Water reserves in the world. List of countries on water resources

A list of 173 countries of the world is presented, ordered by the volume of total renewable water resources according to CIA The World Factbook. Data include long-term average renewable water resources (in cubic kilometers of rainfall, renewable groundwater, and surface inflows from neighboring countries).

Brazil has the largest renewable water resources - 8,233.00 cubic kilometers. The largest reserves in Europe and the second in the world are possessed by Russia - 4 508.00. Further, the United States - 3,069.00, Canada - 2 902.00 and China - 2 840.00. Full table - see below.

Fresh water. Stocks.

Fresh water - the opposite of seawater, covers that part of the available water of the Earth in which salts are contained in minimal quantities. Water whose salinity does not exceed 0.1%, even in the form of steam or ice, is called fresh. Ice masses in the polar regions and glaciers contain the largest part of the earth’s fresh water. In addition, fresh water exists in rivers, streams, groundwaters, fresh lakes, as well as in the clouds. According to various estimates, the proportion of fresh water in the total amount of water on Earth is 2.5-3%.

About 85–90% of fresh water reserves are in the form of ice. The distribution of fresh water around the globe is extremely uneven. In Europe and Asia, where 70% of the world's population lives, only 39% of river waters are concentrated.

In terms of surface water resources, Russia occupies a leading position in the world. About 20% of the world's reserves of lake fresh water and more than 80% of Russia's reserves are concentrated in the unique Lake Baikal alone. With a total volume of 23.6 thousand km³ in the lake, about 60 km³ of natural waters of rare purity are reproduced annually.

According to the UN, at the beginning of the 2000s, more than 1.2 billion people live in conditions of a constant shortage of fresh water, about 2 billion suffer from it regularly. By the middle of the 21st century, the number of people living with constant water shortages will exceed 4 billion people. In this situation, some experts say that the main advantage of Russia in the long term is water resources.

Fresh water reserves: atmospheric vapors - 14,000 or 0.06%, river fresh water - 200 or 0.005%, total Total 28 253 200 or 100%.

