River flow minimum (m3/s) by country

Countries reporting
217
Highest
8.84 million m3 per sec
Brazil
Lowest
0 m3 per sec
Saint Barthélemy
Median
2,411 m3 per sec
Years covered
20
2005–2024
Data points
5,120

What the numbers show

River flow minimum (m3/s) is currently reported for 217 countries. The highest value is 8.84 million m3 per sec in Brazil; the lowest is 0 m3 per sec in Saint Barthélemy.

The median across all reporting countries is 2,411 m3 per sec, and the mean is 107,075 m3 per sec.

Over the past decade 93 countries rose and 117 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 833.0%), and the largest decrease in Anguilla (down 91.7%).

River flow minimum: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 8.84 million m3 per sec 2024 down 2.5% flat
2 Russian Federation 2.11 million m3 per sec 2024 up 7.5% flat
3 Canada 1.62 million m3 per sec 2024 up 16.1% rising
4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.49 million m3 per sec 2024 up 6.0% falling
5 China 1.29 million m3 per sec 2024 up 26.0% flat
6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 727,240 m3 per sec 2024 down 13.8% falling
7 Peru 722,451 m3 per sec 2024 down 0.2% rising
8 Colombia 677,813 m3 per sec 2024 down 10.5% flat
9 Congo 544,150 m3 per sec 2024 up 6.4% falling
10 Sudan 508,532 m3 per sec 2024 up 9.5% rising
11 Indonesia 402,093 m3 per sec 2024 up 1.7% rising
12 Argentina 325,552 m3 per sec 2024 down 30.3% falling
13 Egypt 272,646 m3 per sec 2024 up 8.9% rising
14 Myanmar 235,218 m3 per sec 2024 down 20.4% falling
15 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 223,839 m3 per sec 2024 down 10.3% rising
16 India 197,764 m3 per sec 2024 up 2.0% flat
17 Melanesia 194,448 m3 per sec 2024 down 8.3% rising
18 Papua New Guinea 192,694 m3 per sec 2024 down 8.4% rising
19 South Sudan 179,637 m3 per sec 2024 up 2.8% rising
20 Uganda 129,130 m3 per sec 2024 up 2.0% rising
21 Bangladesh 114,924 m3 per sec 2024 down 4.5% falling
22 Romania 113,895 m3 per sec 2024 down 12.7% falling
23 Paraguay 113,762 m3 per sec 2024 down 38.0% falling
24 Angola 100,073 m3 per sec 2024 up 6.8% falling
25 Australia and New Zealand 91,673 m3 per sec 2024 down 19.8% flat
26 Lao People's Democratic Republic 85,063 m3 per sec 2024 down 12.7% falling
27 Australia 84,660 m3 per sec 2024 down 21.2% flat
28 Nigeria 75,592 m3 per sec 2024 up 13.8% rising
29 Thailand 71,719 m3 per sec 2024 down 14.0% falling
30 Mozambique 65,768 m3 per sec 2024 up 13.6% rising
31 Pakistan 63,867 m3 per sec 2024 down 8.3% rising
32 Ukraine 61,014 m3 per sec 2024 down 16.3% falling
33 Kazakhstan 58,893 m3 per sec 2024 up 1.5% flat
34 Bulgaria 57,920 m3 per sec 2024 down 13.2% falling
35 Zambia 57,744 m3 per sec 2024 up 19.5% rising
36 Cambodia 56,954 m3 per sec 2024 down 4.7% falling
37 Serbia 51,591 m3 per sec 2024 down 9.1% falling
38 Viet Nam 48,225 m3 per sec 2024 up 2.5% flat
39 Malaysia 48,010 m3 per sec 2024 up 10.9% rising
40 Guyana 43,679 m3 per sec 2024 up 28.0% rising
41 Uruguay 43,610 m3 per sec 2024 down 25.6% flat
42 Germany 39,299 m3 per sec 2024 down 7.9% falling
43 Mali 36,954 m3 per sec 2024 up 25.0% rising
44 Gabon 36,702 m3 per sec 2024 up 65.4% rising
45 Ecuador 30,143 m3 per sec 2024 up 7.4% rising
46 Ethiopia 27,140 m3 per sec 2024 up 12.2% rising
47 Zimbabwe 25,810 m3 per sec 2024 up 2.7% rising
48 Cameroon 24,970 m3 per sec 2024 up 12.4% flat
49 Mexico 23,846 m3 per sec 2024 down 11.6% rising
