Surface water inflow submitted to treaties

(billion cubic meters per year)

Pakistan is the top country by surface water inflow submitted to treaties in the world. As of 2020, surface water inflow submitted to treaties in Pakistan was 243.6 billion cubic meters per year that accounts for 34.04% of the world's surface water inflow submitted to treaties. The top 5 countries (others are Uzbekistan, Egypt, Turkmenistan, and South Sudan) account for 78.07% of it. The world's total surface water inflow submitted to treaties was estimated at 715.7 billion cubic meters per year in 2020.

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What is surface water inflow submitted to treaties?

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