List of countries on water resources

№	Country	Total renewed water resources (cubic km)	Date Informations
1	Brazil	8 233.00	2011
2	Russia	4 508,00	2011
3	United States	3,069.00	2011
4	Canada	2 902.00	2011
5	China	2 840.00	2011
6	Colombia	2 132.00	2011
7	European Union	2 057.76	2011
8	Indonesia	2,019.00	2011
9	Peru	1 913.00	2011
10	Congo, DR	1,283.00	2011
11	India	1 911.00	2011
12	Venezuela	1,233.00	2011
13	Bangladesh	1,227.00	2011
14	Myanmar	1 168.00	2011
15	Chile	922.00	2011
16	Vietnam	884.10	2011
17	Congo, Republic	832.00	2011
18	Argentina	814.00	2011
19	Papua New Guinea	801.00	2011
20	Bolivia	622.50	2011
21	Malaysia	580.00	2011
22	Australia	492.00	2011
23	Philippines	479.00	2011
24	Cambodia	476.10	2011
25	Mexico	457.20	2011
26	Thailand	438.60	2011
27	Japan	430.00	2011
28	Ecuador	424.40	2011
29	Norway	382.00	2011
30	Madagascar	337.00	2011
31	Paraguay	336.00	2011
32	Laos	333.50	2011
33	New Zealand	327.00	2011
34	Nigeria	286.20	2011
35	Cameroon	285.50	2011
36	Pakistan	246.80	2011
37	Guyana	241.00	2011
38	Liberia	232.00	2011
39	Guinea	226.00	2011
40	Mozambique	217.10	2011
41	Romania	211.90	2011
42	Turkey	211.60	2011
43	France	211.00	2011
44	Nepal	210.20	2011
45	Nicaragua	196.60	2011
46	Italy	191.30	2011
47	Sweden	174.00	2011
48	Iceland	170.00	2011
49	Gabon	164.00	2011
50	Serbia	162.20	2011
51	Sierra Leone	160.00	2011
52	Germany	154.00	2011
53	Angola	148.00	2011
54	Panama	148.00	2011
55	United Kingdom	147.00	2011
56	Center. Africans. Rep.	144.40	2011
57	Ukraine	139.60	2011
58	Uruguay	139.00	2011
59	Iran	137.00	2011
60	Ethiopia	122.00	2011
61	Suriname	122.00	2011
62	Costa Rica	112.40	2011
63	Spain	111.50	2011
64	Guatemala	111.30	2011
65	Finland	110.00	2011
66	Kazakhstan	107.50	2011
67	Croatia	105.50	2011
68	Zambia	105.20	2011
69	Hungary	104.00	2011
70	Mali	100.00	2011
71	Tanzania	96.27	2011
72	Honduras	95.93	2011
73	Netherlands	91.00	2011
74	Iraq	89.86	2011
75	Ivory Coast	81.14	2011
76	Bhutan	78.00	2011
77	Austria	77.70	2011
78	North Korea	77.15	2011
79	Greece	74.25	2011
80	South Korea	69.70	2011
81	Portugal	68.70	2011
82	Taiwan	67.00	2011
83	Uganda	66.00	2011
84	Afghanistan	65.33	2011
85	Sudan	64.50	2011
86	Georgia	63.33	2011
87	Poland	61.60	2011
88	Belarus	58.00	2011
89	Egypt	57.30	2011
90	Switzerland	53.50	2011
91	Ghana	53.20	2011
92	Sri Lanka	52.80	2011
93	Ireland	52.00	2011
94	South Africa	51.40	2011
95	Slovakia	50.10	2011
96	Uzbekistan	48.87	2011
97	Solomon Islands	44.70	2011
98	Chad	43.00	2011
99	Albania	41.70	2011
100	Senegal	38.80	2011
101	Cuba	38.12	2011
102	Bosnia and Herzegovina	37.50	2011
103	Latvia	35.45	2011
104	Mongolia	34.80	2011
105	Azerbaijan	34.68	2011
106	Niger	33.65	2011
107	Slovenia	31.87	2011
108	Guinea-Bissau	31.00	2011
109	Kenya	30.70	2011
110	Morocco	29.00	2011
111	Fiji	28.55	2011
112	Benin	26.39	2011
113	Equatorial Guinea	26.00	2011
114	Salvador	25.23	2011
115	Lithuania	24.90	2011
116	Turkmenistan	24.77	2011
117	Kyrgyzstan	23.62	2011
118	Tajikistan	21.91	2011
119	Bulgaria	21.30	2011
120	Dominican Republic	21.00	2011
121	Zimbabwe	20.00	2011
122	Belize	18.55	2011
123	Belgium	18.30	2011
124	Namibia	17.72	2011
125	Malawi	17.28	2011
126	Syria	16.80	2011
127	Somalia	14.70	2011
128	Go	14.70	2011
129	Haiti	14.03	2011
130	Czech Republic	13.15	2011
131	Estonia	12.81	2011
132	Burundi	12.54	2011
133	Burkina Faso	12.50	2011
134	Botswana	12.24	2011
135	Algeria	11.67	2011
136	Moldova	11.65	2011
137	Mauritania	11.40	2011
138	Rwanda	9.50	2011
139	Jamaica	9.40	2011
140	Brunei	8.50	2011
141	Gambia	8.00	2011
142	Armenia	7.77	2011
143	Macedonia	6.40	2011
144	Eritrea	6.30	2011
145	Denmark	6.00	2011
146	Tunisia	4.60	2011
147	Swaziland	4.51	2011
148	Lebanon	4.50	2011
149	Trinidad and Tobago	3.84	2011
150	Luxembourg	3.10	2011
151	Lesotho	3.02	2011
152	Mauritius	2.75	2011
153	Saudi Arabia	2.40	2011
154	Yemen	2.10	2011
155	Israel	1.78	2011
156	Oman	1.40	2011
157	Comoros	1.20	2011
158	Jordan	0.94	2011
159	Cyprus	0.78	2011
160	Libya	0.70	2011
161	Singapore	0.60	2011
162	Cape Verde	0.30	2011
163	Djibouti	0.30	2011
164	UAE	0.15	2011
165	Bahrain	0.12	2011
166	Barbados	0.08	2011
167	Qatar	0.06	2011
168	Antigua and Barbuda	0.05	2011
169	Malta	0.05	2011
170	Maldives	0.03	2011
171	Bahamas	0.02	2011
172	Kuwait	0.02	2011
173	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.02	2011

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