Water security data report
Freshwater Resources by Country
A country can have vast rivers and lakes yet still face local shortages, heavy withdrawals, or poor access. This report keeps four measures separate to show availability, scale, use, and pressure without collapsing them into a misleading single ranking.
- Coverage
- 186 countries and economies
- Latest observation
- 2022
- Linked country pages
- 181
- Dataset snapshot
- July 27, 2026
What the data says
Four signals, four different stories
5,661 billion m³ per year (2022).
647.5 billion m³ withdrawn (2022).
17 exceed the UN-Water critical threshold of 100%.
445,023 m³ per resident (2022).
National averages hide basin-level and seasonal shortages. High renewable resources do not by themselves mean that water is accessible, clean, evenly distributed, or sustainably managed.
Country comparisons
Where resources and pressure concentrate
Bars are scaled independently inside each list. They should not be compared across different metrics.
Largest renewable internal resources
Long-term annual average originating within each territory.
Highest water stress
Withdrawals as a share of available renewable resources after environmental requirements.
Largest freshwater withdrawals
Total annual withdrawals across agriculture, industry, and domestic uses.
Most renewable water per person
Internal renewable freshwater divided by population; distribution within a country can differ sharply.
Complete dataset
Freshwater indicators by country and economy
Each value carries its observation year. Blank values are not estimated or filled by the site.
| Country or economy | Renewable per person | Renewable total | Water stress | Withdrawals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfghanistanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1,162 m³/person2022 | 47.2 bn m³2022 | 54.8 %2022Medium | 20.3 bn m³2022 |
| AlbaniaEurope & Central Asia | 10,972 m³/person2022 | 26.9 bn m³2022 | 4.8 %2022No stress | 0.8 bn m³2022 |
| AlgeriaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 247 m³/person2022 | 11.2 bn m³2022 | 144.8 %2022Critical | 10.3 bn m³2022 |
| AndorraEurope & Central Asia | 3,960 m³/person2022 | 0.3 bn m³2022 | Not reported | Not reported |
| AngolaSub-Saharan Africa | 4,153 m³/person2022 | 148 bn m³2022 | 1.9 %2022No stress | 0.7 bn m³2022 |
| Antigua and BarbudaLatin America & Caribbean | 560 m³/person2022 | 0.1 bn m³2022 | 8.5 %2022No stress | 0 bn m³2022 |
| ArgentinaLatin America & Caribbean | 6,431 m³/person2022 | 292 bn m³2022 | 10.5 %2022No stress | 37.7 bn m³2022 |
| ArmeniaEurope & Central Asia | 2,310 m³/person2022 | 6.9 bn m³2022 | 62 %2022Medium | 3.1 bn m³2022 |
| AustraliaEast Asia & Pacific | 18,909 m³/person2022 | 492 bn m³2022 | 4.7 %2022No stress | 11.6 bn m³2022 |
| AustriaEurope & Central Asia | 6,083 m³/person2022 | 55 bn m³2022 | 8.7 %2022No stress | 3.1 bn m³2022 |
| AzerbaijanEurope & Central Asia | 800 m³/person2022 | 8.1 bn m³2022 | 57.5 %2022Medium | 13 bn m³2022 |
