Which country has the highest Renewable Internal Freshwater?

Brazil has the highest Renewable Internal Freshwater in 2021, at 5.7T m³, followed by Russia (4.3T m³) and Canada (2.9T m³).

Which country has the lowest Renewable Internal Freshwater?

Bahrain has the lowest Renewable Internal Freshwater in 2021, at 4M m³.

What is the median Renewable Internal Freshwater across countries?

The median is 34.4B m³ across the 180 countries with data in 2021.

Where does this fresh water by country data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Renewable internal freshwater resources, total (billion cubic meters) - World Bank; Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita (cubic meters) - World Bank.

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Fresh water by Country

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Brazil has the highest Renewable Internal Freshwater in 2021 (5.7T m³), followed by Russia (4.3T m³) and Canada (2.9T m³). Bahrain has the lowest (4M m³).

Environment181 countries · 2 metricsUpdated Feb 14, 2025Original page

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Renewable internal freshwater resources, total (billion cubic meters) - World Bank
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita (cubic meters) - World Bank

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Median

34.4B m³

Middle half 6B m³ – 137.7B m³

Average

236.9B m³

180 countries

Highest

5.7T m³

Brazil

Lowest

4M m³

Bahrain

Over time · 1961–2021

The top 5 in 2021, against the median.

Median of all countries
Brazil
Russia
Canada
United States
China

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181 countries · # = rank by Renewable Internal Freshwater

