Data from Appendix 2: Report published by The International Food Policy Research Institute, March 1997. The Institute was established in 1975 to study ways to feed people in developing nations. It is funded by international agencies, including the World Bank and the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Annual Renewable Fresh Water Available Per Person (cubic metres)
149 Countries, Ranked by 1990 Fresh Water Availability

Water-scarce Countries
Djibouti 23
Kuwait 75
Malta 85
Qatar 117
Bahrain 179
Barbados 195
Singapore 221
Saudi Arabia 306
United Arab Emirates 308
Jordan 327
Yemen 445
Israel 461
Tunisia 540
Cape Verde 551
Kenya 636
Burundi 655
Algeria 689
Rwanda 897
Malawi 939
Somalia 980

Water-stressed Countries
Libya 1,017
Morocco 1,117
Egypt 1,123
Oman 1,266
Cyprus 1,282
South Africa 1,317
South Korea 1,452
Poland 1,467

Water-abundant Countries
Belgium 1,696
Haiti 1,696
Lebanon 1,818
Peru 1,856
Comoros 1,878
Iran 2,025
Mauritius 2,047
Syria 2,087
United Kingdom 2,090
Ethiopia 2,207
Lesotho 2,290
Zimbabwe 2,312
China 2,427
India 2,464
Sri Lanka 2,498
Germany 2,516
Denmark 2,529
Dominican Republic 2,789
Nigeria 2,838
Spain 2,849
Tanzania 2,924
Afghanistan 3,020
North Korea 3,077
Burkina Faso 3,114
Italy 3,243
France 3,262
Thailand 3,274
Cuba 3,299
Madagascar 3,331
Togo 3,398
Jamaica 3,430
Ghana 3,529
Turkey 3,626
El Salvador 3,674
Uganda 3,759
Pakistan 3,962
Mozambique 4,085
Trinidad and Tobago 4,126
Mexico 4,226
Mauritania 4,387
Japan 4,428
Senegal 4,777
Sudan 4,792
Philippines 5,173
Benin 5,625
Vietnam 5,638
Niger 5,691
Czechoslovakia (both republics) 5,810
Greece 5,828
Netherlands 6,023
Iraq 6,029
C™te dŐIvoire 6,177
Namibia 6,254
Lithuania 6,433
Albania 6,462
Portugal 6,688
Mali 6,729
Chad 6,843
Switzerland 7,449
Nepal 8,686
Romania 8,963
Swaziland 9,268
United States 9,913
Hungary 10,897
Yugoslavia (former) 11,130
Estonia 11,371
Mongolia 11,416
Austria 11,670
Zambia 11,797
Guatemala 12,613
Latvia 12,654
Luxembourg 13,405
Indonesia 13,729
Ireland 14,273
Botswana 14,540
Angola 17,185
Cameroon 18,049
USSR (former) 19,428
Honduras 19,852
Australia 20,075
Bangladesh 20,733
Sweden 21,013
Finland 22,682
Bulgaria 22,801
Malaysia 25,488
Gambia 25,552
Myanmar 25,870
Zaire 27,253
Ecuador 29,771
Argentina 30,753
Costa Rica 31,301
Guinea-Bissau 32,158
Colombia 33,127
Chile 35,527
Sierra Leone 38,545
Guinea 39,270
Fiji 39,945
Uruguay 40,078
Bolivia 41,835
Brazil 46,631
Central African Republic 46,875
Nicaragua 47,606
Panama 59,553
Cambodia 59,741
Bhutan 61,728
Laos 64,255
Venezuela 68,164
Paraguay 73,416
Belize 84,656
Equatorial Guinea 85,227
Liberia 90,097
Norway 97,268
Canada 108,900
New Zealand 117,040
Solomon Islands 140,625
Gabon 141,501
Papua New Guinea 206,710
Guyana 302,764
Congo 359,803
Suriname 473,934
Iceland 666,667