| BahamasLatin America & Caribbean | 1,761 m³/person2022 | 0.7 bn m³2022 | Not reported | Not reported |
| BahrainMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 3 m³/person2022 | 0 bn m³2022 | 133.7 %2022Critical | 0.2 bn m³2022 |
| BangladeshSouth Asia | 620 m³/person2022 | 105 bn m³2022 | 5.7 %2022No stress | 35.9 bn m³2022 |
| BarbadosLatin America & Caribbean | 283 m³/person2022 | 0.1 bn m³2022 | 87.5 %2022High | 0.1 bn m³2022 |
| BelarusEurope & Central Asia | 3,684 m³/person2022 | 34 bn m³2022 | 4.7 %2022No stress | 1.4 bn m³2022 |
| BelgiumEurope & Central Asia | 1,027 m³/person2022 | 12 bn m³2022 | 52.8 %2022Medium | 4.3 bn m³2022 |
| BelizeLatin America & Caribbean | 37,891 m³/person2022 | 15.3 bn m³2022 | 1.3 %2022No stress | 0.1 bn m³2022 |
| BeninSub-Saharan Africa | 749 m³/person2022 | 10.3 bn m³2022 | 1 %2022No stress | 0.1 bn m³2022 |
| BhutanSouth Asia | 99,883 m³/person2022 | 78 bn m³2022 | 1.4 %2022No stress | 0.3 bn m³2022 |
| BoliviaLatin America & Caribbean | 25,130 m³/person2022 | 303.5 bn m³2022 | 0.2 %2022No stress | 0.4 bn m³2022 |
| Bosnia and HerzegovinaEurope & Central Asia | 11,077 m³/person2022 | 35.5 bn m³2022 | 2.1 %2022No stress | 0.3 bn m³2022 |
| BotswanaSub-Saharan Africa | 984 m³/person2022 | 2.4 bn m³2022 | 2.2 %2022No stress | 0.2 bn m³2022 |
| BrazilLatin America & Caribbean | 26,918 m³/person2022 | 5,661 bn m³2022 | 1.5 %2022No stress | 67.9 bn m³2022 |
| BruneiEast Asia & Pacific | 18,666 m³/person2022 | 8.5 bn m³2022 | 3.5 %2022No stress | 0.1 bn m³2022 |
| BulgariaEurope & Central Asia | 3,248 m³/person2022 | 21 bn m³2022 | 40.2 %2022Low | 5.4 bn m³2022 |
| Burkina FasoSub-Saharan Africa | 555 m³/person2022 | 12.5 bn m³2022 | 7.8 %2022No stress | 0.8 bn m³2022 |
| BurundiSub-Saharan Africa | 755 m³/person2022 | 10.1 bn m³2022 | 10.2 %2022No stress | 0.3 bn m³2022 |
| CambodiaEast Asia & Pacific | 7,011 m³/person2022 | 120.6 bn m³2022 | 1 %2022No stress | 2.2 bn m³2022 |
| CameroonSub-Saharan Africa | 9,880 m³/person2022 | 273 bn m³2022 | 1.6 %2022No stress | 1.1 bn m³2022 |
| CanadaNorth America | 73,170 m³/person2022 | 2,850 bn m³2022 | 3.7 %2022No stress | 36.1 bn m³2022 |
| Cape VerdeSub-Saharan Africa | 577 m³/person2022 | 0.3 bn m³2022 | 59.7 %2022Medium | 0.2 bn m³2022 |
| Central African RepublicSub-Saharan Africa | 27,658 m³/person2022 | 141 bn m³2022 | 0.3 %2022No stress | 0.1 bn m³2022 |
| ChadSub-Saharan Africa | 813 m³/person2022 | 15 bn m³2022 | 4.3 %2022No stress | 0.9 bn m³2022 |
| ChileLatin America & Caribbean | 45,262 m³/person2022 | 885 bn m³2022 | 9 %2022No stress | 35.4 bn m³2022 |
| ChinaEast Asia & Pacific | 1,992 m³/person2022 | 2,812.9 bn m³2022 | 41.5 %2022Low | 568.5 bn m³2022 |
| ColombiaLatin America & Caribbean | 41,459 m³/person2022 | 2,145 bn m³2022 | 3.6 %2022No stress | 24.3 bn m³2022 |
| ComorosSub-Saharan Africa | 1,439 m³/person2022 | 1.2 bn m³2022 | 0.8 %2022No stress | 0 bn m³2022 |
