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Table 1. Total Renewable Freshwater Supply By Country | Source: P.H. Gleick, 1998, "The World's Water 1998-1999" (Island Press, Washington, DC). | | | Annual Renewable Water Resources
(km^3/yr) | Year of
Estimate | Source of Estimate | | Region and Country | | AFRICA | | Algeria | 14.3 | 1997 | c,j | | Angola | 184.0 | 1987 | b | | Benin | 25.8 | 1994 | c | | Botswana | 14.7 | 1992 | c | | Burkina Faso | 17.5 | 1992 | c | | Burundi | 3.6 | 1987 | b | | Cameroon | 268.0 | 1987 | b | | Cape Verde | 0.3 | 1990 | c | | Central African Republic | 141.0 | 1987 | b | | Chad | 43.0 | 1987 | b | | Comoros | 1.0 | 1987 | b | | Congo | 832.0 | 1987 | b | | Congo, Democratic Republic (formerly Zaire) | 1,019.0 | 1990 | c | | Cote D'Ivoire | 77.7 | 1987 | b | | Djibouti | 0.3 | 1997 | j | | Egypt | 86.8 | 1997 | j | | Equatorial Guinea | 30.0 | 1987 | b | | Eritrea | 8.8 | 1990 | c | | Ethiopia | 110.0 | 1987 | b | | Gabon | 164.0 | 1987 | b | | Gambia | 8.0 | 1982 | c | | Ghana | 53.0 | 1970 | c | | Guinea | 226.0 | 1987 | b | | Guinea-Bissau | 27.0 | 1991 | c | | Kenya | 30.2 | 1990 | c | | Lesotho | 5.2 | 1987 | b | | Liberia | 232.0 | 1987 | b | | Libya | 0.6 | 1997 | c,j | | Madagascar | 337.0 | 1984 | c | | Malawi | 18.7 | 1994 | c | | Mali | 67.0 | 1987 | b | | Mauritania | 11.4 | 1997 | c,j | | Mauritius | 2.2 | 1974 | c | | Morocco | 30.0 | 1997 | c,j | | Mozambique | 216.0 | 1992 | c | | Namibia | 45.5 | 1991 | c | | Niger | 32.5 | 1988 | c | | Nigeria | 280.0 | 1987 | b | | Rwanda | 6.3 | 1993 | c | | Senegal | 39.4 | 1987 | b | | Sierra Leone | 160.0 | 1987 | b | | Somalia | 15.7 | 1997 | j | | South Africa | 50.0 | 1990 | c | | Sudan | 154.0 | 1997 | c,j | | Swaziland | 4.5 | 1987 | b | | Tanzania | 89.0 | 1994 | c | | Togo | 11.5 | 1987 | b | | Tunisia | 4.1 | 1997 | j | | Uganda | 66.0 | 1970 | c | | Zambia | 116.0 | 1994 | c | | Zimbabwe | 20.0 | 1987 | b | | NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA | | Barbados | <1 | 1962 | d | | Belize | 16.0 | 1987 | b | | Canada | 2901.0 | 1980 | d | | Costa Rica | 95.0 | 1970 | d | | Cuba | 34.5 | 1975 | d | | Dominican Republic | 20.0 | 1987 | b | | El Salvador | 19.0 | 1975 | d | | Guatemala | 116.0 | 1970 | d | | Haiti | 11.0 | 1987 | b | | Honduras | 83.4 | 1992 | h | | Jamaica | 8.3 | 1975 | d | | Mexico | 357.4 | 1975 | d | | Nicaragua | 175.0 | 1975 | d | | Panama | 144.0 | 1975 | d | | Trinidad and Tobago | 5.1 | 1975 | d | | United States of America | 2478.0 | 1985 | d | | SOUTH AMERICA | | Argentina | 994.0 | 1976 | d | | Bolivia | 300.0 | 1987 | b | | Brazil | 6950.0 | 1987 | b | | Chile | 468.0 | 1975 | d | | Colombia | 1070.0 | 1987 | b | | Ecuador | 314.0 | 1987 | b | | Guyana | 241.0 | 1971 | d | | Paraguay | 314.0 | 1987 | b | | Peru | 40.0 | 1987 | b | | Suriname | 200.0 | 1987 | b | | Uruguay | 124.0 | 1965 | d | | Venezuela | 1317.0 | 1970 | d | | ASIA | | Afghanistan | 65.0 | 1997 | j | | Bahrain | 0.1 | 1997 | j | | Bangladesh | 2357.0 | 1987 | b | | Bhutan | 95.0 | 1987 | b | | Cambodia | 498.1 | 1987 | b | | China | 2800.0 | 1980 | d | | Cyprus | 0.9 | 1997 | d,j | | India | 2085.0 | 1975 | d | | Indonesia | 2530.0 | 1987 | b | | Iran | 137.5 | 1997 | j | | Iraq | 96.4 | 