Dam capacity per capita 2024

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	31,428.18 cubic meters per inhabitant
2	Canada	21,222.96 cubic meters per inhabitant
3	Norway	6,024.526 cubic meters per inhabitant
4	Zimbabwe	6,004.686 cubic meters per inhabitant
5	Iceland	5,834.126 cubic meters per inhabitant
6	Venezuela	5,782.282 cubic meters per inhabitant
7	Russia	5,520.454 cubic meters per inhabitant
8	Uruguay	5,056.27 cubic meters per inhabitant
9	Paraguay	4,825.496 cubic meters per inhabitant
10	Zambia	4,706.312 cubic meters per inhabitant
11	Nicaragua	4,632.43 cubic meters per inhabitant
12	Ghana	4,292.908 cubic meters per inhabitant
13	Kazakhstan	3,874.742 cubic meters per inhabitant
14	Sweden	3,374.76 cubic meters per inhabitant
15	Finland	3,330.07 cubic meters per inhabitant
16	Brazil	3,293.152 cubic meters per inhabitant
17	Iraq	3,280.96 cubic meters per inhabitant
18	Kyrgyzstan	3,213.484 cubic meters per inhabitant
19	New Zealand	3,196.364 cubic meters per inhabitant
20	Australia	2,902.748 cubic meters per inhabitant
21	Argentina	2,868.9 cubic meters per inhabitant
22	Tajikistan	2,757.902 cubic meters per inhabitant
23	United States	2,132.7 cubic meters per inhabitant
24	Mozambique	2,125.714 cubic meters per inhabitant
25	Azerbaijan	2,064.994 cubic meters per inhabitant
26	Panama	2,016.616 cubic meters per inhabitant
27	Turkey	1,780.34 cubic meters per inhabitant
28	Montenegro	1,694.376 cubic meters per inhabitant
29	Uganda	1,569.394 cubic meters per inhabitant
30	Tanzania	1,506.384 cubic meters per inhabitant
31	Egypt	1,443.066 cubic meters per inhabitant
32	Albania	1,439.574 cubic meters per inhabitant
33	Ukraine	1,366.218 cubic meters per inhabitant
34	Laos	1,361.6 cubic meters per inhabitant
35	North Macedonia	1,274.18 cubic meters per inhabitant
36	Lesotho	1,226.618 cubic meters per inhabitant
37	Greece	1,193.656 cubic meters per inhabitant
38	Mexico	1,164.386 cubic meters per inhabitant
39	Côte d'Ivoire	1,159.006 cubic meters per inhabitant
40	Spain	1,114.768 cubic meters per inhabitant
41	Portugal	1,111.836 cubic meters per inhabitant
42	Thailand	1,100.858 cubic meters per inhabitant
43	Bulgaria	968.026 cubic meters per inhabitant
44	Guyana	966.851 cubic meters per inhabitant
45	Bosnia and Herzegovina	933.791 cubic meters per inhabitant
46	Georgia	900.595 cubic meters per inhabitant
47	Syrian Arab Republic	811.312 cubic meters per inhabitant
48	North Korea	799.944 cubic meters per inhabitant
49	Turkmenistan	739.272 cubic meters per inhabitant
50	Chile	662.52 cubic meters per inhabitant
51	Malaysia	628.911 cubic meters per inhabitant
52	El Salvador	615.245 cubic meters per inhabitant
53	Uzbekistan	605.258 cubic meters per inhabitant
54	Romania	583.958 cubic meters per inhabitant
55	China	568.129 cubic meters per inhabitant
56	Mali	558.797 cubic meters per inhabitant
57	Latvia	541.966 cubic meters per inhabitant
58	Honduras	534.517 cubic meters per inhabitant
59	Cameroon	532.051 cubic meters per inhabitant
60	Cuba	515.05 cubic meters per inhabitant
61	Netherlands	509.599 cubic meters per inhabitant
62	Iran	487.458 cubic meters per inhabitant
63	Armenia	485.799 cubic meters per inhabitant
64	South Africa	480.722 cubic meters per inhabitant
65	Morocco	471.005 cubic meters per inhabitant
66	Eswatini	469.484 cubic meters per inhabitant
67	Botswana	441.12 cubic meters per inhabitant
68	Vietnam	440.136 cubic meters per inhabitant
69	Kenya	438.206 cubic meters per inhabitant
70	Ecuador	420.813 cubic meters per inhabitant
71	Sudan	404.445 cubic meters per inhabitant
72	Costa Rica	387.478 cubic meters per inhabitant
73	Republic of Moldova	381.137 cubic meters per inhabitant
74	Switzerland	374.553 cubic meters per inhabitant
75	South Korea	362.721 cubic meters per inhabitant
76	Belarus	343.383 cubic meters per inhabitant
77	Serbia	340.031 cubic meters per inhabitant