| Congo, Dem. Rep.Sub-Saharan Africa | 8,789 m³/person2022 | 900 bn m³2022 | 0.2 %2022No stress | 0.7 bn m³2022 |
| Congo, Rep.Sub-Saharan Africa | 36,785 m³/person2022 | 222 bn m³2022 | 0 %2022No stress | 0 bn m³2022 |
| Costa RicaLatin America & Caribbean | 22,236 m³/person2022 | 113 bn m³2022 | 5.9 %2022No stress | 3.4 bn m³2022 |
| CroatiaEurope & Central Asia | 9,778 m³/person2022 | 37.7 bn m³2022 | 1.5 %2022No stress | 0.7 bn m³2022 |
| CubaLatin America & Caribbean | 3,447 m³/person2022 | 38.1 bn m³2022 | 23.9 %2022No stress | 7 bn m³2022 |
| CyprusEurope & Central Asia | 586 m³/person2022 | 0.8 bn m³2022 | 30.5 %2022Low | 0.2 bn m³2022 |
| Czech RepublicEurope & Central Asia | 1,232 m³/person2022 | 13.2 bn m³2022 | 22 %2022No stress | 1.4 bn m³2022 |
| DenmarkEurope & Central Asia | 1,016 m³/person2022 | 6 bn m³2022 | 25.3 %2022Low | 0.9 bn m³2022 |
| DjiboutiMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 264 m³/person2022 | 0.3 bn m³2022 | 6.3 %2022No stress | 0 bn m³2022 |
| DominicaLatin America & Caribbean | 2,993 m³/person2022 | 0.2 bn m³2022 | 10 %2022No stress | 0 bn m³2022 |
| Dominican RepublicLatin America & Caribbean | 2,092 m³/person2022 | 23.5 bn m³2022 | 39.6 %2022Low | 7.1 bn m³2022 |
| EcuadorLatin America & Caribbean | 24,821 m³/person2022 | 442.4 bn m³2022 | 6.8 %2022No stress | 9.9 bn m³2022 |
| EgyptMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 9 m³/person2022 | 1 bn m³2022 | 141.2 %2022Critical | 77.5 bn m³2022 |
| El SalvadorLatin America & Caribbean | 2,489 m³/person2022 | 15.6 bn m³2022 | 12.1 %2022No stress | 1.9 bn m³2022 |
| Equatorial GuineaSub-Saharan Africa | 14,416 m³/person2022 | 26 bn m³2022 | 0.2 %2022No stress | 0 bn m³2022 |
| EritreaSub-Saharan Africa | 821 m³/person2022 | 2.8 bn m³2022 | 11.2 %2022No stress | 0.6 bn m³2022 |
| EstoniaEurope & Central Asia | 9,423 m³/person2022 | 12.7 bn m³2022 | 13 %2022No stress | 1.2 bn m³2022 |
| EswatiniSub-Saharan Africa | 2,166 m³/person2022 | 2.6 bn m³2022 | 77.6 %2022High | 1.1 bn m³2022 |
| EthiopiaSub-Saharan Africa | 973 m³/person2022 | 122 bn m³2022 | 32.3 %2022Low | 10.5 bn m³2022 |
| FijiEast Asia & Pacific | 31,052 m³/person2022 | 28.6 bn m³2022 | 0.3 %2022No stress | 0.1 bn m³2022 |
| FinlandEurope & Central Asia | 19,258 m³/person2022 | 107 bn m³2022 | 7.1 %2022No stress | 3 bn m³2022 |
| FranceEurope & Central Asia | 2,933 m³/person2022 | 200 bn m³2022 | 21.4 %2022No stress | 24.4 bn m³2022 |
| GabonSub-Saharan Africa | 67,469 m³/person2022 | 164 bn m³2022 | 0.5 %2022No stress | 0.1 bn m³2022 |
| GambiaSub-Saharan Africa | 1,138 m³/person2022 | 3 bn m³2022 | 2.2 %2022No stress | 0.1 bn m³2022 |
| GeorgiaEurope & Central Asia | 15,658 m³/person2022 | 58.1 bn m³2022 | 4.2 %2022No stress | 1.3 bn m³2022 |
| GermanyEurope & Central Asia | 1,286 m³/person2022 | 107 bn m³2022 | 35.4 %2022Low | 25.8 bn m³2022 |
| GhanaSub-Saharan Africa | 914 m³/person2022 | 30.3 bn m³2022 | 6.3 %2022No stress | 1.4 bn m³2022 |
