Units: Cubic kilometers (km^3)
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| Water Resources and Freshwater Ecosystems — Internal Renewable Water Resources (IRWR): Groundwater recharge, volume Units: Cubic kilometers (km^3) |
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| 1958-2007 | ||
| World | ||
| World {1} | 11,140.7 | |
| 1958-2007 | ||
| Region/Classification | ||
| Asia (excluding Middle East) | 2,473.9 | |
| Central America & Caribbean | 359.6 | |
| Europe | 1,318.9 | |
| Middle East & North Africa | 148.0 | |
| North America | 1,670.0 | |
| Oceania | 72.0 | |
| South America | 3,693.0 | |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 1,405.3 | |
| Developed Countries | 3,174.0 | |
| Developing Countries | 7,984.7 | |
| High Income Countries | 2,217.1 | |
| Low Income Countries | 2,146.9 | |
| Middle Income Countries | 6,776.7 | |
| ISO | 1958-2007 | |
| Country | ||
| Albania | ALB | 6.2 |
| Algeria | DZA | 1.5 |
| Angola | AGO | 58.0 |
| Argentina | ARG | 128.0 |
| Armenia | ARM | 4.2 |
| Australia | AUS | 72.0 |
| Austria | AUT | 6.0 |
| Azerbaijan | AZE | 6.5 |
| Bahrain | BHR | 0.0 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | 21.1 |
| Barbados | BRB | 0.1 |
| Belarus | BLR | 18.0 |
| Belgium | BEL | 0.9 |
| Belgium/Luxembourg | 1.0 | |
| Benin | BEN | 1.8 |
| Bolivia | BOL | 130.0 |
| Botswana | BWA | 1.7 |
| Brazil | BRA | 1,874.0 |
| Brunei Darussalam | BRN | 0.1 |
| Bulgaria | BGR | 6.4 |
| Burkina Faso | BFA | 9.5 |
| Burundi | BDI | 7.5 |
| Cambodia | KHM | 17.6 |
| Cameroon | CMR | 100.0 |
| Canada | CAN | 370.0 |
| Cape Verde | CPV | 0.1 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | CIV | 37.8 |
| Central African Rep | CAF | 56.0 |
| Chad | TCD | 11.5 |
| Chile | CHL | 140.0 |
| China | CHN | 828.8 |
| Colombia | COL | 510.0 |
| Comoros | COM | 1.0 |
| Congo | COG | 120.0 |
| Congo, Dem Rep | COD | 421.0 |
| Costa Rica | CRI | 37.3 |
| Croatia | HRV | 11.0 |
| Cuba | CUB | 6.5 |
| Cyprus | CYP | 0.4 |
| Czech Rep | CZE | 1.4 |
| Denmark | DNK | 4.3 |
| Djibouti | DJI | 0.0 |
| Dominican Rep | DOM | 11.7 |
| Ecuador | ECU | 134.0 |
| Egypt | EGY | 1.3 |
| El Salvador | SLV | 6.2 |
| Equatorial Guinea | GNQ | 10.0 |
| Eritrea | ERI | 0.5 |
| Estonia | EST | 4.0 |
| Ethiopia | ETH | 20.0 |
| Finland | FIN | 2.2 |
| France | FRA | 100.0 |
| Gabon | GAB | 62.0 |
| Gambia | GMB | 0.5 |
| Gaza Strip | 0.0 | |
| Georgia | GEO | 17.2 |
| Germany | DEU | 45.7 |
| Ghana | GHA | 26.3 |
| Greece | GRC | 10.3 |
| Guatemala | GTM | 33.7 |
| Guinea | GIN | 38.0 |
| Guinea-Bissau | GNB | 14.0 |
| Guyana | GUY | 103.0 |
| Haiti | HTI | 2.2 |
| Honduras | HND | 39.0 |
| Hungary | HUN | 6.0 |
| Iceland | ISL | 24.0 |
| India | IND | 418.5 |
| Indonesia | IDN | 455.0 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep | IRN | 49.3 |
| Iraq | IRQ | 1.2 |
| Ireland | IRL | 10.8 |
| Israel | ISR | 0.5 |
| Italy | ITA | 43.0 |
| Jamaica | JAM | 3.9 |
| Japan | JPN | 27.0 |
| Jordan | JOR | 0.5 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | 6.1 |
