Internal Renewable Water Resources - Internal renewable water resources

Topics Water Internal Renewable Water Resources

Brazil is the top country by internal renewable water resources in the world. As of 2020, internal renewable water resources in Brazil was 5,661 billion cubic meters per year that accounts for 13.23% of the world's internal renewable water resources. The top 5 countries (others are Russian Federation, Canada, the United States of America, and China) account for 43.12% of it. The world's total internal renewable water resources was estimated at 42,802 billion cubic meters per year in 2020.

Internal Renewable Water Resources (IRWR): Long-term average annual flow of rivers and recharge of aquifers generated from endogenous precipitation. Double counting of surface water and groundwater resources is avoided by deducting the overlap from the sum of the surface water and groundwater resources

Internal renewable water resources (billion cubic meters per year)

	1970	1990	2000	2005	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Afghanistan	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47
Albania	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Algeria	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Andorra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Angola	148	148	148	148	148	148	148	148	148	148	148	148	148	148	148
Antigua and Barbuda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Argentina	292	292	292	292	292	292	292	292	292	292	292	292	292	292	292
Armenia			7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Australia	492	492	492	492	492	492	492	492	492	492	492	492	492	492	492
Austria	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55
Azerbaijan			8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Bahamas	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Bahrain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bangladesh	105	105	105	105	105	105	105	105	105	105	105	105	105	105	105
Barbados	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Belarus			34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34
Belgium	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Belize	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Benin	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Bhutan	95	95	81	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	304	304	304	304	304	304	304	304	304	304	304	304	304	304	304
Bosnia and Herzegovina			36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36
Botswana	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Brazil	5,661	5,661	5,661	5,661	5,661	5,661	5,661	5,661	5,661	5,661	5,661	5,661	5,661	5,661	5,661
Brunei Darussalam	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Bulgaria	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Burkina Faso	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Burundi	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Cabo Verde	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cambodia	121	121	121	121	121	121	121	121	121	121	121	121	121	121	121
Cameroon	273	273	273	273	273	273	273	273	273	273	273	273	273	273	273
Canada	2,850	2,850	2,850	2,850	2,850	2,850	2,850	2,850	2,850	2,850	2,850	2,850	2,850	2,850	2,850
Central African Republic	141	141	141	141	141	141	141	141	141	141	141	141	141	141	141
Chad	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Chile	885	885	885	885	885	885	885	885	885	885	885	885	885	885	885
China	2,813	2,813	2,813	2,813	2,813	2,813	2,813	2,813	2,813	2,813	2,813	2,813	2,813	2,813	2,813
Colombia	2,145	2,145	2,145	2,145	2,145	2,145	2,145	2,145	2,145	2,145	2,145	2,145	2,145	2,145	2,145
Comoros	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Congo	222	222	222	222	222	222	222	222	222	222	222	222	222	222	222
Costa Rica	113	113	113	113	113	113	113	113	113	113	113	113	113	113	113
Côte d'Ivoire	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77
Croatia			38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38
Cuba	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38
Cyprus	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Czechia			13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67
Democratic Republic of the Congo	900	900	900	900	900	900	900	900	900	900	900	900	900	900	900
Denmark	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Djibouti	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dominica	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dominican Republic	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Ecuador	442	442	442	442	442	442	442	442	442	442	442	442	442	442	442
Egypt	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
El Salvador	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Equatorial Guinea	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Eritrea			3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Estonia			13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Eswatini	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Ethiopia			122	122	122	122	122	122	122	122	122	122	122	122	122
Fiji	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Finland	107	107	107	107	107	107	107	107	107	107	107	107	107	107	107
France	200	200	200	200	200	200	200	200	200	200	200	200	200	200	200
Gabon	164	164	164	164	164	164	164	164	164	164	164	164	164	164	164
Gambia	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Georgia			58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58
Germany	107	107	107	107	107	107	107	107	107	107	107	107	107	107	107
Ghana	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Greece	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58
Grenada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guatemala	109	109	109	109	109	109	109	109	109	109	109	109	109	109	109
Guinea	226	226	226	226	226	226	226	226	226	226	226	226	226	226	226
Guinea-Bissau	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Guyana	241	241	241	241	241	241	241	241	241	241	241	241	241	241	241
Haiti	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Honduras	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91
Hungary	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Iceland	170	170	170	170	170	170	170	170	170	170	170	170	170	170	170
India	1,446	1,446	1,446	1,446	1,446	1,446	1,446	1,446	1,446	1,446	1,446	1,446	1,446	1,446	1,446
Indonesia	2,019	2,019	2,019	2,019	2,019	2,019	2,019	2,019	2,019	2,019	2,019	2,019	2,019	2,019	2,019
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	129	129	129	129	129	129	129	129	129	129	129	129	129	129	129
Iraq	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35
Ireland	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49
Israel	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Italy	183	183	183	183	183	183	183	183	183	183	183	183	183	183	183
