River flow maximum (m3/s) by country

Countries reporting
217
Highest
31.70 million m3 per sec
Brazil
Lowest
0 m3 per sec
Saint Barthélemy
Median
22,084 m3 per sec
Years covered
20
2005–2024
Data points
5,120

What the numbers show

River flow maximum (m3/s) is currently reported for 217 countries. The highest value is 31.70 million m3 per sec in Brazil; the lowest is 0 m3 per sec in Saint Barthélemy.

The median across all reporting countries is 22,084 m3 per sec, and the mean is 553,191 m3 per sec.

Over the past decade 102 countries rose and 108 fell. The largest increase was in United Arab Emirates (up 213.2%), and the largest decrease in Morocco (down 87.4%).

River flow maximum: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 31.70 million m3 per sec 2024 down 0.5% rising
2 Russian Federation 20.62 million m3 per sec 2024 up 11.0% flat
3 China 8.53 million m3 per sec 2024 up 13.7% rising
4 Canada 7.18 million m3 per sec 2024 up 11.3% rising
5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 5.66 million m3 per sec 2024 up 21.6% flat
6 India 4.28 million m3 per sec 2024 down 2.9% rising
7 Peru 3.13 million m3 per sec 2024 up 2.2% rising
8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3.01 million m3 per sec 2024 down 11.1% falling
9 Sudan 2.75 million m3 per sec 2024 down 0.2% rising
10 Colombia 2.21 million m3 per sec 2024 down 3.5% rising
11 Myanmar 2.12 million m3 per sec 2024 down 17.7% falling
12 Argentina 1.73 million m3 per sec 2024 down 21.6% falling
13 Congo 1.60 million m3 per sec 2024 up 12.7% falling
14 Egypt 1.47 million m3 per sec 2024 down 2.2% rising
15 Bangladesh 1.25 million m3 per sec 2024 down 9.1% flat
16 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.13 million m3 per sec 2024 down 10.7% rising
17 Mozambique 1.02 million m3 per sec 2024 up 43.5% rising
18 Indonesia 987,789 m3 per sec 2024 down 0.9% rising
19 Lao People's Democratic Republic 823,340 m3 per sec 2024 down 20.7% falling
20 Zambia 816,922 m3 per sec 2024 up 49.2% rising
21 Ethiopia 797,187 m3 per sec 2024 up 3.7% rising
22 Nigeria 772,187 m3 per sec 2024 up 11.6% rising
23 Pakistan 743,408 m3 per sec 2024 down 11.7% rising
24 Paraguay 732,136 m3 per sec 2024 down 25.1% falling
25 Thailand 727,089 m3 per sec 2024 down 18.9% falling
26 Australia and New Zealand 680,346 m3 per sec 2024 down 9.2% rising
27 Australia 639,772 m3 per sec 2024 down 9.7% rising
28 Angola 612,917 m3 per sec 2024 up 21.1% flat
29 Melanesia 483,512 m3 per sec 2024 down 0.4% rising
30 Papua New Guinea 477,144 m3 per sec 2024 down 0.6% rising
31 Cambodia 475,190 m3 per sec 2024 down 5.0% flat
32 Kazakhstan 428,986 m3 per sec 2024 up 0.1% flat
33 Romania 423,683 m3 per sec 2024 down 18.0% falling
34 Viet Nam 418,242 m3 per sec 2024 down 0.4% rising
35 Mali 405,836 m3 per sec 2024 up 35.6% rising
36 Zimbabwe 371,372 m3 per sec 2024 up 30.6% rising
37 South Sudan 362,990 m3 per sec 2024 up 12.2% rising
38 Mexico 349,874 m3 per sec 2024 down 18.1% rising
39 United Republic of Tanzania 341,961 m3 per sec 2024 up 56.8% rising
40 Iraq 316,355 m3 per sec 2024 up 9.4% flat
41 Uganda 297,537 m3 per sec 2024 up 9.6% rising
42 Ukraine 276,398 m3 per sec 2024 down 16.9% falling
43 Malawi 258,716 m3 per sec 2024 up 29.8% rising
44 Cameroon 252,003 m3 per sec 2024 up 7.9% rising