| Kenya | KEN | 3.5 |
| Korea, Dem People's Rep | PRK | 13.0 |
| Korea, Rep | KOR | 13.3 |
| Kuwait | KWT | 0.0 |
| Kyrgyzstan | KGZ | 13.6 |
| Lao People's Dem Rep | LAO | 37.9 |
| Latvia | LVA | 2.2 |
| Lebanon | LBN | 3.2 |
| Lesotho | LSO | 0.5 |
| Liberia | LBR | 45.0 |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | LBY | 0.5 |
| Lithuania | LTU | 1.2 |
| Luxembourg | LUX | 0.1 |
| Madagascar | MDG | 55.0 |
| Malawi | MWI | 2.5 |
| Malaysia | MYS | 64.0 |
| Maldives | MDV | 0.0 |
| Mali | MLI | 20.0 |
| Malta | MLT | 0.1 |
| Mauritania | MRT | 0.3 |
| Mauritius | MUS | 0.9 |
| Mexico | MEX | 139.0 |
| Moldova, Rep | MDA | 0.4 |
| Mongolia | MNG | 6.1 |
| Morocco | MAR | 10.0 |
| Mozambique | MOZ | 17.0 |
| Myanmar | MMR | 156.0 |
| Namibia | NAM | 2.1 |
| Nepal | NPL | 20.0 |
| Netherlands | NLD | 4.5 |
| Nicaragua | NIC | 59.0 |
| Niger | NER | 2.5 |
| Nigeria | NGA | 87.0 |
| Norway | NOR | 96.0 |
| Oman | OMN | 1.0 |
| Pakistan | PAK | 55.0 |
| Panama | PAN | 21.0 |
| Paraguay | PRY | 41.0 |
| Peru | PER | 303.0 |
| Philippines | PHL | 180.0 |
| Poland | POL | 12.5 |
| Portugal | PRT | 4.0 |
| Qatar | QAT | 0.1 |
| Réunion | REU | 2.8 |
| Romania | ROU | 8.3 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | 788.0 |
| Rwanda | RWA | 7.0 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | KNA | 0.0 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | 2.2 |
| Senegal | SEN | 3.5 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | YUG | 3.0 |
| Sierra Leone | SLE | 25.0 |
| Slovakia | SVK | 1.7 |
| Slovenia | SVN | 13.5 |
| Somalia | SOM | 3.3 |
| South Africa | ZAF | 4.8 |
| Spain | ESP | 29.9 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | 7.8 |
| Sudan | SDN | 7.0 |
| Suriname | SUR | 80.0 |
| Swaziland | SWZ | 0.7 |
| Sweden | SWE | 20.0 |
| Switzerland | CHE | 2.5 |
| Syrian Arab Rep | SYR | 4.2 |
| Tajikistan | TJK | 6.0 |
| Tanzania | TZA | 30.0 |
| Thailand | THA | 41.9 |
| Togo | TGO | 5.7 |
| Tunisia | TUN | 1.5 |
| Turkey | TUR | 69.0 |
| Turkmenistan | TKM | 0.4 |
| Uganda | UGA | 29.0 |
| Ukraine | UKR | 20.0 |
| United Arab Emirates | ARE | 0.1 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | 9.8 |
| United States {2} | USA | 1,300.0 |
| Uruguay | URY | 23.0 |
| Uzbekistan | UZB | 8.8 |
| Venezuela | VEN | 227.0 |
| Viet Nam | VNM | 48.0 |
| Yemen | YEM | 1.5 |
| Zambia | ZMB | 47.0 |
| Zimbabwe | ZWE | 6.0 |
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| Footnotes |
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| 1 - World |
| Value was calculated by WRI |
| 2 - United States |
| Not including Alaska and Hawaii |
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| Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Land and Water Development Division. 2007. AQUASTAT online database. Rome: FAO. Available on-line at http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/data/query/index.html. |
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