| GreeceEurope & Central Asia | 5,557 m³/person2022 | 58 bn m³2022 | 20.3 %2022No stress | 10 bn m³2022 |
| GrenadaLatin America & Caribbean | 1,711 m³/person2022 | 0.2 bn m³2022 | 7.1 %2022No stress | 0 bn m³2022 |
| GuatemalaLatin America & Caribbean | 6,118 m³/person2022 | 109.2 bn m³2022 | 5.7 %2022No stress | 3.3 bn m³2022 |
| GuineaSub-Saharan Africa | 16,080 m³/person2022 | 226 bn m³2022 | 1.4 %2022No stress | 0.9 bn m³2022 |
| Guinea-BissauSub-Saharan Africa | 7,599 m³/person2022 | 16 bn m³2022 | 1.5 %2022No stress | 0.2 bn m³2022 |
| GuyanaLatin America & Caribbean | 293,317 m³/person2022 | 241 bn m³2022 | 3.3 %2022No stress | 1.4 bn m³2022 |
| HaitiLatin America & Caribbean | 1,131 m³/person2022 | 13 bn m³2022 | 13.4 %2022No stress | 1.5 bn m³2022 |
| HondurasLatin America & Caribbean | 8,664 m³/person2022 | 90.7 bn m³2022 | 4.6 %2022No stress | 1.6 bn m³2022 |
| HungaryEurope & Central Asia | 625 m³/person2022 | 6 bn m³2022 | 8.1 %2022No stress | 4.7 bn m³2022 |
| IcelandEurope & Central Asia | 445,023 m³/person2022 | 170 bn m³2022 | 0.4 %2022No stress | 0.3 bn m³2022 |
| IndiaSouth Asia | 1,014 m³/person2022 | 1,446 bn m³2022 | 66.5 %2022Medium | 647.5 bn m³2022 |
| IndonesiaEast Asia & Pacific | 7,240 m³/person2022 | 2,018.7 bn m³2022 | 29.7 %2022Low | 222.6 bn m³2022 |
| IranMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1,435 m³/person2022 | 128.5 bn m³2022 | 81.3 %2022High | 93 bn m³2022 |
| IraqMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 799 m³/person2022 | 35.2 bn m³2022 | 59.6 %2022Medium | 42.4 bn m³2022 |
| IrelandEurope & Central Asia | 9,400 m³/person2022 | 49 bn m³2022 | 8.1 %2022No stress | 1.7 bn m³2022 |
| IsraelMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 80 m³/person2021 | 0.8 bn m³2021 | 132 %2021Critical | 1.5 bn m³2021 |
| ItalyEurope & Central Asia | 3,093 m³/person2022 | 182.5 bn m³2022 | 29.8 %2022Low | 33.8 bn m³2022 |
| Ivory CoastSub-Saharan Africa | 2,528 m³/person2022 | 76.8 bn m³2022 | 5.1 %2022No stress | 1.2 bn m³2022 |
| JamaicaLatin America & Caribbean | 3,812 m³/person2022 | 10.8 bn m³2022 | 12.4 %2022No stress | 1.3 bn m³2022 |
| JapanEast Asia & Pacific | 3,437 m³/person2022 | 430 bn m³2022 | 36.6 %2022Low | 79.7 bn m³2022 |
| JordanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 61 m³/person2022 | 0.7 bn m³2022 | 105.2 %2022Critical | 0.9 bn m³2022 |
| KazakhstanEurope & Central Asia | 3,212 m³/person2022 | 64.4 bn m³2022 | 34.6 %2022Low | 25 bn m³2022 |
| KenyaSub-Saharan Africa | 382 m³/person2022 | 20.7 bn m³2022 | 33.2 %2022Low | 4 bn m³2022 |
| Korea, Dem. People's Rep.East Asia & Pacific | 2,545 m³/person2022 | 67 bn m³2022 | 27.7 %2022Low | 8.7 bn m³2022 |
| KuwaitMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0 m³/person2022 | 0 bn m³2022 | 3,850.5 %2022Critical | 0.8 bn m³2022 |
| KyrgyzstanEurope & Central Asia | 7,015 m³/person2022 | 48.9 bn m³2022 | 50 %2022Medium | 7.7 bn m³2022 |