Jamaica	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Japan	430	430	430	430	430	430	430	430	430	430	430	430	430	430	430
Jordan	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Kazakhstan			64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64
Kenya	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Kuwait	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kyrgyzstan			49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49
Lao People's Democratic Republic	190	190	190	190	190	190	190	190	190	190	190	190	190	190	190
Latvia			17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Lebanon	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Lesotho	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Liberia	200	200	200	200	200	200	200	200	200	200	200	200	200	200	200
Libya	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Lithuania			15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Luxembourg	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Madagascar	337	337	337	337	337	337	337	337	337	337	337	337	337	337	337
Malawi	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Malaysia	580	580	580	580	580	580	580	580	580	580	580	580	580	580	580
Maldives	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mali	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60
Malta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mauritania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mauritius	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Mexico	409	409	409	409	409	409	409	409	409	409	409	409	409	409	409
Mongolia	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35
Morocco	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Mozambique	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Myanmar	1,003	1,003	1,003	1,003	1,003	1,003	1,003	1,003	1,003	1,003	1,003	1,003	1,003	1,003	1,003
Namibia	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Nepal	198	198	198	198	198	198	198	198	198	198	198	198	198	198	198
Netherlands	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
New Zealand	327	327	327	327	327	327	327	327	327	327	327	327	327	327	327
Nicaragua	156	156	156	156	156	156	156	156	156	156	156	156	156	156	156
Niger	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Nigeria	221	221	221	221	221	221	221	221	221	221	221	221	221	221	221
Norway	382	382	382	382	382	382	382	382	382	382	382	382	382	382	382
Palestine	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Oman	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Pakistan	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55
Panama	137	137	137	137	137	137	137	137	137	137	137	137	137	137	137
Papua New Guinea	801	801	801	801	801	801	801	801	801	801	801	801	801	801	801
Paraguay	117	117	117	117	117	117	117	117	117	117	117	117	117	117	117
Peru	1,641	1,641	1,641	1,641	1,641	1,641	1,641	1,641	1,641	1,641	1,641	1,641	1,641	1,641	1,641
Philippines	479	479	479	479	479	479	479	479	479	479	479	479	479	479	479
Poland	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54
Portugal	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38
Puerto Rico	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Qatar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Republic of Korea	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65
Republic of Moldova			2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Romania	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42
Russian Federation			4,312	4,312	4,312	4,312	4,312	4,312	4,312	4,312	4,312	4,312	4,312	4,312	4,312
Rwanda	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Lucia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sao Tome and Principe	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Saudi Arabia	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Senegal	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Serbia					8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Sierra Leone	160	160	160	160	160	160	160	160	160	160	160	160	160	160	160
Singapore	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Slovakia			13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Slovenia			19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Solomon Islands	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45
Somalia	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
South Africa	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45
South Sudan							26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Spain	111	111	111	111	111	111	111	111	111	111	111	111	111	111	111
Sri Lanka	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53
Sudan							4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Suriname	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99
Sweden	171	171	171	171	171	171	171	171	171	171	171	171	171	171	171
Switzerland	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40
Syrian Arab Republic	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Tajikistan			63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63
Thailand	225	225	225	225	225	225	225	225	225	225	225	225	225	225	225
North Macedonia			5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Timor-Leste	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Togo	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Trinidad and Tobago	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Tunisia	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Turkey	227	227	227	227	227	227	227	227	227	227	227	227	227	227	227
Turkmenistan			1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Uganda	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39
Ukraine			55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55
United Arab Emirates	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
United Kingdom	145	145	145	145	145	145	145	145	145	145	145	145	145	145	145
United Republic of Tanzania	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84
United States of America	2,818	2,818	2,818	2,818	2,818	2,818	2,818	2,818	2,818	2,818	2,818	2,818	2,818	2,818	2,818
Uruguay	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92
Uzbekistan			16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Vanuatu	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	805	805	805	805	805	805	805	805	805	805	805	805	805	805	805
Viet Nam	359	359	359	359	359	359	359	359	359	359	359	359	359	359	359
Yemen	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Zambia	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80
Zimbabwe	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Nauru	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Internal renewable water resources (billion cubic meters per year)

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