50 Uzbekistan 23,014 m3 per sec 2024 down 16.1% falling
51 France 22,828 m3 per sec 2024 down 4.6% flat
52 Suriname 21,312 m3 per sec 2024 up 71.4% rising
53 Chile 21,246 m3 per sec 2024 down 20.5% falling
54 Malawi 20,688 m3 per sec 2024 up 13.7% rising
55 Hungary 19,407 m3 per sec 2024 down 9.3% falling
56 Austria 18,972 m3 per sec 2024 up 2.4% flat
57 Niger 18,062 m3 per sec 2024 up 25.8% rising
58 Ghana 17,183 m3 per sec 2024 up 49.5% rising
59 Poland 17,097 m3 per sec 2024 down 10.6% falling
60 Sweden 16,193 m3 per sec 2024 up 17.7% rising
61 Croatia 15,931 m3 per sec 2024 up 0.9% rising
62 Turkmenistan 15,205 m3 per sec 2024 down 15.6% falling
63 Finland 14,868 m3 per sec 2024 up 22.0% rising
64 United Republic of Tanzania 14,371 m3 per sec 2024 up 38.9% rising
65 Afghanistan 14,198 m3 per sec 2024 down 12.8% flat
66 Iraq 13,326 m3 per sec 2024 up 15.8% falling
67 Chad 13,254 m3 per sec 2024 down 3.9% falling
68 Belarus 12,675 m3 per sec 2024 down 10.0% falling
69 Philippines 12,066 m3 per sec 2024 down 10.3% rising
70 Italy 11,654 m3 per sec 2024 down 24.3% rising
71 French Guiana 11,188 m3 per sec 2024 up 109.6% rising
72 Namibia 11,028 m3 per sec 2024 up 21.3% rising
73 Japan 10,696 m3 per sec 2024 up 5.0% rising
74 Tajikistan 10,329 m3 per sec 2024 down 11.1% falling
75 Côte d'Ivoire 9,285 m3 per sec 2024 up 32.4% rising
76 Norway 9,012 m3 per sec 2024 up 48.2% rising
77 Türkiye 8,605 m3 per sec 2024 down 13.9% falling
78 Senegal 8,497 m3 per sec 2024 up 24.6% rising
79 Botswana 7,994 m3 per sec 2024 up 27.8% rising
80 Nepal 7,537 m3 per sec 2024 up 26.8% rising
81 Benin 7,069 m3 per sec 2024 up 21.7% rising
82 New Zealand 7,013 m3 per sec 2024 up 4.1% falling
83 Mauritania 6,614 m3 per sec 2024 up 24.5% rising
84 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 6,038 m3 per sec 2024 down 1.8% falling
85 Nicaragua 6,026 m3 per sec 2024 up 10.1% rising
86 Switzerland 6,026 m3 per sec 2024 down 3.5% flat
87 Kenya 5,869 m3 per sec 2024 down 2.8% rising
88 Liberia 5,720 m3 per sec 2024 up 13.2% rising
89 Slovakia 5,336 m3 per sec 2024 down 8.6% falling
90 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 4,902 m3 per sec 2024 up 14.5% falling
91 Panama 4,691 m3 per sec 2024 down 22.8% falling
92 Somalia 4,483 m3 per sec 2024 down 13.5% flat
93 Equatorial Guinea 4,203 m3 per sec 2024 up 23.7% rising
94 Guinea 4,166 m3 per sec 2024 up 12.8% rising
95 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 4,057 m3 per sec 2024 up 10.2% flat
96 Syrian Arab Republic 3,925 m3 per sec 2024 down 5.7% falling
97 Mongolia 3,837 m3 per sec 2024 up 52.9% rising
98 Guatemala 3,835 m3 per sec 2024 down 9.7% flat
99 Madagascar 3,451 m3 per sec 2024 down 4.7% falling
100 Lithuania 3,365 m3 per sec 2024 down 11.6% falling
101 Costa Rica 3,309 m3 per sec 2024 down 12.7% rising
102 Latvia 3,260 m3 per sec 2024 down 19.6% falling
103 Burundi 3,035 m3 per sec 2024 up 11.9% rising
104 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,796 m3 per sec 2024 down 0.9% falling
105 Brunei Darussalam 2,785 m3 per sec 2024 up 31.3% rising
106 Azerbaijan 2,769 m3 per sec 2024 down 40.7% falling
107 Kyrgyzstan 2,710 m3 per sec 2024 down 10.2% falling
108 Iceland 2,534 m3 per sec 2024 down 6.9% flat
109 Burkina Faso 2,411 m3 per sec 2024 up 23.5% rising
110 Sierra Leone 2,123 m3 per sec 2024 up 14.8% rising
111 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2,006 m3 per sec 2024 down 9.8% flat