| LaosEast Asia & Pacific | 25,188 m³/person2022 | 190.4 bn m³2022 | 4.8 %2022No stress | 7.4 bn m³2022 |
| LatviaEurope & Central Asia | 9,014 m³/person2022 | 16.9 bn m³2022 | 1 %2022No stress | 0.2 bn m³2022 |
| LebanonMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 836 m³/person2022 | 4.8 bn m³2022 | 58.8 %2022Medium | 1.8 bn m³2022 |
| LesothoSub-Saharan Africa | 2,288 m³/person2022 | 5.2 bn m³2022 | 2.6 %2022No stress | 0 bn m³2022 |
| LiberiaSub-Saharan Africa | 37,221 m³/person2022 | 200 bn m³2022 | 0.3 %2022No stress | 0.1 bn m³2022 |
| LibyaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 97 m³/person2022 | 0.7 bn m³2022 | 817.1 %2022Critical | 5.7 bn m³2022 |
| LithuaniaEurope & Central Asia | 5,460 m³/person2022 | 15.5 bn m³2022 | 2.2 %2022No stress | 0.3 bn m³2022 |
| LuxembourgEurope & Central Asia | 1,531 m³/person2022 | 1 bn m³2022 | 4 %2022No stress | 0 bn m³2022 |
| MadagascarSub-Saharan Africa | 11,072 m³/person2022 | 337 bn m³2022 | 11.3 %2022No stress | 13.5 bn m³2022 |
| MalawiSub-Saharan Africa | 785 m³/person2022 | 16.1 bn m³2022 | 17.5 %2022No stress | 1.4 bn m³2022 |
| MalaysiaEast Asia & Pacific | 16,717 m³/person2022 | 580 bn m³2022 | 3.4 %2022No stress | 6.7 bn m³2022 |
| MaldivesSouth Asia | 57 m³/person2022 | 0 bn m³2022 | 15.7 %2022No stress | 0 bn m³2022 |
| MaliSub-Saharan Africa | 2,600 m³/person2022 | 60 bn m³2022 | 8 %2022No stress | 5.2 bn m³2022 |
| MaltaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 95 m³/person2022 | 0.1 bn m³2022 | 72.6 %2022Medium | 0 bn m³2022 |
| MauritaniaSub-Saharan Africa | 82 m³/person2022 | 0.4 bn m³2022 | 13.2 %2022No stress | 1.3 bn m³2022 |
| MauritiusSub-Saharan Africa | 2,179 m³/person2022 | 2.8 bn m³2022 | 23 %2022No stress | 0.6 bn m³2022 |
| MexicoLatin America & Caribbean | 3,180 m³/person2022 | 409 bn m³2022 | 44.9 %2022Low | 89.8 bn m³2022 |
| MoldovaEurope & Central Asia | 641 m³/person2022 | 1.6 bn m³2022 | 12.6 %2022No stress | 0.8 bn m³2022 |
| MonacoEurope & Central Asia | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | 0 bn m³2022 |
| MongoliaEast Asia & Pacific | 10,135 m³/person2022 | 34.8 bn m³2022 | 3.4 %2022No stress | 0.5 bn m³2022 |
| MontenegroEurope & Central Asia | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | 2.2 bn m³2022 |
| MoroccoMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 777 m³/person2022 | 29 bn m³2022 | 50.8 %2022Medium | 10.6 bn m³2022 |
| MozambiqueSub-Saharan Africa | 3,071 m³/person2022 | 100.3 bn m³2022 | 1.8 %2022No stress | 1.5 bn m³2022 |
| MyanmarEast Asia & Pacific | 18,654 m³/person2022 | 1,002.8 bn m³2022 | 5.8 %2022No stress | 33.2 bn m³2022 |
| NamibiaSub-Saharan Africa | 2,132 m³/person2022 | 6.2 bn m³2022 | 0.3 %2022No stress | 0.1 bn m³2022 |
| NauruEast Asia & Pacific | 847 m³/person2022 | 0 bn m³2022 | Not reported | Not reported |
| NepalSouth Asia | 6,670 m³/person2022 | 198.2 bn m³2022 | 8.3 %2022No stress | 9.5 bn m³2022 |