1997 | j | | Israel | 2.2 | 1986 | d | | Japan | 547.0 | 1980 | d | | Jordan | 0.9 | 1997 | j | | Korea DPR | 67.0 | 1987 | b | | Korea Rep | 66.0 | 1992 | h | | Kuwait | 0.0 | 1997 | j | | Laos | 270.0 | 1987 | b | | Lebanon | 4.8 | 1997 | j | | Malaysia | 456.0 | 1975 | d | | Mongolia | 24.6 | 1987 | b | | Myanmar | 1082.0 | 1987 | b | | Nepal | 170.0 | 1987 | b | | Oman | 1.0 | 1997 | j | | Pakistan | 429.4 | 1997 | j | | Philippines | 323.0 | 1975 | d | | Qatar | 0.1 | 1997 | j | | Saudi Arabia | 2.4 | 1997 | j | | Singapore | 0.6 | 1975 | d | | Sri Lanka | 43.2 | 1970 | d | | Syria | 46.1 | 1997 | j | | Thailand | 179.0 | 1987 | b | | Turkey | 200.7 | 1997 | j | | United Arab Emirates | 0.2 | 1997 | j | | Vietnam | 376.0 | 1987 | b | | Yemen | 4.1 | 1997 | j | | EUROPE | | Albania | 21.3 | 1970 | d | | Austria | 90.3 | 1980 | d | | Belgium | 12.5 | 1980 | e | | Bulgaria | 205.0 | 1980 | d | | Czech Republic | 58.2 | 1990 | h | | Denmark | 13.0 | 1977 | e | | Finland | 113.0 | 1980 | d | | France | 198.0 | 1990 | i | | Germany | 171.0 | 1991 | i | | Greece | 58.7 | 1980 | e | | Hungary | 120.0 | 1991 | i | | Iceland | 170.0 | 1987 | d | | Ireland | 50.0 | 1972 | e | | Italy | 167.0 | 1990 | h | | Luxembourg | 5.0 | 1976 | e | | Malta | 0.0 | 1997 | j | | Netherlands | 90.0 | 1980 | e | | Norway | 392.0 | 1991 | i | | Poland | 56.2 | 1980 | e | | Portugal | 69.6 | 1990 | h | | Romania | 208.0 | 1980 | d | | Slovakia | 30.8 | 1990 | h | | Spain | 111.3 | 1985 | e | | Sweden | 180.0 | 1980 | d | | Switzerland | 50.0 | 1985 | d | | United Kingdom | 120.0 | 1980 | e | | Yugoslavia | 265.0 | 1980 | d | | Russia | 4498.0 | 1997 | g,k | | Armenia | 10.5 | 1997 | k | | Azerbaidzhan | 30.3 | 1997 | k | | Belarus | 58.0 | 1997 | k | | Estonia | 12.8 | 1997 | k | | Georgia | 63.3 | 1997 | k | | Kazakhstan | 109.6 | 1997 | k | | Kyrgyzstan | 20.6 | 1997 | k | | Latvia | 35.4 | 1997 | k | | Lithuania | 24.9 | 1997 | k | | Moldavia | 11.7 | 1997 | k | | Tadjikistan | 16.0 | 1997 | k | | Turkmenistan | 24.7 | 1997 | k | | Ukraine | 139.5 | 1997 | k | | Uzbekistan | 50.4 | 1997 | k | | OCEANIA | | Australia | 343.0 | 1975 | d | | Fiji | 28.6 | 1987 | b | | New Zealand | 327.0 | 1991 | h | | Papua New Guinea | 801.0 | 1987 | b | | Solomon Islands | 44.7 | 1987 | b |
Notes: Compiled by P.H. Gleick, Pacific Institute. a Total natural renewable surface and groundwater. Typically includes flows from other countries. (FA "Natural total renewable water resources.") b Estimates from Belyaev, Institute of Geography, USSR (1987). c Estimates from FAO (1995) "Water Resources of African Countries." Rome. d Estimates from WRI (1994). See this source for original data source e Estimates from Margat (1989), Water International 14 as cited in Gleick 1993, Table A11. f Estimates from Shahin (1989), Water International 14 as cited in Gleick 1993, Table A17. g Estimates from Goscomstat, USSR, 1989 as cited in Gleick 1993, Table A16. h World Resources Institute 1996 "World Resources" Oxford Univ. Press. i New ECE Environmental Statistical Database. j Estimates from FAO (1997) "Water Resources of the Near East Region: A Review." Rome. Estimates from FAO (1997) "Irrigation in the Countries of the Former Soviet Union in Figures." Rome. |