Dam capacity per capita 2026

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	30,792.14 cubic meters per inhabitant
2	Canada	20,790.38 cubic meters per inhabitant
3	Norway	5,944.018 cubic meters per inhabitant
4	Venezuela	5,928.846 cubic meters per inhabitant
5	Zimbabwe	5,789.944 cubic meters per inhabitant
6	Iceland	5,604.118 cubic meters per inhabitant
7	Russia	5,538.47 cubic meters per inhabitant
8	Uruguay	5,058.582 cubic meters per inhabitant
9	Paraguay	4,696.644 cubic meters per inhabitant
10	Nicaragua	4,510.252 cubic meters per inhabitant
11	Zambia	4,402.188 cubic meters per inhabitant
12	Ghana	4,109.2 cubic meters per inhabitant
13	Kazakhstan	3,759.332 cubic meters per inhabitant
14	Sweden	3,323.514 cubic meters per inhabitant
15	Finland	3,314.748 cubic meters per inhabitant
16	Brazil	3,259.262 cubic meters per inhabitant
17	New Zealand	3,118.674 cubic meters per inhabitant
18	Iraq	3,118.61 cubic meters per inhabitant
19	Kyrgyzstan	3,047.498 cubic meters per inhabitant
20	Argentina	2,844.98 cubic meters per inhabitant
21	Australia	2,840.49 cubic meters per inhabitant
22	Tajikistan	2,621.806 cubic meters per inhabitant
23	United States	2,112.998 cubic meters per inhabitant
24	Azerbaijan	2,038.536 cubic meters per inhabitant
25	Mozambique	1,983.35 cubic meters per inhabitant
26	Panama	1,959.21 cubic meters per inhabitant
27	Turkey	1,751.972 cubic meters per inhabitant
28	Montenegro	1,699.972 cubic meters per inhabitant
29	Albania	1,456.162 cubic meters per inhabitant
30	Uganda	1,452.282 cubic meters per inhabitant
31	Ukraine	1,419.558 cubic meters per inhabitant
32	Tanzania	1,404.322 cubic meters per inhabitant
33	Egypt	1,394.258 cubic meters per inhabitant
34	Laos	1,319.136 cubic meters per inhabitant
35	North Macedonia	1,300.854 cubic meters per inhabitant
36	Greece	1,210.722 cubic meters per inhabitant
37	Lesotho	1,197.018 cubic meters per inhabitant
38	Mexico	1,145.452 cubic meters per inhabitant
39	Portugal	1,106.834 cubic meters per inhabitant
40	Spain	1,106.312 cubic meters per inhabitant
41	Thailand	1,098 cubic meters per inhabitant
42	Côte d'Ivoire	1,093.806 cubic meters per inhabitant
43	Bulgaria	981.51 cubic meters per inhabitant
44	Bosnia and Herzegovina	958.744 cubic meters per inhabitant
45	Guyana	949.959 cubic meters per inhabitant
46	Georgia	900.996 cubic meters per inhabitant
47	North Korea	793.787 cubic meters per inhabitant
48	Syrian Arab Republic	748.373 cubic meters per inhabitant
49	Turkmenistan	705.867 cubic meters per inhabitant
50	Chile	651.248 cubic meters per inhabitant
51	El Salvador	612.174 cubic meters per inhabitant
52	Malaysia	611.579 cubic meters per inhabitant
53	Romania	590.53 cubic meters per inhabitant
54	Uzbekistan	580.299 cubic meters per inhabitant
55	China	566.969 cubic meters per inhabitant
56	Latvia	548.721 cubic meters per inhabitant
57	Mali	520.298 cubic meters per inhabitant
58	Cuba	518.835 cubic meters per inhabitant
59	Honduras	514.713 cubic meters per inhabitant
60	Netherlands	502.732 cubic meters per inhabitant
61	Cameroon	499.894 cubic meters per inhabitant
62	Armenia	488.843 cubic meters per inhabitant
63	Iran	477.983 cubic meters per inhabitant
64	South Africa	464.702 cubic meters per inhabitant
65	Morocco	461.013 cubic meters per inhabitant
66	Eswatini	459.079 cubic meters per inhabitant
67	Vietnam	432.078 cubic meters per inhabitant
68	Botswana	427.234 cubic meters per inhabitant
69	Kenya	419.814 cubic meters per inhabitant
70	Ecuador	411.255 cubic meters per inhabitant
71	Republic of Moldova	388.617 cubic meters per inhabitant
72	Costa Rica	382.595 cubic meters per inhabitant
73	Sudan	379.527 cubic meters per inhabitant
74	Switzerland	368.467 cubic meters per inhabitant
75	South Korea	362.209 cubic meters per inhabitant
76	Belarus	349.066 cubic meters per inhabitant
77	Serbia	345.635 cubic meters per inhabitant