78	Slovakia	315.448 cubic meters per inhabitant
79	Czech Republic	298.686 cubic meters per inhabitant
80	Belize	294.036 cubic meters per inhabitant
81	Myanmar	284.753 cubic meters per inhabitant
82	Sri Lanka	256.703 cubic meters per inhabitant
83	Japan	253.409 cubic meters per inhabitant
84	Croatia	250.282 cubic meters per inhabitant
85	Angola	246.214 cubic meters per inhabitant
86	Cyprus	244.458 cubic meters per inhabitant
87	Ethiopia	236.639 cubic meters per inhabitant
88	Austria	232.487 cubic meters per inhabitant
89	Namibia	229.975 cubic meters per inhabitant
90	Burkina Faso	224.813 cubic meters per inhabitant
91	Tunisia	218.473 cubic meters per inhabitant
92	Nigeria	216.806 cubic meters per inhabitant
93	Colombia	211.585 cubic meters per inhabitant
94	Dominican Republic	197.439 cubic meters per inhabitant
95	Algeria	182.72 cubic meters per inhabitant
96	Togo	179.271 cubic meters per inhabitant
97	Lithuania	176.089 cubic meters per inhabitant
98	India	170.241 cubic meters per inhabitant
99	Italy	169.569 cubic meters per inhabitant
100	Peru	167.907 cubic meters per inhabitant
101	Ireland	166.393 cubic meters per inhabitant
102	Sao Tome and Principe	165.749 cubic meters per inhabitant
103	France	149.738 cubic meters per inhabitant
104	Fiji	144.737 cubic meters per inhabitant
105	Estonia	134.509 cubic meters per inhabitant
106	Guinea	123.626 cubic meters per inhabitant
107	Pakistan	109.824 cubic meters per inhabitant
108	Brunei Darussalam	96.735 cubic meters per inhabitant
109	Mauritania	96.105 cubic meters per inhabitant
110	Luxembourg	91.496 cubic meters per inhabitant
111	Gabon	85.922 cubic meters per inhabitant
112	Indonesia	84.615 cubic meters per inhabitant
113	Poland	77.272 cubic meters per inhabitant
114	United Kingdom	76.62 cubic meters per inhabitant
115	Mauritius	73.12 cubic meters per inhabitant
116	Mongolia	71.119 cubic meters per inhabitant
117	Philippines	60.946 cubic meters per inhabitant
118	Antigua and Barbuda	53.514 cubic meters per inhabitant
119	Libya	52.453 cubic meters per inhabitant
120	Bolivia	48.032 cubic meters per inhabitant
121	Trinidad and Tobago	47.465 cubic meters per inhabitant
122	Germany	47.449 cubic meters per inhabitant
123	Afghanistan	46.508 cubic meters per inhabitant
124	Samoa	45.52 cubic meters per inhabitant
125	Liberia	42.479 cubic meters per inhabitant
126	Lebanon	40.881 cubic meters per inhabitant
127	Bangladesh	37.587 cubic meters per inhabitant
128	Saudi Arabia	30.486 cubic meters per inhabitant
129	Hungary	26.595 cubic meters per inhabitant
130	Sierra Leone	25.285 cubic meters per inhabitant
131	Guatemala	25.202 cubic meters per inhabitant
132	Haiti	25.163 cubic meters per inhabitant
133	Jordan	23.471 cubic meters per inhabitant
134	Oman	18.992 cubic meters per inhabitant
135	Slovenia	15.606 cubic meters per inhabitant
136	Madagascar	15.327 cubic meters per inhabitant
137	Saint Lucia	14.459 cubic meters per inhabitant
138	Singapore	13.407 cubic meters per inhabitant
139	Senegal	13.369 cubic meters per inhabitant
140	Eritrea	12.506 cubic meters per inhabitant
141	Belgium	12.291 cubic meters per inhabitant
142	Yemen	11.356 cubic meters per inhabitant
143	Seychelles	7.592 cubic meters per inhabitant
144	United Arab Emirates	5.776 cubic meters per inhabitant
145	Niger	3.434 cubic meters per inhabitant
146	Denmark	3.364 cubic meters per inhabitant
147	Nepal	2.773 cubic meters per inhabitant
148	Malawi	1.916 cubic meters per inhabitant
149	Jamaica	1.911 cubic meters per inhabitant
150	Benin	1.611 cubic meters per inhabitant
151	Congo	1.415 cubic meters per inhabitant
152	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	0.48 cubic meters per inhabitant
153	Grenada	0.187 cubic meters per inhabitant
154	Cambodia	0.056 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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