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THE GLOBAL INDEX #018

Freshwater per person2017

Renewable internal freshwater resources divided by population.

World Bank
Historical source series The latest observation is more than three years old. It is the latest in this source snapshot, not a current estimate.
Comparable ranking year2022Latest published year: 2022
Economies with data183 / 217No observation: 34
First-ranked country or territoryIceland495,049.5 m³ / person

Top 10

m³ / person · 2017
01Iceland
495,049.5
02Guyana
313,606.49
03Suriname
166,747.23
04Bhutan
103,402.33
05Papua New Guinea
87,267.13
06Canada
77,985.88
07Gabon
76,035.05
08Norway
72,390.05
09New Zealand
67,932.52
10Solomon Islands
65,191.52

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Freshwater per person · 2017 · m³ / person
RankCountry / territoryValue (m³ / person)Year
01Iceland495,049.52017
02Guyana313,606.492017
03Suriname166,747.232017
04Bhutan103,402.332017
05Papua New Guinea87,267.132017
06Canada77,985.882017
07Gabon76,035.052017
08Norway72,390.052017
09New Zealand67,932.522017
10Solomon Islands65,191.522017
11Peru52,386.882017
12Chile47,686.12017
13Colombia44,565.82017
14Congo - Brazzaville41,487.492017
15Liberia41,246.262017
16Belize40,889.382017
17Vanuatu35,905.742017
18Panama33,327.582017
19Fiji31,074.532017
20Russia29,677.912017
21Central African Republic29,414.772017
22Brazil27,654.642017
23Uruguay27,210.182017
24Laos27,129.672017
25Bolivia26,752.852017
26Ecuador26,396.942017
27Venezuela26,337.042017
28Nicaragua24,731.522017
29Costa Rica22,999.372017
30Sierra Leone21,682.282017
31Australia20,006.032017
32Brunei19,640.832017
33Finland19,425.532017
34Myanmar (Burma)19,323.662017
35Paraguay18,458.162017
36Guinea18,246.912017
37Malaysia17,925.782017
38Sweden17,001.92017
39Equatorial Guinea16,641.112017
40Georgia15,592.792017
41Madagascar12,580.082017
42Cameroon11,314.372017
43Mongolia11,051.422017
44São Tomé & Príncipe10,532.932017
45Bosnia & Herzegovina10,353.832017
46Congo - Kinshasa10,334.922017
47Albania10,157.522017
48Ireland10,150.32017
49Estonia9,647.912017
50Honduras9,455.432017
51Croatia9,328.432017
52Slovenia9,035.092017
53Latvia8,721.852017
54United States8,628.062017
55Guinea-Bissau8,523.912017
56Kyrgyzstan7,758.422017
57Indonesia7,550.872017
58Cambodia7,503.092017
59Nepal7,075.732017
60Tajikistan6,984.412017
61Argentina6,593.082017
62Guatemala6,591.272017
63Timor-Leste6,563.062017
64Austria6,251.732017
65Lithuania5,438.612017
66Greece5,3932017
67Angola4,895.022017
68Switzerland4,780.022017
69Zambia4,598.282017
70Philippines4,430.282017
71Andorra4,278.572017
72Jamaica3,843.722017
73Vietnam3,776.332017
74Portugal3,689.212017
75Belarus3,594.462017
76Mozambique3,560.982017
77Kazakhstan3,450.042017
78Cuba3,389.12017
79Japan3,386.572017
80Mexico3,314.422017
81Thailand3,154.992017
82Bulgaria3,086.662017
83Italy3,041.552017
84Mali3,028.312017
85France2,988.732017
86Dominica2,919.882017
87Côte d’Ivoire2,874.312017
88North Macedonia2,844.122017
89Trinidad & Tobago2,830.542017
90Türkiye2,826.452017
91North Korea2,595.122017
92South Sudan2,534.322017
93El Salvador2,515.482017
94Sri Lanka2,461.192017
95Namibia2,457.262017
96Lesotho2,424.542017
97Spain2,387.742017
98Slovakia2,316.52017
99Armenia2,302.142017
100Eswatini2,279.412017
101Dominican Republic2,203.092017
102United Kingdom2,198.172017
103Mauritius2,174.92017
104Romania2,163.492017
105Puerto Rico2,081.62017
106China2,014.662017
107Bahamas1,792.642017
108Grenada1,732.532017
109St. Lucia1,701.242017
110Luxembourg1,676.912017
111Senegal1,667.22017
112Comoros1,585.92017
113Togo1,570.12017
114Iran1,511.292017
115Tanzania1,509.362017
116Poland1,411.462017
117Afghanistan1,321.142017
118Germany1,294.512017
119Gambia1,280.852017
120South Korea1,262.612017
121Czechia1,241.222017
122Ukraine1,212.692017
123Haiti1,202.382017
124Serbia1,197.432017
125Ethiopia1,112.462017
126Nigeria1,103.62017
127India1,063.52017
128Botswana1,058.792017
129Belgium1,054.932017
130Denmark1,040.772017
131Ghana1,009.722017
132Uganda970.72017
133Chad960.142017
134St. Vincent & Grenadines946.412017
135Iraq894.822017
136Malawi894.692017
137Eritrea888.792017
138Nauru883.082017
139Burundi874.272017
140Benin855.52017
141Zimbabwe827.682017
142Azerbaijan823.522017
143Morocco818.142017
144Lebanon779.22017
145Rwanda778.562017
146South Africa777.32017
147Bangladesh647.42017
148Netherlands642.12017
149Burkina Faso628.322017
150Cyprus621.872017
151Hungary616.862017
152Moldova587.982017
153Cape Verde584.922017
154Antigua & Barbuda574.792017
155Uzbekistan513.532017
156St. Kitts & Nevis510.12017
157Kenya420.752017
158Somalia402.242017
159Syria370.982017
160Tunisia360.072017
161Oman308.552017
162Barbados285.542017
163Djibouti284.42017
164Algeria269.782017
165Pakistan246.332017
166Turkmenistan215.922017
167Palestinian Territories182.282017
168Niger163.282017
169Malta108.112017
170Singapore106.912017
171Libya103.882017
172Mauritania952017
173Sudan93.652017
174Israel86.082017
175Saudi Arabia77.482017
176Jordan66.642017
177Maldives65.462017
178Yemen63.462017
179Qatar222017
180United Arab Emirates16.262017
181Egypt9.642017
182Bahrain2.662017
183Kuwait02017

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No observation (34)

American Samoa · Aruba · Bermuda · British Virgin Islands · Cayman Islands · Channel Islands · Curaçao · Faroe Islands · French Polynesia · Gibraltar · Greenland · Guam · Hong Kong SAR China · Isle of Man · Kiribati · Kosovo · Liechtenstein · Macao SAR China · Marshall Islands · Micronesia · Monaco · Montenegro · New Caledonia · Northern Mariana Islands · Palau · Samoa · San Marino · Seychelles · Sint Maarten · St. Martin · Tonga · Turks & Caicos Islands · Tuvalu · U.S. Virgin Islands

Source & definition

Indicator definition
Renewable internal freshwater resources divided by population.
Unit
m³ / person
Source & definition
World Bank · ER.H2O.INTR.PC
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Original metadata
Renewable internal freshwater resources flows refer to internal renewable resources (internal river flows and groundwater from rainfall) in the country. Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita are calculated using the World Bank's population estimates.

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