78	Slovakia	314.845 cubic meters per inhabitant
79	Czech Republic	297.419 cubic meters per inhabitant
80	Belize	285.362 cubic meters per inhabitant
81	Myanmar	280.647 cubic meters per inhabitant
82	Japan	255.333 cubic meters per inhabitant
83	Croatia	253.925 cubic meters per inhabitant
84	Sri Lanka	253.304 cubic meters per inhabitant
85	Cyprus	238.468 cubic meters per inhabitant
86	Austria	229.659 cubic meters per inhabitant
87	Angola	227.875 cubic meters per inhabitant
88	Ethiopia	222.447 cubic meters per inhabitant
89	Tunisia	215.149 cubic meters per inhabitant
90	Namibia	215.045 cubic meters per inhabitant
91	Burkina Faso	212.81 cubic meters per inhabitant
92	Nigeria	206.733 cubic meters per inhabitant
93	Colombia	205.627 cubic meters per inhabitant
94	Dominican Republic	193.223 cubic meters per inhabitant
95	Algeria	176.113 cubic meters per inhabitant
96	Lithuania	175.734 cubic meters per inhabitant
97	Italy	170.53 cubic meters per inhabitant
98	Togo	169.768 cubic meters per inhabitant
99	India	167.042 cubic meters per inhabitant
100	Peru	163.737 cubic meters per inhabitant
101	Ireland	162.413 cubic meters per inhabitant
102	Sao Tome and Principe	159.052 cubic meters per inhabitant
103	France	148.879 cubic meters per inhabitant
104	Fiji	144.538 cubic meters per inhabitant
105	Estonia	133.256 cubic meters per inhabitant
106	Guinea	116.68 cubic meters per inhabitant
107	Pakistan	105.577 cubic meters per inhabitant
108	Brunei Darussalam	94.742 cubic meters per inhabitant
109	Mauritania	89.755 cubic meters per inhabitant
110	Luxembourg	88.045 cubic meters per inhabitant
111	Indonesia	83.211 cubic meters per inhabitant
112	Gabon	81.458 cubic meters per inhabitant
113	Poland	77.231 cubic meters per inhabitant
114	United Kingdom	75.83 cubic meters per inhabitant
115	Mauritius	73.482 cubic meters per inhabitant
116	Mongolia	68.585 cubic meters per inhabitant
117	Philippines	59.661 cubic meters per inhabitant
118	Antigua and Barbuda	52.941 cubic meters per inhabitant
119	Libya	50.982 cubic meters per inhabitant
120	Germany	47.27 cubic meters per inhabitant
121	Trinidad and Tobago	47.116 cubic meters per inhabitant
122	Bolivia	46.831 cubic meters per inhabitant
123	Samoa	44.654 cubic meters per inhabitant
124	Afghanistan	43.871 cubic meters per inhabitant
125	Lebanon	41.622 cubic meters per inhabitant
126	Liberia	40.551 cubic meters per inhabitant
127	Bangladesh	36.91 cubic meters per inhabitant
128	Saudi Arabia	29.562 cubic meters per inhabitant
129	Hungary	26.726 cubic meters per inhabitant
130	Haiti	24.526 cubic meters per inhabitant
131	Guatemala	24.431 cubic meters per inhabitant
132	Sierra Leone	24.013 cubic meters per inhabitant
133	Jordan	22.546 cubic meters per inhabitant
134	Oman	18.855 cubic meters per inhabitant
135	Slovenia	15.42 cubic meters per inhabitant
136	Madagascar	14.46 cubic meters per inhabitant
137	Saint Lucia	14.387 cubic meters per inhabitant
138	Singapore	13.451 cubic meters per inhabitant
139	Senegal	12.597 cubic meters per inhabitant
140	Belgium	12.181 cubic meters per inhabitant
141	Eritrea	12.065 cubic meters per inhabitant
142	Yemen	10.624 cubic meters per inhabitant
143	Seychelles	7.228 cubic meters per inhabitant
144	United Arab Emirates	5.493 cubic meters per inhabitant
145	Denmark	3.333 cubic meters per inhabitant
146	Niger	3.174 cubic meters per inhabitant
147	Nepal	2.684 cubic meters per inhabitant
148	Jamaica	1.904 cubic meters per inhabitant
149	Malawi	1.804 cubic meters per inhabitant
150	Benin	1.516 cubic meters per inhabitant
151	Congo	1.34 cubic meters per inhabitant
152	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	0.445 cubic meters per inhabitant
153	Grenada	0.186 cubic meters per inhabitant
154	Cambodia	0.055 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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