| Country (km3 in 2021) |
Canada is the top country by dam capacity in the world. As of 2021, dam capacity in Canada was 841.51 km3 that accounts for 11.82% of the world's dam capacity. The top 5 countries (others are China, Russian Federation, the United States of America, and Brazil) account for 54.93% of it. The world's total dam capacity was estimated at 7,117.44 km3 in 2021.
The description is composed by our digital data assistant.| Canada | 841.51 | FAO |
| China | 830.46 | FAO |
| Russian Federation | 801.54 | FAO |
| United States of America | 735.87 | FAO |
| Brazil | 700.44 | FAO |
| India | 247.46 | FAO |
| Egypt | 168.2 | FAO |
| Turkey | 157.83 | FAO |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 157.63 | FAO |
| Mexico | 152.28 | FAO |
| Iraq | 151.8 | FAO |
| Ghana | 148.5 | FAO |
| Argentina | 131.56 | FAO |
| United Republic of Tanzania | 104.2 | FAO |
| Zambia | 101.13 | FAO |
| Zimbabwe | 99.93 | FAO |
| Uganda | 80 | FAO |
| Kazakhstan | 79.95 | FAO |
| Thailand | 79.23 | FAO |
| Australia | 77.79 | FAO |
| Mozambique | 74.14 | FAO |
| Ukraine | 55.4 | FAO |
| Spain | 53.81 | FAO |
| Nigeria | 50.67 | FAO |
| Viet Nam | 44.72 | FAO |
| Iran | 44.44 | FAO |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 37.24 | FAO |
| Sweden | 35.96 | FAO |
| Paraguay | 33.53 | FAO |
| Norway | 33.28 | FAO |
| Nicaragua | 32.01 | FAO |
| Ethiopia | 31.48 | FAO |
| Japan | 31.47 | FAO |
| South Africa | 31.02 | FAO |
| Tajikistan | 29.51 | FAO |
| Pakistan | 27.81 | FAO |
| Kenya | 24.79 | FAO |
| Indonesia | 24 | FAO |
| Kyrgyzstan | 23.57 | FAO |
| Malaysia | 22.45 | FAO |
| Uzbekistan | 22.01 | FAO |
| Azerbaijan | 21.54 | FAO |
| Sudan | 21.23 | FAO |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 21.23 | FAO |
| Suriname | 20 | FAO |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 19.65 | FAO |
| Republic of Korea | 18.83 | FAO |
| Finland | 18.6 | FAO |
| Morocco | 17.96 | FAO |
| Uruguay | 17.15 | FAO |
| New Zealand | 16.89 | FAO |
| Cameroon | 15.61 | FAO |
| Myanmar | 15.53 | FAO |
| Mali | 13.8 | FAO |
| Chile | 13.22 | FAO |
| Greece | 12.32 | FAO |
| Portugal | 11.63 | FAO |
| Colombia | 11.28 | FAO |
| Romania | 11.06 | FAO |
| Lao People’s Democratic Republic | 10.62 | FAO |
| Italy | 10.05 | FAO |
| France | 9.98 | FAO |
| Angola | 9.45 | FAO |
| Netherlands | 9.23 | FAO |
| Panama | 9.14 | FAO |
| Algeria | 8.62 | FAO |
| Ecuador | 7.69 | FAO |
| Philippines | 7.11 | FAO |
| Bulgaria | 6.52 | FAO |
| Bangladesh | 6.48 | FAO |
| Sri Lanka | 5.94 | FAO |
| Honduras | 5.8 | FAO |
| Peru | 5.77 | FAO |
| Cuba | 5.66 | FAO |
| Turkmenistan | 5.59 | FAO |
| Burkina Faso | 5.34 | FAO |
| United Kingdom | 5.27 | FAO |
| Albania | 4.03 | FAO |
| Germany | 4 | FAO |
| El Salvador | 3.88 | FAO |
| Georgia | 3.41 | FAO |
| Switzerland | 3.34 | FAO |
| Czech Republic | 3.18 | FAO |
| Belarus | 3.1 | FAO |
| Poland | 2.96 | FAO |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.91 | FAO |
| Lesotho | 2.87 | FAO |
| Tunisia | 2.69 | FAO |
| Iceland | 2.31 | FAO |
| North Macedonia | 2.29 | FAO |
| Serbia | 2.27 | FAO |
| Dominican Republic | 2.27 | FAO |
| Austria | 2.13 | FAO |
| Afghanistan | 2.01 | FAO |
| Costa Rica | 2 | FAO |
| Guinea | 1.84 | FAO |
| Slovakia | 1.73 | FAO |
| Togo | 1.72 | FAO |
| Armenia | 1.39 | FAO |
| Republic of Moldova | 1.13 | FAO |
| Botswana | 1.11 | FAO |
| Montenegro | 1.03 | FAO |
| Latvia | 1.01 | FAO |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | FAO |
| Croatia | 0.96 | FAO |
| Ireland | 0.87 | FAO |
| Guyana | 0.81 | FAO |
| Namibia | 0.71 | FAO |
| Bolivia | 0.6 | FAO |
| Eswatini | 0.58 | FAO |
| Mauritania | 0.5 | FAO |
| Lithuania | 0.5 | FAO |
| Madagascar | 0.49 | FAO |
| Guatemala | 0.46 | FAO |
| Yemen | 0.46 | FAO |
| Libya | 0.39 | FAO |
| Cyprus | 0.33 | FAO |
| Haiti | 0.3 | FAO |
| Jordan | 0.27 | FAO |
| Hungary | 0.26 | FAO |
| Mongolia | 0.25 | FAO |
| Senegal | 0.25 | FAO |
| Liberia | 0.24 | FAO |
| Lebanon | 0.23 | FAO |
| Gabon | 0.22 | FAO |
| Sierra Leone | 0.22 | FAO |
| Estonia | 0.18 | FAO |
| Belgium | 0.14 | FAO |
| Fiji | 0.13 | FAO |
| Belize | 0.12 | FAO |
| Niger | 0.09 | FAO |
| Mauritius | 0.09 | FAO |
| Oman | 0.09 | FAO |
| Nepal | 0.09 | FAO |
| Singapore | 0.07 | FAO |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0.07 | FAO |
| Luxembourg | 0.06 | FAO |
| United Arab Emirates | 0.06 | FAO |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.05 | FAO |
| Brunei Darussalam | 0.05 | FAO |
| Eritrea | 0.04 | FAO |
| Malawi | 0.04 | FAO |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 0.04 | FAO |
| Slovenia | 0.03 | FAO |
| Benin | 0.02 | FAO |
| Denmark | 0.02 | FAO |
| Samoa | 0.01 | FAO |
| Congo | 0.01 | FAO |
| Jamaica | 0.01 | FAO |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 0.01 | FAO |
| Saint Lucia | 0 | FAO |
| Cambodia | 0 | FAO |
| Seychelles | 0 | FAO |
| Grenada | 0 | FAO |
| Bahrain | 0 | FAO |
| Bhutan | 0 | FAO |
| Cabo Verde | 0 | FAO |
| Guinea Bissau | 0 | FAO |
| Maldives | 0 | FAO |
| Malta | 0 | FAO |
| Palestine | 0 | FAO |
| Papua New Guinea | 0 | FAO |
| Rwanda | 0 | FAO |
| Somalia | 0 | FAO |
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