29 Turkiye Europe & Central Asia 227 2022
30 Guinea Sub-Saharan Africa 226 2022
31 Thailand East Asia & Pacific 225 2022
32 Congo, Rep. Sub-Saharan Africa 222 2022
33 Nigeria Sub-Saharan Africa 221 2022
34 France Europe & Central Asia 200 2022
35 Liberia Sub-Saharan Africa 200 2022
36 Nepal South Asia 198 2022
37 Lao PDR East Asia & Pacific 190 2022
38 Italy Europe & Central Asia 183 2022
39 Sweden Europe & Central Asia 171 2022
40 Iceland Europe & Central Asia 170 2022
41 Gabon Sub-Saharan Africa 164 2022
42 Sierra Leone Sub-Saharan Africa 160 2022
43 Nicaragua Latin America & Caribbean 156 2022
44 Angola Sub-Saharan Africa 148 2022
45 United Kingdom Europe & Central Asia 145 2022
46 Central African Republic Sub-Saharan Africa 141 2022
47 Panama Latin America & Caribbean 137 2022
48 Iran, Islamic Rep. Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 129 2022
49 Ethiopia Sub-Saharan Africa 122 2022
50 Cambodia East Asia & Pacific 121 2022
51 Paraguay Latin America & Caribbean 117 2022
52 Costa Rica Latin America & Caribbean 113 2022
53 Spain Europe & Central Asia 111 2022
54 Guatemala Latin America & Caribbean 109 2022
55 Finland Europe & Central Asia 107 2022
56 Germany Europe & Central Asia 107 2022
57 Bangladesh South Asia 105 2022
58 Mozambique Sub-Saharan Africa 100 2022
59 Suriname Latin America & Caribbean 99.0 2022
60 Uruguay Latin America & Caribbean 92.2 2022
61 Honduras Latin America & Caribbean 90.7 2022
62 Tanzania Sub-Saharan Africa 84.0 2022
63 Zambia Sub-Saharan Africa 80.2 2022
64 Bhutan South Asia 78.0 2022
65 Cote d'Ivoire Sub-Saharan Africa 76.8 2022
66 Korea, Rep. East Asia & Pacific 64.9 2022
67 Kazakhstan Europe & Central Asia 64.4 2022
68 Tajikistan Europe & Central Asia 63.5 2022
69 Mali Sub-Saharan Africa 60.0 2022
70 Georgia Europe & Central Asia 58.1 2022
71 Greece Europe & Central Asia 58.0 2022
72 Ukraine Europe & Central Asia 55.1 2022
73 Austria Europe & Central Asia 55.0 2022
74 Pakistan Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 55.0 2022
75 Poland Europe & Central Asia 53.6 2022
76 Sri Lanka South Asia 52.8 2022
77 Ireland Europe & Central Asia 49.0 2022
78 Kyrgyz Republic Europe & Central Asia 48.9 2022
79 Afghanistan Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 47.2 2022
80 South Africa Sub-Saharan Africa 44.8 2022
81 Solomon Islands East Asia & Pacific 44.7 2022
82 Romania Europe & Central Asia 42.4 2022
83 Switzerland Europe & Central Asia 40.4 2022
84 Uganda Sub-Saharan Africa 39.0 2022
85 Cuba Latin America & Caribbean 38.1 2022
86 Portugal Europe & Central Asia 38.0 2022
87 Croatia Europe & Central Asia 37.7 2022
88 Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe & Central Asia 35.5 2022
89 Iraq Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 35.2 2022
90 Mongolia East Asia & Pacific 34.8 2022
91 Belarus Europe & Central Asia 34.0 2022
92 Ghana Sub-Saharan Africa 30.3 2022
93 Morocco Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 29.0 2022
94 Fiji East Asia & Pacific 28.6 2022
95 Albania Europe & Central Asia 26.9 2022
96 Equatorial Guinea Sub-Saharan Africa 26.0 2022
97 Senegal Sub-Saharan Africa 25.8 2022
98 Dominican Republic Latin America & Caribbean 23.5 2022
99 Bulgaria Europe & Central Asia 21.0 2022
100 Kenya Sub-Saharan Africa 20.7 2022
101 Slovenia Europe & Central Asia 18.7 2022
102 Latvia Europe & Central Asia 16.9 2022
103 Uzbekistan Europe & Central Asia 16.3 2022
104 Malawi Sub-Saharan Africa 16.1 2022
105 Guinea-Bissau Sub-Saharan Africa 16.0 2022
106 El Salvador Latin America & Caribbean 15.6 2022
107 Lithuania Europe & Central Asia 15.5 2022
108 Belize Latin America & Caribbean 15.3 2022
109 Chad Sub-Saharan Africa 15.0 2022
110 Czechia Europe & Central Asia 13.2 2022
111 Haiti Latin America & Caribbean 13.0 2022
