D a t a

T a b l e

Total Renewable Freshwater Supply,

by Country
Description
Average annual renewable freshwater resources are listed by country, updating Table
1 in the previous versions of The Worlds Water. Data from UN FAO AQUASTAT was
updated to reflect the most recent data in that database. However, because these data
are typically produced by modeling or estimation, rather than measurement, we use
data from other sources where possible (even if older than data in AQUASTAT).
Data in this table typically comprise both renewable surface-water and groundwater
supplies, including surface inflows from neighboring countries. The UN FAO refers
to this as total natural renewable water resources. Flows to other countries are not
subtracted from these numbers. All quantities are in cubic kilometers per year (km 3/
yr). These data represent average freshwater resources in a countryactual annual
renewable supply will vary from year to year.

Limitations
These detailed country data should be viewed, and used, with caution. The data come
from different sources and were estimated over different periods. Many countries do
not directly measure or report internal water resources data, so some of these entries
were produced using indirect methods.
Not all of the annual renewable water supply is available for use by the countries
to which it is credited here; some flows are committed to downstream users. For example, under treaty requirements, the Sudan must pass significant flows downstream
to Egypt. Other countries, such as Turkey, Syria, and France, to name only a few, also
pass significant amounts of water to other users. The annual average figures hide large
seasonal, interannual, and long-term variations.

SOURCES
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Region

Country

AFRICA

Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo
Congo, Democratic Republic
(formerly Zaire)
Cote DIvoire
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Reunion
Rwanda
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania

Annual Renewable

Year of

Source of

Water Resources (km3/yr)

Estimate

Estimate

11.6
184.0
25.8
14.7
17.5
3.6
285.5
0.3
144.4
43.0
1.2
832.0
1283

2005
1987
2001
2001
2001
1987
2003
2005
2005
1987
2005
1987
2001

c
b
l
l
l
b
m
c
c
b
c
b
l

81
0.3
58.3
26
6.3
110.0
164.0
8.0
53.2
226.0
31.0
30.7
5.2
232.0
0.6
337.0
17.3
100.0
11.4
2.8
29.0
217.1
17.7
33.7
286.2
5.0
9.5
39.4
160.0
14.2
50.0
64.5
4.5
91

2001
2005
2005
2001
2001
1987
1987
2005
2001
1987
2005
2005
1987
1987
2005
2005
2001
2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
1988
2005
1987
1987
2005
2005
2005
1987
2001

l
c
c
l
l
b
b
c
l
b
c
c
b
b
c
c
l
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
m
c
b
b
c
c
c
b
l
continues

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Region

Country

NORTH
AND
CENTRAL
AMERICA

















SOUTH
AMERICA










ASIA

Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Canada
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Grenada
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Trinidad and Tobago
United States of America
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Guyana
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela
Afghanistan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
Cambodia
China
India
Indonesia

Annual Renewable

Year of

Source of

Water Resources (km3/yr)

Estimate

Estimate

2001
2005
2005
2001
1987
2000
nd
2003
2000
1985
2000
2000
nd
2000
2001
nd
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
1985
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2003
2000
2000
1997
2008
1999
1987
1999
1999
2008
1999
1999

l
c
c
l
b
j

14.7
4.6
66.0
105.2
20.0
0.1
nd
0.1
18.6
3300.0
112.4
38.1
nd
21.0
25.2
nd
111.3
14.0
95.9
9.4
457.2
196.7
148.0
0.02
3.8
3069.0
814.0
622.5
8233.0
922.0
2132.0
432.0
241.0
336.0
1913.0
122.0
139.0
1233.2
65.0
0.1
1210.6
95.0
8.5
476.1
2738.8
1907.8
2838.0

m
j
t
j
j
j
l
j
j
j
j
j
j
j
j
j
n
j
j
j
j
j
j
j
j
j
m
j
j
f
x
h
b
h
h
u
h
h

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Annual Renewable

Year of

Source of

Water Resources (km3/yr)

Estimate

Estimate

Region

Country

EUROPE

Iran
Iraq
Israel
Japan
Jordan
Korea Democratic Peoples Republic
Korea Republic
Kuwait
Laos
Lebanon
Malaysia
Maldives
Mongolia
Myanmar
Nepal
Oman
Pakistan
Philippines
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Syria
Taiwan
Thailand
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
Vietnam
Yemen
Albania
Austria
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg
Macedonia

137.5
75.6
1.8
430.0
0.9
77.1
69.7
0.02
333.6
4.5
580.0
0.03
34.8
1045.6
210.2
1.4
233.8
479.0
0.1
2.4
0.6
50.0
16.8
67.0
409.9
213.6
0.2
891.2
2.1
41.7
84.0
20.0
37.5
107.2
105.5
0.3
16.0
16.3
12.3
110.0
186.3
188.0
72.0
116.4
170.0
46.8
175.0
1.6
6.4

2008
2008
2008
1999
2008
1999
1999
2008
2003
2008
1999
1999
1999
1999
1999
2008
2003
1999
2008
2008
1975
1999
2008
2000
1999
2008
2008
1999
2008
2001
2007
2007
2003
2010
1998
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2003
2007
2007
2001

x
x
x
h
x
h
h
x
m
x
h
h
h
h
h
x
k
h
x
x
d
h
x
r
h
x
x
h
x
p
v
v
m
v
o, q
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
o
v
v
p
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Region

Country

FORMER
SOVIET
UNION












OCEANIA

Malta
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
Serbia-Montenegro*
Russia
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Estonia
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lithuania
Moldova
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
Australia
Fiji
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands

Annual Renewable

Year of

Source of

Water Resources (km3/yr)

Estimate

Estimate

2005
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2003
1997
2008
2008
1997
1997
2008
1997
1997
2007
2007
1997
1997
1997
1997
2003
2005
1987
1995
1987
1987

s
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
m
e,g
x
x
g
g
x
g
m
v
v
g
m
m
g
m
w
b
i
b
b

0.07
89.7
389.4
63.1
73.6
25.7
50.1
32.1
111.1
183.4
53.5
175.3
208.5
4498.0
7.8
34.7
58.0
12.8
63.3
109.6
46.5
337.3
24.5
11.7
99.7
60.9
139.5
72.2
336.1
28.6
397.0
801.0
44.7

*Referred to as Yugoslavia in previous volumes of The Worlds Water.

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