45 Uruguay 233,139 m3 per sec 2024 up 7.3% rising
46 Bulgaria 215,009 m3 per sec 2024 down 17.7% falling
47 Gabon 209,436 m3 per sec 2024 up 54.2% rising
48 Germany 190,897 m3 per sec 2024 up 3.5% flat
49 Serbia 188,849 m3 per sec 2024 down 14.5% falling
50 Guyana 179,620 m3 per sec 2024 up 21.7% rising
51 France 178,528 m3 per sec 2024 up 15.3% rising
52 Uzbekistan 172,340 m3 per sec 2024 down 16.6% falling
53 Namibia 171,652 m3 per sec 2024 up 32.3% rising
54 Botswana 163,666 m3 per sec 2024 up 57.2% rising
55 Afghanistan 162,334 m3 per sec 2024 down 13.9% flat
56 Madagascar 161,539 m3 per sec 2024 down 12.4% falling
57 Niger 157,482 m3 per sec 2024 up 46.4% rising
58 Somalia 154,947 m3 per sec 2024 up 47.3% rising
59 Türkiye 151,139 m3 per sec 2024 down 13.5% falling
60 Ecuador 140,700 m3 per sec 2024 up 10.0% rising
61 Nepal 140,600 m3 per sec 2024 up 0.2% rising
62 Ghana 132,754 m3 per sec 2024 up 74.6% rising
63 Chad 126,120 m3 per sec 2024 down 9.0% falling
64 Chile 122,136 m3 per sec 2024 down 2.0% falling
65 Malaysia 121,123 m3 per sec 2024 down 3.2% rising
66 Kenya 120,762 m3 per sec 2024 up 9.5% rising
67 Tajikistan 119,373 m3 per sec 2024 down 14.8% flat
68 Senegal 118,631 m3 per sec 2024 up 38.8% rising
69 Turkmenistan 116,274 m3 per sec 2024 down 19.2% falling
70 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 112,036 m3 per sec 2024 up 27.6% falling
71 Suriname 107,498 m3 per sec 2024 up 54.7% rising
72 Guinea 100,201 m3 per sec 2024 up 20.3% rising
73 Mauritania 97,685 m3 per sec 2024 up 39.4% rising
74 Sweden 91,033 m3 per sec 2024 up 6.3% rising
75 Côte d'Ivoire 77,839 m3 per sec 2024 up 55.3% rising
76 Poland 77,107 m3 per sec 2024 down 11.8% falling
77 Hungary 72,146 m3 per sec 2024 down 10.6% falling
78 Finland 68,816 m3 per sec 2024 up 23.9% rising
79 Philippines 67,420 m3 per sec 2024 down 6.3% rising
80 Syrian Arab Republic 66,140 m3 per sec 2024 down 0.7% falling
81 Benin 64,685 m3 per sec 2024 up 41.1% rising
82 Norway 64,389 m3 per sec 2024 up 9.1% rising
83 Austria 64,179 m3 per sec 2024 down 5.7% falling
84 French Guiana 62,061 m3 per sec 2024 up 67.8% rising
85 Japan 61,822 m3 per sec 2024 up 7.0% rising
86 Croatia 59,809 m3 per sec 2024 down 9.6% flat
87 Italy 59,219 m3 per sec 2024 down 21.3% rising
88 Belarus 54,964 m3 per sec 2024 down 14.7% falling
89 Liberia 49,292 m3 per sec 2024 up 18.1% rising
90 Nicaragua 47,026 m3 per sec 2024 up 35.7% rising
91 Sierra Leone 46,216 m3 per sec 2024 up 19.8% rising
92 Spain 43,410 m3 per sec 2024 down 27.5% rising
93 Azerbaijan 43,013 m3 per sec 2024 down 21.8% falling
94 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 40,801 m3 per sec 2024 down 10.7% flat
95 New Zealand 40,574 m3 per sec 2024 down 0.7% rising
96 Kyrgyzstan 39,248 m3 per sec 2024 down 14.3% flat
97 Guatemala 35,383 m3 per sec 2024 down 8.7% rising
98 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 32,707 m3 per sec 2024 up 14.2% rising
99 Portugal 31,110 m3 per sec 2024 down 8.5% falling
100 Mongolia 28,776 m3 per sec 2024 up 63.3% rising
101 Bhutan 26,890 m3 per sec 2024 up 8.7% rising
102 Bosnia and Herzegovina 26,638 m3 per sec 2024 down 13.7% rising
103 Republic of Korea 25,313 m3 per sec 2024 up 15.2% falling
104 Eritrea 25,012 m3 per sec 2024 down 3.2% rising
105 Honduras 24,018 m3 per sec 2024 up 42.3% rising
