Surface water inflow secured through treaties

(billion cubic meters per year)

Pakistan is the top country by surface water inflow secured through treaties in the world. As of 2020, surface water inflow secured through treaties in Pakistan was 170.3 billion cubic meters per year that accounts for 40.49% of the world's surface water inflow secured through treaties. The top 5 countries (others are Uzbekistan, Egypt, Turkmenistan, and Sudan) account for 86.09% of it. The world's total surface water inflow secured through treaties was estimated at 420.6 billion cubic meters per year in 2020.

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What is surface water inflow secured through treaties?

Long-term average quantity of water annually entering the country through transboundary flow (rivers, canals, pipes) which is secured through formal agreements or treaties