| NetherlandsEurope & Central Asia | 621 m³/person2022 | 11 bn m³2022 | 16.7 %2022No stress | 8.2 bn m³2022 |
| New ZealandEast Asia & Pacific | 64,349 m³/person2022 | 327 bn m³2022 | 8 %2022No stress | 9.9 bn m³2022 |
| NicaraguaLatin America & Caribbean | 23,209 m³/person2022 | 156.2 bn m³2022 | 2.2 %2022No stress | 1.3 bn m³2022 |
| NigerSub-Saharan Africa | 138 m³/person2022 | 3.5 bn m³2022 | 11 %2022No stress | 2.6 bn m³2022 |
| NigeriaSub-Saharan Africa | 990 m³/person2022 | 221 bn m³2022 | 9.7 %2022No stress | 12.5 bn m³2022 |
| North MacedoniaEurope & Central Asia | 2,948 m³/person2022 | 5.4 bn m³2022 | 52.6 %2022Medium | 2.2 bn m³2022 |
| NorwayEurope & Central Asia | 70,000 m³/person2022 | 382 bn m³2022 | 2 %2022No stress | 2.7 bn m³2022 |
| OmanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 296 m³/person2022 | 1.4 bn m³2022 | 116.7 %2022Critical | 1.6 bn m³2022 |
| PakistanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 226 m³/person2022 | 55 bn m³2022 | 110 %2022Critical | 179.3 bn m³2022 |
| PanamaLatin America & Caribbean | 31,040 m³/person2022 | 136.6 bn m³2022 | 0.9 %2022No stress | 1.2 bn m³2022 |
| Papua New GuineaEast Asia & Pacific | 78,505 m³/person2022 | 801 bn m³2022 | 0.1 %2022No stress | 0.4 bn m³2022 |
| ParaguayLatin America & Caribbean | 17,307 m³/person2022 | 117 bn m³2022 | 1.8 %2022No stress | 2.4 bn m³2022 |
| PeruLatin America & Caribbean | 49,021 m³/person2022 | 1,641 bn m³2022 | 4.8 %2022No stress | 25.9 bn m³2022 |
| PhilippinesEast Asia & Pacific | 4,203 m³/person2022 | 479 bn m³2022 | 27.8 %2022Low | 91 bn m³2022 |
| PolandEurope & Central Asia | 1,456 m³/person2022 | 53.6 bn m³2022 | 32.5 %2022Low | 9.4 bn m³2022 |
| PortugalEurope & Central Asia | 3,642 m³/person2022 | 38 bn m³2022 | 12.3 %2022No stress | 6.1 bn m³2022 |
| Puerto Rico (US)Latin America & Caribbean | 2,205 m³/person2022 | 7.1 bn m³2022 | 19.5 %2022No stress | 0.9 bn m³2022 |
| QatarMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 21 m³/person2022 | 0.1 bn m³2022 | 431 %2022Critical | 0.3 bn m³2022 |
| RomaniaEurope & Central Asia | 2,225 m³/person2022 | 42.4 bn m³2022 | 7.6 %2022No stress | 8.2 bn m³2022 |
| RussiaEurope & Central Asia | 29,895 m³/person2022 | 4,312 bn m³2022 | 4.1 %2022No stress | 64.8 bn m³2022 |
| RwandaSub-Saharan Africa | 696 m³/person2022 | 9.5 bn m³2022 | 20.2 %2022No stress | 0.6 bn m³2022 |
| Saint Kitts and NevisLatin America & Caribbean | 514 m³/person2022 | 0 bn m³2022 | 50.8 %2022Medium | 0 bn m³2022 |
| Saint LuciaLatin America & Caribbean | 1,678 m³/person2022 | 0.3 bn m³2022 | 14.3 %2022No stress | 0 bn m³2022 |
| Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesLatin America & Caribbean | 980 m³/person2022 | 0.1 bn m³2022 | 7.9 %2022No stress | 0 bn m³2022 |
| São Tomé and PríncipeSub-Saharan Africa | 9,633 m³/person2022 | 2.2 bn m³2022 | 1.9 %2022No stress | 0 bn m³2022 |
| Saudi ArabiaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 75 m³/person2022 | 2.4 bn m³2022 | 974.2 %2022Critical | 23.4 bn m³2022 |