106 Burkina Faso 23,556 m3 per sec 2024 up 48.9% rising
107 Panama 23,434 m3 per sec 2024 down 14.8% falling
108 Switzerland 22,460 m3 per sec 2024 down 3.4% flat
109 Costa Rica 22,084 m3 per sec 2024 down 1.1% flat
110 Slovakia 20,048 m3 per sec 2024 down 9.3% falling
111 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 18,129 m3 per sec 2024 up 14.1% rising
112 Guinea-Bissau 15,892 m3 per sec 2024 up 21.9% rising
113 Lithuania 15,774 m3 per sec 2024 down 6.0% falling
114 Georgia 15,120 m3 per sec 2024 down 12.9% falling
115 Latvia 15,110 m3 per sec 2024 down 16.6% falling
116 Burundi 14,864 m3 per sec 2024 up 26.3% rising
117 Equatorial Guinea 14,576 m3 per sec 2024 up 30.5% rising
118 Iceland 14,354 m3 per sec 2024 up 10.7% rising
119 Gambia 12,805 m3 per sec 2024 up 37.0% rising
120 Rwanda 12,154 m3 per sec 2024 up 15.7% rising
121 Republic of Moldova 11,461 m3 per sec 2024 down 30.0% falling
122 Greece 11,415 m3 per sec 2024 down 17.4% rising
123 Togo 11,398 m3 per sec 2024 up 28.6% rising
124 Ireland 8,243 m3 per sec 2024 up 15.4% rising
125 Sri Lanka 7,767 m3 per sec 2024 down 20.5% rising
126 Armenia 7,301 m3 per sec 2024 down 23.2% falling
127 Czechia 6,892 m3 per sec 2024 down 3.5% falling
128 Albania 6,232 m3 per sec 2024 down 2.8% rising
129 Belgium 5,938 m3 per sec 2024 up 24.7% rising
130 Brunei Darussalam 5,848 m3 per sec 2024 down 13.8% rising
131 Lesotho 5,740 m3 per sec 2024 up 64.3% rising
132 Estonia 5,538 m3 per sec 2024 down 27.0% falling
133 Slovenia 4,364 m3 per sec 2024 down 1.9% rising
134 El Salvador 4,186 m3 per sec 2024 up 5.1% falling
135 Montenegro 3,966 m3 per sec 2024 up 4.7% rising
136 Solomon Islands 3,111 m3 per sec 2024 up 21.8% rising
137 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands 2,664 m3 per sec 2024 down 0.8% flat
138 Yemen 2,421 m3 per sec 2024 up 57.7% rising
139 Eswatini 2,276 m3 per sec 2024 up 60.2% flat
140 Luxembourg 2,199 m3 per sec 2024 up 14.8% rising
141 North Macedonia 1,738 m3 per sec 2024 down 20.6% rising
142 Fiji 1,684 m3 per sec 2024 up 16.4% rising
143 Algeria 1,524 m3 per sec 2024 down 62.3% falling
144 Morocco 1,298 m3 per sec 2024 down 87.4% volatile
145 Denmark 1,206 m3 per sec 2024 up 27.7% rising
146 Saudi Arabia 984.83 m3 per sec 2024 up 86.8% falling
147 Timor-Leste 913.41 m3 per sec 2024 up 1.5% rising
148 Belize 885.73 m3 per sec 2024 down 20.9% rising
149 Vanuatu 833 m3 per sec 2024 up 19.5% rising
150 New Caledonia 739.42 m3 per sec 2024 up 11.6% rising
151 Cuba 616.03 m3 per sec 2024 up 3.0% rising
152 Liechtenstein 610.48 m3 per sec 2024 down 1.5% flat
153 Dominican Republic 539.49 m3 per sec 2024 down 66.5% falling
154 Jordan 445.85 m3 per sec 2024 down 21.9% falling
155 Libya 424.45 m3 per sec 2024 up 82.4% rising
156 Israel 297.49 m3 per sec 2024 down 12.3% falling
157 Lebanon 213.77 m3 per sec 2024 down 2.8% falling
158 Jamaica 150.63 m3 per sec 2024 up 3.8% falling
159 Micronesia 128.47 m3 per sec 2024 up 8.6% rising
160 Haiti 122.76 m3 per sec 2024 down 72.0% falling
161 Oman 119.64 m3 per sec 2024 down 60.8% volatile
162 Bahamas 115.72 m3 per sec 2024 up 14.4% rising
163 Trinidad and Tobago 113.87 m3 per sec 2024 down 0.0% falling
164 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 112.08 m3 per sec 2024 down 21.7% falling
165 Tunisia 93.37 m3 per sec 2024 down 68.2% volatile