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1	Brazil	5.7T m³	27,015 m³
2	Russia	4.3T m³	29,790 m³
3	Canada	2.9T m³	74,530 m³
4	United States	2.8T m³	8,487 m³
5	China	2.8T m³	1,992 m³
6	Colombia	2.1T m³	41,904 m³
7	Indonesia	2T m³	7,294 m³
8	Peru	1.6T m³	49,493 m³
9	India	1.4T m³	1,022 m³
10	Myanmar	1T m³	18,784 m³
11	DR Congo	900B m³	9,077 m³
12	Chile	885B m³	45,486 m³
13	Venezuela	805B m³	28,508 m³
14	Papua New Guinea	801B m³	79,997 m³
15	Malaysia	580B m³	16,918 m³
16	Australia	492B m³	19,155 m³
17	Philippines	479B m³	4,235 m³
18	Ecuador	442.4B m³	25,019 m³
19	Japan	430B m³	3,421 m³
20	Mexico	409B m³	3,204 m³
21	Norway	382B m³	70,632 m³
22	Vietnam	359.4B m³	3,633 m³
23	Madagascar	337B m³	11,350 m³
24	New Zealand	327B m³	63,976 m³
25	Bolivia	303.5B m³	25,424 m³
26	Argentina	292B m³	6,444 m³
27	Cameroon	273B m³	10,143 m³
28	Guyana	241B m³	295,531 m³
29	Turkey	227B m³	2,698 m³
30	Guinea	226B m³	16,484 m³
31	Thailand	224.5B m³	3,130 m³
32	Republic of the Congo	222B m³	37,677 m³
33	Nigeria	221B m³	1,011 m³
34	France	200B m³	2,948 m³
34	Liberia	200B m³	38,028 m³
36	Nepal	198.2B m³	6,724 m³
37	Laos	190.4B m³	25,546 m³
38	Italy	182.5B m³	3,086 m³
39	Sweden	171B m³	16,417 m³
40	Gabon	164B m³	69,003 m³
41	Sierra Leone	160B m³	19,766 m³
42	Nicaragua	156.2B m³	23,509 m³
43	Angola	148B m³	4,286 m³
44	United Kingdom	145B m³	2,163 m³
45	Central African Republic	141B m³	27,582 m³
46	Panama	136.6B m³	31,436 m³
47	Iran	128.5B m³	1,453 m³
48	Ethiopia	122B m³	999 m³
49	Cambodia	120.6B m³	7,105 m³
50	Paraguay	117B m³	17,504 m³
51	Costa Rica	113B m³	22,332 m³
52	Spain	111.2B m³	2,345 m³
53	Guatemala	109.2B m³	6,205 m³
54	Germany	107B m³	1,286 m³
54	Finland	107B m³	19,311 m³
56	Bangladesh	105B m³	626 m³
57	Mozambique	100.3B m³	3,163 m³
58	Suriname	99B m³	160,221 m³
59	Uruguay	92.2B m³	27,144 m³
60	Honduras	90.7B m³	8,811 m³
61	Tanzania	84B m³	1,337 m³
62	Zambia	80.2B m³	4,091 m³
63	Bhutan	78B m³	100,588 m³
64	Ivory Coast	76.8B m³	2,592 m³
65	North Korea	67B m³	2,554 m³
66	South Korea	64.9B m³	1,253 m³
67	Kazakhstan	64.4B m³	3,259 m³
68	Tajikistan	63.5B m³	6,367 m³
69	Mali	60B m³	2,680 m³
70	Georgia	58.1B m³	15,674 m³
71	Greece	58B m³	5,488 m³
72	Ukraine	55.1B m³	1,244 m³
73	Pakistan	55B m³	230 m³
73	Austria	55B m³	6,141 m³
75	Poland	53.6B m³	1,449 m³
76	Sri Lanka	52.8B m³	2,383 m³
77	Ireland	49B m³	9,735 m³
78	Kyrgyzstan	48.9B m³	7,142 m³
79	Afghanistan	47.2B m³	1,179 m³
80	South Africa	44.8B m³	728 m³
81	Solomon Islands	44.7B m³	58,616 m³
82	Romania	42.4B m³	2,216 m³
83	Switzerland	40.4B m³	4,641 m³
84	Uganda	39B m³	849 m³
85	Cuba	38.1B m³	3,427 m³
86	Portugal	38B m³	3,667 m³
87	Croatia	37.7B m³	9,719 m³
88	Bosnia and Herzegovina	35.5B m³	10,940 m³
89	Iraq	35.2B m³	817 m³
90	Mongolia	34.8B m³	10,284 m³
91	Belarus	34B m³	3,655 m³
92	Ghana	30.3B m³	932 m³
93	Morocco	29B m³	785 m³
94	Fiji	28.6B m³	31,144 m³
95	Albania	26.9B m³	9,567 m³
96	South Sudan	26B m³	2,393 m³
96	Equatorial Guinea	26B m³	14,783 m³
98	Senegal	25.8B m³	1,498 m³
99	Dominican Republic	23.5B m³	2,113 m³
100	Bulgaria	21B m³	3,053 m³
101	Kenya	20.7B m³	389 m³
102	Slovenia	18.7B m³	8,856 m³
103	Latvia	16.9B m³	8,989 m³
104	Uzbekistan	16.3B m³	477 m³
105	Malawi	16.1B m³	805 m³
106	Guinea-Bissau	16B m³	7,771 m³
107	El Salvador	15.6B m³	2,498 m³
108	Lithuania	15.5B m³	5,520 m³
109	Belize	15.3B m³	38,599 m³
110	Chad	15B m³	841 m³
111	Czechia	13.2B m³	1,252 m³
112	Haiti	13B m³	1,144 m³
113	Estonia	12.7B m³	9,550 m³
114	Slovakia	12.6B m³	2,313 m³
115	Burkina Faso	12.5B m³	568 m³
116	Zimbabwe	12.3B m³	776 m³
117	Belgium	12B m³	1,036 m³
118	Togo	11.5B m³	1,295 m³
119	Algeria	11.2B m³	251 m³
120	Netherlands	11B m³	627 m³
121	Jamaica	10.8B m³	3,814 m³
122	Benin	10.3B m³	768 m³
123	Burundi	10.1B m³	776 m³
124	Vanuatu	10B m³	32,694 m³
125	Rwanda	9.5B m³	711 m³
126	Brunei	8.5B m³	18,817 m³
127	Serbia	8.4B m³	1,230 m³
128	Timor-Leste	8.2B m³	6,085 m³
129	Azerbaijan	8.1B m³	800 m³
130	Syria	7.1B m³	330 m³
131	Puerto Rico	7.1B m³	2,176 m³
132	Armenia	6.9B m³	2,315 m³
133	Namibia	6.2B m³	2,192 m³
134	Somalia	6B m³	347 m³
134	Hungary	6B m³	618 m³
134	Denmark	6B m³	1,024 m³
137	North Macedonia	5.4B m³	2,939 m³
138	Lesotho	5.2B m³	2,313 m³
139	Lebanon	4.8B m³	839 m³
140	Tunisia	4.2B m³	348 m³
141	Sudan	4B m³	83.22 m³
142	Trinidad and Tobago	3.8B m³	2,808 m³
143	Niger	3.5B m³	143 m³
144	Gambia	3B m³	1,165 m³
145	Eritrea	2.8B m³	836 m³
146	Mauritius	2.8B m³	2,172 m³
147	Eswatini	2.6B m³	2,188 m³
148	Saudi Arabia	2.4B m³	77.96 m³
148	Botswana	2.4B m³	999 m³
150	Sao Tome and Principe	2.2B m³	9,822 m³
151	Yemen	2.1B m³	56.54 m³
152	Moldova	1.6B m³	624 m³
153	Turkmenistan	1.4B m³	198 m³
154	Oman	1.4B m³	311 m³
155	Comoros	1.2B m³	1,467 m³
156	Egypt	1B m³	9.01 m³
156	Luxembourg	1B m³	1,562 m³
158	Cyprus	780M m³	592 m³
159	Israel	750M m³	80.03 m³
160	Libya	700M m³	98.11 m³
160	Bahamas	700M m³	1,766 m³
162	Jordan	682M m³	61.63 m³
163	Singapore	600M m³	110 m³
164	Mauritania	400M m³	84.48 m³
165	Andorra	315.6M m³	4,027 m³
166	Djibouti	300M m³	268 m³
166	Cape Verde	300M m³	581 m³
166	Saint Lucia	300M m³	1,680 m³
169	Grenada	200M m³	1,714 m³
169	Dominica	200M m³	2,976 m³
171	United Arab Emirates	150M m³	15.67 m³
172	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	100M m³	972 m³
173	Barbados	80M m³	284 m³
174	Qatar	56M m³	22.36 m³
175	Antigua and Barbuda	52M m³	563 m³
176	Malta	50.5M m³	97.39 m³
177	Maldives	30M m³	58.12 m³
178	Saint Kitts and Nevis	24M m³	513 m³
179	Nauru	10M m³	854 m³
180	Bahrain	4M m³	2.66 m³
—	Iceland	—	456,351 m³

