Water from abroad % of renewable water

Name: Water from abroad by country
Creator: FAO AQUASTAT
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Kuwait got the largest share of its water from abroad: 100%.

Definition. The share of a country’s renewable water that flows in from other countries. How we measure

Source: FAO AQUASTATUpdated 25 Oct 2026

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1	Kuwait	100%
2	Egypt	98%
3	Turkmenistan	97%
4	Bahrain	97%
5	Mauritania	96%
6	Sudan	96%
7	Hungary	94%
8	Bangladesh	91%
9	Niger	90%
10	Netherlands	88%
11	Moldova	87%
12	Namibia	85%
13	Botswana	80%
14	Uzbekistan	80%
15	Romania	80%
16	Pakistan	78%
17	Azerbaijan	77%
18	Slovakia	75%
19	Cambodia	75%
20	Republic of the Congo	73%
21	Syria	72%
22	Luxembourg	71%
23	Paraguay	70%
24	Ukraine	69%
25	Chad	67%
26	Argentina	67%
27	South Sudan	66%
28	Croatia	64%
29	Gambia	63%
30	Eritrea	62%
31	Benin	61%
32	Iraq	61%
33	Vietnam	59%
34	Somalia	59%
35	Israel	58%
36	Mozambique	54%
37	Latvia	52%
38	Portugal	51%
39	Mali	50%
40	Guinea-Bissau	49%
41	Thailand	49%
42	Bolivia	47%
43	Uruguay	46%
44	Ghana	46%
45	Laos	43%
46	Eswatini	41%
47	Slovenia	41%
48	Belarus	41%
49	Kazakhstan	41%
50	El Salvador	41%
51	Venezuela	39%
52	Zimbabwe	39%
53	Lithuania	37%
54	Uganda	35%
55	Brazil	35%
56	Belgium	34%
57	Senegal	34%
58	Kenya	33%
59	India	31%
60	Germany	31%
61	Democratic Republic of the Congo	30%
62	Belize	30%
63	Austria	29%
64	Afghanistan	29%
65	Rwanda	29%
66	Jordan	27%
67	Switzerland	24%
68	Zambia	23%
69	Nigeria	23%
70	Togo	22%
71	Burundi	20%
72	Tajikistan	17%
73	North Macedonia	16%
74	Greece	15%
75	Guatemala	15%
76	Myanmar	14%
77	Liberia	14%
78	North Korea	13%
79	South Africa	13%
80	Tanzania	13%
81	Peru	13%
82	Armenia	12%
83	Mexico	12%
84	Poland	11%
85	Guyana	11%
86	Albania	11%
87	Colombia	9%
88	Tunisia	9%
89	Côte d'Ivoire	9%
90	Georgia	8%
91	United States	8%
92	Burkina Faso	7%
93	Haiti	7%
94	South Korea	7%
95	Iran	7%
96	Malawi	7%
97	Ireland	6%
98	Nepal	6%
99	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5%
100	France	5%
101	Nicaragua	5%
102	Russia	5%
103	Italy	5%
104	Chile	4%
105	Algeria	4%
106	Cameroon	4%
107	Qatar	3%
108	Palestine	3%
109	Norway	3%
110	Finland	3%
111	Panama	2%
112	Canada	2%
113	Sweden	2%
114	Honduras	2%
115	Türkiye	2%
116	Bulgaria	1%
117	United Kingdom	1%
118	Gabon	1%
119	Kyrgyzstan	1%
120	China	1%
121	Lebanon	1%
122	Estonia	1%
123	Angola	0%
124	Spain	0%
125	United Arab Emirates	0%
125	Antigua and Barbuda	0%
125	Australia	0%
125	Bahamas	0%
125	Barbados	0%
125	Brunei	0%
125	Bhutan	0%
125	Central African Republic	0%
125	Cook Islands	0%
125	Comoros	0%
125	Cabo Verde	0%
125	Costa Rica	0%
125	Cuba	0%
125	Cyprus	0%
125	Czechia	0%
125	Djibouti	0%
125	Dominica	0%
125	Denmark	0%
125	Dominican Republic	0%
125	Ecuador	0%
125	Ethiopia	0%
125	Fiji	0%
125	Faroe Islands	0%
125	Micronesia	0%
125	Guinea	0%
125	Equatorial Guinea	0%
125	Grenada	0%
125	Indonesia	0%
125	Iceland	0%
125	Jamaica	0%
125	Japan	0%
125	Kiribati	0%
125	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0%
125	Libya	0%
125	Saint Lucia	0%
125	Sri Lanka	0%
125	Lesotho	0%
125	Morocco	0%
125	Madagascar	0%
125	Maldives	0%
125	Marshall Islands	0%
125	Malta	0%
125	Mongolia	0%
125	Mauritius	0%
125	Malaysia	0%
125	Niue	0%
125	Nauru	0%
125	New Zealand	0%
125	Oman	0%
125	Philippines	0%
125	Palau	0%
125	Papua New Guinea	0%
125	Puerto Rico	0%
125	Saudi Arabia	0%
125	Singapore	0%
125	Solomon Islands	0%
125	Sierra Leone	0%
125	São Tomé and Príncipe	0%
125	Suriname	0%
125	Seychelles	0%
125	Tokelau	0%
125	Timor-Leste	0%
125	Tonga	0%
125	Trinidad and Tobago	0%
125	Tuvalu	0%
125	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0%
125	Vanuatu	0%
125	Samoa	0%
125	Yemen	0%

Source: FAO AQUASTATUpdated 25 Oct 2026

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