166 Puerto Rico 85.2 m3 per sec 2024 down 19.7% falling
167 Cyprus 79.69 m3 per sec 2024 up 36.4% flat
168 Kuwait 75.11 m3 per sec 2024 up 137.6% volatile
169 Andorra 57.8 m3 per sec 2024 down 22.8% falling
170 Singapore 53 m3 per sec 2024 up 13.8% rising
171 Faroe Islands 43 m3 per sec 2024 up 4.6% flat
172 Micronesia (Federated States of) 42.06 m3 per sec 2024 up 20.7% flat
173 Guam 40.8 m3 per sec 2024 up 6.8% rising
174 Western Sahara 33.9 m3 per sec 2024 down 78.9% volatile
175 Sao Tome and Principe 27.85 m3 per sec 2024 up 41.9% rising
176 Palau 25.75 m3 per sec 2024 up 1.0% flat
177 Djibouti 19.08 m3 per sec 2024 down 2.6% rising
178 Isle of Man 18.35 m3 per sec 2024 up 9.0% rising
179 Northern Mariana Islands 17.59 m3 per sec 2024 down 0.6% rising
180 Comoros 13.03 m3 per sec 2024 up 164.6% rising
181 Åland Islands 12.93 m3 per sec 2024 down 9.6% rising
182 San Marino 11.72 m3 per sec 2024 down 48.3% falling
183 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 9.66 m3 per sec 2024 up 19.8% falling
184 United Arab Emirates 8.71 m3 per sec 2024 up 213.2% volatile
185 Martinique 7.3 m3 per sec 2024 down 50.4% falling
186 United States Virgin Islands 4.94 m3 per sec 2024 down 1.5% falling
187 Grenada 4.14 m3 per sec 2024 up 8.2% falling
188 Guadeloupe 3.53 m3 per sec 2024 down 63.7% falling
189 Jersey 3.3 m3 per sec 2024 up 32.1% rising
190 Guernsey 3.16 m3 per sec 2024 up 29.8% rising
191 Malta 2.85 m3 per sec 2024 down 28.2% rising
192 Barbados 2.76 m3 per sec 2024 down 4.2% rising
193 British Virgin Islands 2.55 m3 per sec 2024 up 26.9% falling
194 Dominica 2.41 m3 per sec 2024 down 64.0% falling
195 Saint Lucia 2.31 m3 per sec 2024 down 63.3% flat
196 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.22 m3 per sec 2024 down 40.1% falling
197 Antigua and Barbuda 1.96 m3 per sec 2024 down 62.2% falling
198 Curaçao 1.93 m3 per sec 2024 down 74.5% volatile
199 Marshall Islands 1.43 m3 per sec 2024 up 9.8% rising
200 Cayman Islands 1.17 m3 per sec 2024 up 39.2% falling
201 Mayotte 1.17 m3 per sec 2024 down 3.9% falling
202 Kiribati 0.8305 m3 per sec 2024 up 10.2% falling
203 Aruba 0.7686 m3 per sec 2024 down 65.6% falling
204 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.7641 m3 per sec 2024 down 58.9% falling
205 Saint Martin (French Part) 0.5826 m3 per sec 2024 down 51.0% falling
205 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.5826 m3 per sec 2024 down 51.0% falling
207 Qatar 0.4304 m3 per sec 2024 down 80.6% volatile
208 Anguilla 0.3026 m3 per sec 2024 down 56.0% falling
209 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.206 m3 per sec 2024 down 71.8% volatile
210 Bahrain 0.0238 m3 per sec 2024 up 93.7% volatile
211 Greenland 0 m3 per sec 2024 flat
211 Nauru 0 m3 per sec 2024 flat
211 Seychelles 0 m3 per sec 2024 flat
211 Tuvalu 0 m3 per sec 2024 flat
211 Montserrat 0 m3 per sec 2024 flat
211 Norfolk Island 0 m3 per sec 2024 flat
211 Saint Barthélemy 0 m3 per sec 2024 flat

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Indicator
River flow maximum (m3/s)
Unit
m3 per sec
Source
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
Licence
UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested)
Coverage
256 places, 5,120 data points, 2005–2024
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