What correlates with Renewable Internal Freshwater (2021)?

Pearson r against 1,434 other country metrics sharing at least 108 countries. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher Renewable Internal Freshwater tend to score higher on these

Total BiocapacityEcological Footprint by Country
r = +0.92 · very strong · n = 122
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Forest AreaForest Area by Country
r = +0.89 · very strong · n = 176
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Forest Cover Forest AreaForest Cover by Country
r = +0.88 · very strong · n = 177
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Extent of ForestForest Cover by Country
r = +0.87 · very strong · n = 177
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# of TreesTrees by Country
r = +0.86 · very strong · n = 178
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Total Area (km²)
r = +0.82 · very strong · n = 180
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Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Renewable Internal Freshwater tend to score lower on these

Global FirePower IndexMilitary Strength Index by Country
r = −0.32 · moderate · n = 140
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Net International Investment PositionNet International Investment Position by Country
r = −0.28 · weak · n = 114
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Year of First Oscar SubmissionOscar Winners by Country
r = −0.26 · weak · n = 120
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CountContinent With the Most Countries
r = −0.25 · weak · n = 179
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Joining YearInternational Maritime Organization
r = −0.25 · weak · n = 161
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Residential VoltageVoltage by Country
r = −0.25 · weak · n = 171
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest Renewable Internal Freshwater?: Brazil has the highest Renewable Internal Freshwater in 2021, at 5.7T m³, followed by Russia (4.3T m³) and Canada (2.9T m³).
Which country has the lowest Renewable Internal Freshwater?: Bahrain has the lowest Renewable Internal Freshwater in 2021, at 4M m³.
What is the median Renewable Internal Freshwater across countries?: The median is 34.4B m³ across the 180 countries with data in 2021.
Where does this fresh water by country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Renewable internal freshwater resources, total (billion cubic meters) - World Bank; Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita (cubic meters) - World Bank.

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