Dam capacity per capita 2023

Dam capacity per capita measures the amount of water storage available for each individual in a country, expressed in cubic meters. This statistic highlights water resource management and its impact on sustainability and development. Understanding dam capacity is crucial for addressing water security and supporting agriculture, industry, and communities.

164 data points•Updated 12/7/2025•World•Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)•

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Rank
1	Suriname	31,746.2 cubic meters per inhabitant
2	Canada	21,439.25 cubic meters per inhabitant
3	Zimbabwe	6,112.057 cubic meters per inhabitant
4	Norway	6,064.78 cubic meters per inhabitant
5	Iceland	5,949.13 cubic meters per inhabitant
6	Venezuela	5,709 cubic meters per inhabitant
7	Russia	5,511.446 cubic meters per inhabitant
8	Uruguay	5,055.114 cubic meters per inhabitant
9	Paraguay	4,889.922 cubic meters per inhabitant
10	Zambia	4,858.374 cubic meters per inhabitant
11	Nicaragua	4,693.519 cubic meters per inhabitant
12	Ghana	4,384.762 cubic meters per inhabitant
13	Kazakhstan	3,932.447 cubic meters per inhabitant
14	Sweden	3,400.383 cubic meters per inhabitant
15	Iraq	3,362.135 cubic meters per inhabitant
16	Finland	3,337.731 cubic meters per inhabitant
17	Brazil	3,310.097 cubic meters per inhabitant
18	Kyrgyzstan	3,296.477 cubic meters per inhabitant
19	New Zealand	3,235.209 cubic meters per inhabitant
20	Australia	2,933.877 cubic meters per inhabitant
21	Argentina	2,880.86 cubic meters per inhabitant
22	Tajikistan	2,825.95 cubic meters per inhabitant
23	Mozambique	2,196.896 cubic meters per inhabitant
24	United States	2,142.551 cubic meters per inhabitant
25	Azerbaijan	2,078.223 cubic meters per inhabitant
26	Panama	2,045.319 cubic meters per inhabitant
27	Turkey	1,794.524 cubic meters per inhabitant
28	Montenegro	1,691.578 cubic meters per inhabitant
29	Uganda	1,627.95 cubic meters per inhabitant
30	Tanzania	1,557.415 cubic meters per inhabitant
31	Egypt	1,467.47 cubic meters per inhabitant
32	Albania	1,431.28 cubic meters per inhabitant
33	Laos	1,382.832 cubic meters per inhabitant
34	Ukraine	1,339.548 cubic meters per inhabitant
35	North Macedonia	1,260.843 cubic meters per inhabitant
36	Lesotho	1,241.418 cubic meters per inhabitant
37	Côte d'Ivoire	1,191.606 cubic meters per inhabitant
38	Greece	1,185.123 cubic meters per inhabitant
39	Mexico	1,173.853 cubic meters per inhabitant
40	Spain	1,118.996 cubic meters per inhabitant
41	Portugal	1,114.337 cubic meters per inhabitant
42	Thailand	1,102.287 cubic meters per inhabitant
43	Guyana	975.297 cubic meters per inhabitant
44	Bulgaria	961.283 cubic meters per inhabitant
45	Bosnia and Herzegovina	921.314 cubic meters per inhabitant
46	Georgia	900.394 cubic meters per inhabitant
47	Syrian Arab Republic	842.782 cubic meters per inhabitant
48	North Korea	803.022 cubic meters per inhabitant
49	Turkmenistan	755.975 cubic meters per inhabitant
50	Chile	668.156 cubic meters per inhabitant
51	Malaysia	637.576 cubic meters per inhabitant
52	Uzbekistan	617.737 cubic meters per inhabitant
53	El Salvador	616.78 cubic meters per inhabitant
54	Romania	580.671 cubic meters per inhabitant
55	Mali	578.046 cubic meters per inhabitant
56	China	568.708 cubic meters per inhabitant
57	Cameroon	548.13 cubic meters per inhabitant
58	Honduras	544.419 cubic meters per inhabitant
59	Latvia	538.589 cubic meters per inhabitant
60	Cuba	513.158 cubic meters per inhabitant
61	Netherlands	513.033 cubic meters per inhabitant
62	Iran	492.195 cubic meters per inhabitant
63	South Africa	488.733 cubic meters per inhabitant
64	Armenia	484.277 cubic meters per inhabitant
65	Morocco	476.002 cubic meters per inhabitant
66	Eswatini	474.687 cubic meters per inhabitant
67	Botswana	448.064 cubic meters per inhabitant
68	Kenya	447.402 cubic meters per inhabitant
69	Vietnam	444.166 cubic meters per inhabitant
70	Ecuador	425.592 cubic meters per inhabitant
71	Sudan	416.903 cubic meters per inhabitant
72	Costa Rica	389.92 cubic meters per inhabitant
73	Switzerland	377.596 cubic meters per inhabitant
74	Republic of Moldova	377.397 cubic meters per inhabitant
75	South Korea	362.977 cubic meters per inhabitant
76	Belarus	340.542 cubic meters per inhabitant
