Dam capacity per capita 2025

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	31,110.16 cubic meters per inhabitant
2	Canada	21,006.67 cubic meters per inhabitant
3	Norway	5,984.272 cubic meters per inhabitant
4	Zimbabwe	5,897.315 cubic meters per inhabitant
5	Venezuela	5,855.564 cubic meters per inhabitant
6	Iceland	5,719.122 cubic meters per inhabitant
7	Russia	5,529.462 cubic meters per inhabitant
8	Uruguay	5,057.426 cubic meters per inhabitant
9	Paraguay	4,761.07 cubic meters per inhabitant
10	Nicaragua	4,571.341 cubic meters per inhabitant
11	Zambia	4,554.25 cubic meters per inhabitant
12	Ghana	4,201.054 cubic meters per inhabitant
13	Kazakhstan	3,817.037 cubic meters per inhabitant
14	Sweden	3,349.137 cubic meters per inhabitant
15	Finland	3,322.409 cubic meters per inhabitant
16	Brazil	3,276.207 cubic meters per inhabitant
17	Iraq	3,199.785 cubic meters per inhabitant
18	New Zealand	3,157.519 cubic meters per inhabitant
19	Kyrgyzstan	3,130.491 cubic meters per inhabitant
20	Australia	2,871.619 cubic meters per inhabitant
21	Argentina	2,856.94 cubic meters per inhabitant
22	Tajikistan	2,689.854 cubic meters per inhabitant
23	United States	2,122.849 cubic meters per inhabitant
24	Mozambique	2,054.532 cubic meters per inhabitant
25	Azerbaijan	2,051.765 cubic meters per inhabitant
26	Panama	1,987.913 cubic meters per inhabitant
27	Turkey	1,766.156 cubic meters per inhabitant
28	Montenegro	1,697.174 cubic meters per inhabitant
29	Uganda	1,510.838 cubic meters per inhabitant
30	Tanzania	1,455.353 cubic meters per inhabitant
31	Albania	1,447.868 cubic meters per inhabitant
32	Egypt	1,418.662 cubic meters per inhabitant
33	Ukraine	1,392.888 cubic meters per inhabitant
34	Laos	1,340.368 cubic meters per inhabitant
35	North Macedonia	1,287.517 cubic meters per inhabitant
36	Lesotho	1,211.818 cubic meters per inhabitant
37	Greece	1,202.189 cubic meters per inhabitant
38	Mexico	1,154.919 cubic meters per inhabitant
39	Côte d'Ivoire	1,126.406 cubic meters per inhabitant
40	Spain	1,110.54 cubic meters per inhabitant
41	Portugal	1,109.335 cubic meters per inhabitant
42	Thailand	1,099.429 cubic meters per inhabitant
43	Bulgaria	974.768 cubic meters per inhabitant
44	Guyana	958.405 cubic meters per inhabitant
45	Bosnia and Herzegovina	946.267 cubic meters per inhabitant
46	Georgia	900.795 cubic meters per inhabitant
47	North Korea	796.865 cubic meters per inhabitant
48	Syrian Arab Republic	779.842 cubic meters per inhabitant
49	Turkmenistan	722.57 cubic meters per inhabitant
50	Chile	656.884 cubic meters per inhabitant
51	Malaysia	620.245 cubic meters per inhabitant
52	El Salvador	613.709 cubic meters per inhabitant
53	Uzbekistan	592.778 cubic meters per inhabitant
54	Romania	587.244 cubic meters per inhabitant
55	China	567.549 cubic meters per inhabitant
56	Latvia	545.344 cubic meters per inhabitant
57	Mali	539.548 cubic meters per inhabitant
58	Honduras	524.615 cubic meters per inhabitant
59	Cuba	516.942 cubic meters per inhabitant
60	Cameroon	515.972 cubic meters per inhabitant
61	Netherlands	506.166 cubic meters per inhabitant
62	Armenia	487.321 cubic meters per inhabitant
63	Iran	482.721 cubic meters per inhabitant
64	South Africa	472.712 cubic meters per inhabitant
65	Morocco	466.009 cubic meters per inhabitant
66	Eswatini	464.281 cubic meters per inhabitant
67	Vietnam	436.107 cubic meters per inhabitant
68	Botswana	434.177 cubic meters per inhabitant
69	Kenya	429.01 cubic meters per inhabitant
70	Ecuador	416.034 cubic meters per inhabitant
71	Sudan	391.986 cubic meters per inhabitant
72	Costa Rica	385.037 cubic meters per inhabitant
73	Republic of Moldova	384.877 cubic meters per inhabitant
74	Switzerland	371.51 cubic meters per inhabitant
75	South Korea	362.465 cubic meters per inhabitant
76	Belarus	346.224 cubic meters per inhabitant