112 Estonia Europe & Central Asia 12.7 2022
113 Slovak Republic Europe & Central Asia 12.6 2022
114 Burkina Faso Sub-Saharan Africa 12.5 2022
115 Zimbabwe Sub-Saharan Africa 12.3 2022
116 Belgium Europe & Central Asia 12.0 2022
117 Togo Sub-Saharan Africa 11.5 2022
118 Algeria Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 11.2 2022
119 Netherlands Europe & Central Asia 11.0 2022
120 Jamaica Latin America & Caribbean 10.8 2022
121 Benin Sub-Saharan Africa 10.3 2022
122 Burundi Sub-Saharan Africa 10.1 2022
123 Vanuatu East Asia & Pacific 10.0 2022
124 Rwanda Sub-Saharan Africa 9.5 2022
125 Brunei Darussalam East Asia & Pacific 8.5 2022
126 Serbia Europe & Central Asia 8.4 2022
127 Timor-Leste East Asia & Pacific 8.2 2022
128 Azerbaijan Europe & Central Asia 8.1 2022
129 Syrian Arab Republic Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 7.1 2022
130 Puerto Rico (US) Latin America & Caribbean 7.1 2022
131 Armenia Europe & Central Asia 6.9 2022
132 Namibia Sub-Saharan Africa 6.2 2022
133 Denmark Europe & Central Asia 6.0 2022
134 Hungary Europe & Central Asia 6.0 2022
135 Somalia, Fed. Rep. Sub-Saharan Africa 6.0 2022
136 North Macedonia Europe & Central Asia 5.4 2022
137 Lesotho Sub-Saharan Africa 5.2 2022
138 Lebanon Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 4.8 2022
139 Tunisia Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 4.2 2022
140 Sudan Sub-Saharan Africa 4.0 2022
141 Trinidad and Tobago Latin America & Caribbean 3.8 2022
142 Niger Sub-Saharan Africa 3.5 2022
143 Gambia, The Sub-Saharan Africa 3.0 2022
144 Mauritius Sub-Saharan Africa 2.8 2022
145 Eswatini Sub-Saharan Africa 2.6 2022
146 Botswana Sub-Saharan Africa 2.4 2022
147 Saudi Arabia Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 2.4 2022
148 Sao Tome and Principe Sub-Saharan Africa 2.2 2022
149 Yemen, Rep. Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 2.1 2022
150 Moldova Europe & Central Asia 1.6 2022
151 Turkmenistan Europe & Central Asia 1.4 2022
152 Oman Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 1.4 2022
153 Comoros Sub-Saharan Africa 1.2 2022
154 Egypt, Arab Rep. Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 1.0 2022
155 Luxembourg Europe & Central Asia 1.0 2022
156 West Bank and Gaza Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0.8 2021
157 Cyprus Europe & Central Asia 0.8 2022
158 Israel Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0.8 2021
159 Bahamas, The Latin America & Caribbean 0.7 2022
160 Libya Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0.7 2022
161 Jordan Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0.7 2022
162 Singapore East Asia & Pacific 0.6 2022
163 Mauritania Sub-Saharan Africa 0.4 2022
164 Andorra Europe & Central Asia 0.3 2022
165 Cabo Verde Sub-Saharan Africa 0.3 2022
166 Djibouti Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0.3 2022
167 St. Lucia Latin America & Caribbean 0.3 2022
168 Dominica Latin America & Caribbean 0.2 2022
169 Grenada Latin America & Caribbean 0.2 2022
170 United Arab Emirates Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0.2 2022
171 St. Vincent and the Grenadines Latin America & Caribbean 0.1 2022
172 Barbados Latin America & Caribbean 0.1 2022
173 Qatar Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0.1 2022
174 Antigua and Barbuda Latin America & Caribbean 0.1 2022
175 Malta Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0.1 2022
176 Maldives South Asia 0.0 2022
177 St. Kitts and Nevis Latin America & Caribbean 0.0 2022
178 Nauru East Asia & Pacific 0.0 2022
179 Bahrain Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0.0 2022
180 Kuwait Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0.0 2022

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