| SenegalSub-Saharan Africa | 1,462 m³/person2022 | 25.8 bn m³2022 | 16.3 %2022No stress | 3.1 bn m³2022 |
| SerbiaEurope & Central Asia | 1,261 m³/person2022 | 8.4 bn m³2022 | 5.7 %2022No stress | 5.1 bn m³2022 |
| SeychellesSub-Saharan Africa | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | 0 bn m³2022 |
| Sierra LeoneSub-Saharan Africa | 19,331 m³/person2022 | 160 bn m³2022 | 0.5 %2022No stress | 0.2 bn m³2022 |
| SingaporeEast Asia & Pacific | 106 m³/person2022 | 0.6 bn m³2022 | 33.3 %2022Low | 0.2 bn m³2022 |
| SlovakiaEurope & Central Asia | 2,320 m³/person2022 | 12.6 bn m³2022 | 2.4 %2022No stress | 0.6 bn m³2022 |
| SloveniaEurope & Central Asia | 8,840 m³/person2022 | 18.7 bn m³2022 | 5.6 %2022No stress | 0.8 bn m³2022 |
| Solomon IslandsEast Asia & Pacific | 57,229 m³/person2022 | 44.7 bn m³2022 | Not reported | Not reported |
| SomaliaSub-Saharan Africa | 337 m³/person2022 | 6 bn m³2022 | 24.5 %2022No stress | 3.3 bn m³2022 |
| South AfricaSub-Saharan Africa | 718 m³/person2022 | 44.8 bn m³2022 | 67.6 %2022Medium | 21.1 bn m³2022 |
| South KoreaEast Asia & Pacific | 1,255 m³/person2022 | 64.9 bn m³2022 | 85.2 %2022High | 29.2 bn m³2022 |
| South SudanSub-Saharan Africa | 2,359 m³/person2022 | 26 bn m³2022 | 4.2 %2022No stress | 0.7 bn m³2022 |
| SpainEurope & Central Asia | 2,327 m³/person2022 | 111.2 bn m³2022 | 43.3 %2022Low | 29 bn m³2022 |
| Sri LankaSouth Asia | 2,380 m³/person2022 | 52.8 bn m³2022 | 90.8 %2022High | 12.9 bn m³2022 |
| SudanSub-Saharan Africa | 81 m³/person2022 | 4 bn m³2022 | 118.7 %2022Critical | 26.9 bn m³2022 |
| SurinameLatin America & Caribbean | 158,867 m³/person2022 | 99 bn m³2022 | 4 %2022No stress | 0.6 bn m³2022 |
| SwedenEurope & Central Asia | 16,306 m³/person2022 | 171 bn m³2022 | 3.6 %2022No stress | 2.5 bn m³2022 |
| SwitzerlandEurope & Central Asia | 4,603 m³/person2022 | 40.4 bn m³2022 | 6.5 %2022No stress | 1.7 bn m³2022 |
| SyriaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 318 m³/person2022 | 7.1 bn m³2022 | 124.4 %2022Critical | 14 bn m³2022 |
| TajikistanEurope & Central Asia | 6,232 m³/person2022 | 63.5 bn m³2022 | 69.9 %2022Medium | 10.6 bn m³2022 |
| TanzaniaSub-Saharan Africa | 1,298 m³/person2022 | 84 bn m³2022 | 13 %2022No stress | 5.2 bn m³2022 |
| ThailandEast Asia & Pacific | 3,130 m³/person2022 | 224.5 bn m³2022 | 23 %2022No stress | 57.3 bn m³2022 |
| Timor-LesteEast Asia & Pacific | 5,999 m³/person2022 | 8.2 bn m³2022 | 28.3 %2022Low | 1.2 bn m³2022 |
| TogoSub-Saharan Africa | 1,425 m³/person2022 | 11.5 bn m³2022 | 3.4 %2022No stress | 0.2 bn m³2022 |
| Trinidad and TobagoLatin America & Caribbean | 2,812 m³/person2022 | 3.8 bn m³2022 | 20.3 %2022No stress | 0.3 bn m³2022 |
| TunisiaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 346 m³/person2022 | 4.2 bn m³2022 | 98.1 %2022High | 3.9 bn m³2022 |
| TurkeyEurope & Central Asia | 2,671 m³/person2022 | 227 bn m³2022 | 47.9 %2022Low | 64.5 bn m³2022 |
