Iceland has the largest renewable freshwater resources per capita worldwide, at an estimated 445 thousand cubic meters per inhabitant as of 2022 – based on the long-term annual average. While water resources are abundant in Iceland, the population in the Nordic country amounts to less than 400,000 inhabitants.

Brazil and Russia have some of the largest renewable freshwater resources worldwide, at an estimated 8.4 and 4.2 trillion cubic meters as of 2022 – based on their long-term annual average. Canada followed this, with renewable freshwater resources amounting to 3.5 trillion cubic meters. On a per capita basis, Brazil holds roughly 39,200 cubic meters of renewable water resources per inhabitant.