77	Serbia	342.833 cubic meters per inhabitant
78	Slovakia	315.147 cubic meters per inhabitant
79	Czech Republic	298.052 cubic meters per inhabitant
80	Belize	289.699 cubic meters per inhabitant
81	Myanmar	282.7 cubic meters per inhabitant
82	Sri Lanka	255.003 cubic meters per inhabitant
83	Japan	254.371 cubic meters per inhabitant
84	Croatia	252.103 cubic meters per inhabitant
85	Cyprus	241.463 cubic meters per inhabitant
86	Angola	237.044 cubic meters per inhabitant
87	Austria	231.073 cubic meters per inhabitant
88	Ethiopia	229.543 cubic meters per inhabitant
89	Namibia	222.51 cubic meters per inhabitant
90	Burkina Faso	218.811 cubic meters per inhabitant
91	Tunisia	216.811 cubic meters per inhabitant
92	Nigeria	211.769 cubic meters per inhabitant
93	Colombia	208.606 cubic meters per inhabitant
94	Dominican Republic	195.331 cubic meters per inhabitant
95	Algeria	179.417 cubic meters per inhabitant
96	Lithuania	175.911 cubic meters per inhabitant
97	Togo	174.519 cubic meters per inhabitant
98	Italy	170.049 cubic meters per inhabitant
99	India	168.642 cubic meters per inhabitant
100	Peru	165.822 cubic meters per inhabitant
101	Ireland	164.403 cubic meters per inhabitant
102	Sao Tome and Principe	162.401 cubic meters per inhabitant
103	France	149.308 cubic meters per inhabitant
104	Fiji	144.638 cubic meters per inhabitant
105	Estonia	133.882 cubic meters per inhabitant
106	Guinea	120.153 cubic meters per inhabitant
107	Pakistan	107.701 cubic meters per inhabitant
108	Brunei Darussalam	95.738 cubic meters per inhabitant
109	Mauritania	92.93 cubic meters per inhabitant
110	Luxembourg	89.771 cubic meters per inhabitant
111	Indonesia	83.913 cubic meters per inhabitant
112	Gabon	83.69 cubic meters per inhabitant
113	Poland	77.252 cubic meters per inhabitant
114	United Kingdom	76.225 cubic meters per inhabitant
115	Mauritius	73.301 cubic meters per inhabitant
116	Mongolia	69.852 cubic meters per inhabitant
117	Philippines	60.304 cubic meters per inhabitant
118	Antigua and Barbuda	53.228 cubic meters per inhabitant
119	Libya	51.718 cubic meters per inhabitant
120	Bolivia	47.431 cubic meters per inhabitant
121	Germany	47.359 cubic meters per inhabitant
122	Trinidad and Tobago	47.29 cubic meters per inhabitant
123	Afghanistan	45.189 cubic meters per inhabitant
124	Samoa	45.087 cubic meters per inhabitant
125	Liberia	41.515 cubic meters per inhabitant
126	Lebanon	41.251 cubic meters per inhabitant
127	Bangladesh	37.248 cubic meters per inhabitant
128	Saudi Arabia	30.024 cubic meters per inhabitant
129	Hungary	26.661 cubic meters per inhabitant
130	Haiti	24.845 cubic meters per inhabitant
131	Guatemala	24.817 cubic meters per inhabitant
132	Sierra Leone	24.649 cubic meters per inhabitant
133	Jordan	23.009 cubic meters per inhabitant
134	Oman	18.924 cubic meters per inhabitant
135	Slovenia	15.513 cubic meters per inhabitant
136	Madagascar	14.894 cubic meters per inhabitant
137	Saint Lucia	14.423 cubic meters per inhabitant
138	Singapore	13.429 cubic meters per inhabitant
139	Senegal	12.983 cubic meters per inhabitant
140	Eritrea	12.286 cubic meters per inhabitant
141	Belgium	12.236 cubic meters per inhabitant
142	Yemen	10.99 cubic meters per inhabitant
143	Seychelles	7.41 cubic meters per inhabitant
144	United Arab Emirates	5.634 cubic meters per inhabitant
145	Denmark	3.349 cubic meters per inhabitant
146	Niger	3.304 cubic meters per inhabitant
147	Nepal	2.729 cubic meters per inhabitant
148	Jamaica	1.908 cubic meters per inhabitant
149	Malawi	1.86 cubic meters per inhabitant
150	Benin	1.563 cubic meters per inhabitant
151	Congo	1.378 cubic meters per inhabitant
152	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	0.463 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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