77	Serbia	337.229 cubic meters per inhabitant
78	Slovakia	315.75 cubic meters per inhabitant
79	Czech Republic	299.32 cubic meters per inhabitant
80	Belize	298.373 cubic meters per inhabitant
81	Myanmar	286.807 cubic meters per inhabitant
82	Sri Lanka	258.402 cubic meters per inhabitant
83	Angola	255.383 cubic meters per inhabitant
84	Japan	252.447 cubic meters per inhabitant
85	Croatia	248.461 cubic meters per inhabitant
86	Cyprus	247.453 cubic meters per inhabitant
87	Ethiopia	243.735 cubic meters per inhabitant
88	Namibia	237.441 cubic meters per inhabitant
89	Austria	233.902 cubic meters per inhabitant
90	Burkina Faso	230.814 cubic meters per inhabitant
91	Nigeria	221.842 cubic meters per inhabitant
92	Tunisia	220.135 cubic meters per inhabitant
93	Colombia	214.565 cubic meters per inhabitant
94	Dominican Republic	199.547 cubic meters per inhabitant
95	Algeria	186.023 cubic meters per inhabitant
96	Togo	184.022 cubic meters per inhabitant
97	Lithuania	176.267 cubic meters per inhabitant
98	India	171.84 cubic meters per inhabitant
99	Peru	169.992 cubic meters per inhabitant
100	Sao Tome and Principe	169.098 cubic meters per inhabitant
101	Italy	169.089 cubic meters per inhabitant
102	Ireland	168.384 cubic meters per inhabitant
103	France	150.168 cubic meters per inhabitant
104	Fiji	144.837 cubic meters per inhabitant
105	Estonia	135.135 cubic meters per inhabitant
106	Guinea	127.1 cubic meters per inhabitant
107	Pakistan	111.947 cubic meters per inhabitant
108	Mauritania	99.28 cubic meters per inhabitant
109	Brunei Darussalam	97.731 cubic meters per inhabitant
110	Luxembourg	93.221 cubic meters per inhabitant
111	Gabon	88.154 cubic meters per inhabitant
112	Indonesia	85.318 cubic meters per inhabitant
113	Poland	77.293 cubic meters per inhabitant
114	United Kingdom	77.016 cubic meters per inhabitant
115	Mauritius	72.939 cubic meters per inhabitant
116	Mongolia	72.386 cubic meters per inhabitant
117	Philippines	61.589 cubic meters per inhabitant
118	Antigua and Barbuda	53.8 cubic meters per inhabitant
119	Libya	53.188 cubic meters per inhabitant
120	Bolivia	48.633 cubic meters per inhabitant
121	Afghanistan	47.826 cubic meters per inhabitant
122	Trinidad and Tobago	47.639 cubic meters per inhabitant
123	Germany	47.539 cubic meters per inhabitant
124	Samoa	45.953 cubic meters per inhabitant
125	Liberia	43.442 cubic meters per inhabitant
126	Lebanon	40.51 cubic meters per inhabitant
127	Bangladesh	37.925 cubic meters per inhabitant
128	Saudi Arabia	30.948 cubic meters per inhabitant
129	Hungary	26.529 cubic meters per inhabitant
130	Sierra Leone	25.92 cubic meters per inhabitant
131	Guatemala	25.588 cubic meters per inhabitant
132	Haiti	25.481 cubic meters per inhabitant
133	Jordan	23.934 cubic meters per inhabitant
134	Oman	19.061 cubic meters per inhabitant
135	Madagascar	15.761 cubic meters per inhabitant
136	Slovenia	15.699 cubic meters per inhabitant
137	Saint Lucia	14.495 cubic meters per inhabitant
138	Senegal	13.755 cubic meters per inhabitant
139	Singapore	13.385 cubic meters per inhabitant
140	Eritrea	12.726 cubic meters per inhabitant
141	Belgium	12.346 cubic meters per inhabitant
142	Yemen	11.722 cubic meters per inhabitant
143	Seychelles	7.774 cubic meters per inhabitant
144	United Arab Emirates	5.917 cubic meters per inhabitant
145	Niger	3.564 cubic meters per inhabitant
146	Denmark	3.379 cubic meters per inhabitant
147	Nepal	2.817 cubic meters per inhabitant
148	Malawi	1.972 cubic meters per inhabitant
149	Jamaica	1.915 cubic meters per inhabitant
150	Benin	1.658 cubic meters per inhabitant
151	Congo	1.453 cubic meters per inhabitant
152	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	0.498 cubic meters per inhabitant
153	Grenada	0.188 cubic meters per inhabitant
154	Cambodia	0.057 cubic meters per inhabitant
155	Bahrain	0 cubic meters per inhabitant
156	Bhutan	0 cubic meters per inhabitant
157	Cabo Verde	0 cubic meters per inhabitant
158	Guinea-Bissau	0 cubic meters per inhabitant
159	Maldives	0 cubic meters per inhabitant
160	Malta	0 cubic meters per inhabitant
161	Papua New Guinea	0 cubic meters per inhabitant
162	Rwanda	0 cubic meters per inhabitant
163	Somalia	0 cubic meters per inhabitant
164	State of Palestine	0 cubic meters per inhabitant

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