Renewable Freshwater per Capita by Country (2026)

The three most water-rich countries are Iceland (445,023), Guyana (293,317), Suriname (158,867); the three most water-scarce are Kuwait (0), Bahrain (3), Egypt (9).

Across all 183 countries the median is 2,489 m³ per person per year and the simple (unweighted) average is 14,125; the spread from 0 to 445,023 shows how differently countries fare on this measure.

Over roughly the last decade the biggest increases were in Albania (+16.7%), Bosnia and Herzegovina (+14.5%), Puerto Rico (+13.7%), while the largest decreases were in Qatar (-35.2%), Jordan (-32.6%), Somalia (-30%).

By continent, the leaders are Bhutan in Asia (99,883), Iceland in Europe (445,023), Gabon in Africa (67,469), Canada in North America (73,170), Guyana in South America (293,317), Papua New Guinea in Oceania (78,505).

Renewable internal freshwater resources are the internal river flows and groundwater from rainfall in the country, divided by population. Below about 1,000 m³ per person a country is considered water-scarce; below 500 m³ absolutely scarce.

Source: World Bank Open Data (indicator ER.H2O.INTR.PC). Countries without a published value are not ranked. Each country's own page shows the full historical series and its rank on this and every other indicator.