| TurkmenistanEurope & Central Asia | 194 m³/person2022 | 1.4 bn m³2022 | 135.2 %2022Critical | 26.2 bn m³2022 |
| UgandaSub-Saharan Africa | 824 m³/person2022 | 39 bn m³2022 | 5.8 %2022No stress | 0.6 bn m³2022 |
| UkraineEurope & Central Asia | 1,342 m³/person2022 | 55.1 bn m³2022 | 6.3 %2022No stress | 4.9 bn m³2022 |
| United Arab EmiratesMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 15 m³/person2022 | 0.2 bn m³2022 | 1,509.9 %2022Critical | 2.3 bn m³2022 |
| United KingdomEurope & Central Asia | 2,144 m³/person2022 | 145 bn m³2022 | 14.4 %2022No stress | 8.4 bn m³2022 |
| United StatesNorth America | 8,437 m³/person2022 | 2,818 bn m³2022 | 28.2 %2022Low | 444.3 bn m³2022 |
| UruguayLatin America & Caribbean | 27,190 m³/person2022 | 92.2 bn m³2022 | 12.1 %2022No stress | 4.5 bn m³2022 |
| UzbekistanEurope & Central Asia | 468 m³/person2022 | 16.3 bn m³2022 | 123 %2022Critical | 42.9 bn m³2022 |
| VanuatuEast Asia & Pacific | 31,944 m³/person2022 | 10 bn m³2022 | Not reported | Not reported |
| VenezuelaLatin America & Caribbean | 28,533 m³/person2022 | 805 bn m³2022 | 7.5 %2022No stress | 22.6 bn m³2022 |
| VietnamEast Asia & Pacific | 3,606 m³/person2022 | 359.4 bn m³2022 | 18.1 %2022No stress | 81.9 bn m³2022 |
| West Bank and GazaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 165 m³/person2021 | 0.8 bn m³2021 | 47.8 %2021Low | 0.3 bn m³2021 |
| YemenMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 55 m³/person2022 | 2.1 bn m³2022 | 169.8 %2022Critical | 3.6 bn m³2022 |
| ZambiaSub-Saharan Africa | 3,980 m³/person2022 | 80.2 bn m³2022 | 2.8 %2022No stress | 1.6 bn m³2022 |
| ZimbabweSub-Saharan Africa | 763 m³/person2022 | 12.3 bn m³2022 | 46.1 %2022Low | 4.9 bn m³2022 |
Methodology and limits
How to read this report
What is measured
Renewable internal freshwater is a flow: the long-term annual amount generated by precipitation and internal river flows. It is not a measurement of water currently stored in every lake, aquifer, glacier, or reservoir. Withdrawals measure water taken for human uses, while water stress measures pressure on available renewable resources.
Stress bands
We use the UN-Water SDG 6.4.2 bands: no stress below 25%, low at 25-50%, medium at 50-75%, high at 75-100%, and critical above 100%. Values can exceed 100% where withdrawals rely on non-renewable or non-conventional sources, reuse, or flows not captured by internal renewable resources.
Latest available value
The update script requests 2015-2024 and keeps the latest non-null observation for each country and indicator. Most values are from 2022; a small number are from 2021. We do not align different metrics by interpolation and do not generate missing values.
Reproducibility
The downloadable CSV and JSON contain the source indicator codes, country identifiers, values, years, and update metadata. The dataset can be regenerated from the World Bank API with the project's versioned update script.
Primary sources