112 Honduras 1,960 m3 per sec 2024 down 4.8% rising
113 Republic of Moldova 1,904 m3 per sec 2024 down 25.0% falling
114 Republic of Korea 1,764 m3 per sec 2024 down 12.0% falling
115 Georgia 1,643 m3 per sec 2024 down 12.4% falling
116 Estonia 1,405 m3 per sec 2024 down 25.2% falling
117 Ireland 1,281 m3 per sec 2024 down 3.7% rising
118 Bhutan 1,263 m3 per sec 2024 down 7.1% falling
119 Solomon Islands 1,172 m3 per sec 2024 up 5.8% rising
120 Gambia 1,117 m3 per sec 2024 up 22.7% rising
121 Guinea-Bissau 1,091 m3 per sec 2024 up 26.8% rising
122 Spain 1,084 m3 per sec 2024 down 42.7% rising
123 Rwanda 1,043 m3 per sec 2024 up 36.3% rising
124 Slovenia 844.65 m3 per sec 2024 up 7.9% rising
125 Czechia 832.5 m3 per sec 2024 down 19.4% falling
126 Sri Lanka 821.67 m3 per sec 2024 down 18.9% flat
127 Greece 800.59 m3 per sec 2024 down 13.9% flat
128 Algeria 774.01 m3 per sec 2024 down 11.6% flat
129 Eritrea 764.3 m3 per sec 2024 up 28.9% rising
130 Belgium 748.57 m3 per sec 2024 up 34.1% rising
131 Togo 593.13 m3 per sec 2024 up 25.6% rising
132 Armenia 468.26 m3 per sec 2024 down 34.5% falling
133 Lesotho 425.83 m3 per sec 2024 up 75.0% falling
134 Albania 368.29 m3 per sec 2024 down 10.3% flat
135 El Salvador 322.15 m3 per sec 2024 up 0.1% rising
136 Fiji 289.35 m3 per sec 2024 down 4.5% rising
137 Portugal 241.82 m3 per sec 2024 down 68.3% falling
138 Denmark 212.91 m3 per sec 2024 up 18.4% rising
139 Montenegro 209.79 m3 per sec 2024 down 7.4% falling
140 Belize 189.4 m3 per sec 2024 down 28.7% rising
141 Libya 188.34 m3 per sec 2024 down 1.0% flat
142 Jordan 175.9 m3 per sec 2024 down 4.9% falling
143 Vanuatu 168.6 m3 per sec 2024 down 16.8% rising
144 Luxembourg 161.61 m3 per sec 2024 up 5.3% flat
145 North Macedonia 147.82 m3 per sec 2024 down 1.1% rising
146 New Caledonia 123.48 m3 per sec 2024 down 10.3% rising
147 Cuba 78.44 m3 per sec 2024 down 14.2% rising
148 Morocco 76.11 m3 per sec 2024 down 83.3% falling
149 Dominican Republic 70.17 m3 per sec 2024 down 57.5% falling
150 Yemen 69.21 m3 per sec 2024 up 64.5% falling
151 Liechtenstein 68.78 m3 per sec 2024 up 35.2% rising
152 Eswatini 58.26 m3 per sec 2024 up 7.5% falling
153 Timor-Leste 50.4 m3 per sec 2024 down 10.1% rising
154 Saudi Arabia 46.67 m3 per sec 2024 up 334.4% volatile
155 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands 36.66 m3 per sec 2024 up 8.0% rising
156 Trinidad and Tobago 28.89 m3 per sec 2024 down 5.9% falling
157 Micronesia 19.36 m3 per sec 2024 up 22.0% rising
158 Djibouti 17.32 m3 per sec 2024 down 0.5% flat
159 Israel 14.82 m3 per sec 2024 down 5.8% falling
160 Bahamas 11.56 m3 per sec 2024 up 6.1% rising
161 Singapore 10.58 m3 per sec 2024 up 10.4% flat
162 Lebanon 10.25 m3 per sec 2024 up 0.7% falling
163 Haiti 9.87 m3 per sec 2024 down 73.5% rising
164 Palau 9.78 m3 per sec 2024 up 17.8% rising
165 Micronesia (Federated States of) 8.48 m3 per sec 2024 up 21.0% rising
166 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 7.41 m3 per sec 2024 down 33.2% falling
167 Jamaica 7.15 m3 per sec 2024 down 33.8% falling
168 Kuwait 6.97 m3 per sec 2024 up 449.9% volatile
169 Andorra 6.89 m3 per sec 2024 down 22.2% rising
170 Tunisia 5.22 m3 per sec 2024 down 67.4% falling
171 Cyprus 3.23 m3 per sec 2024 up 12.9% rising
172 Puerto Rico 2.65 m3 per sec 2024 down 63.0% falling
173 Sao Tome and Principe 2.28 m3 per sec 2024 up 14.0% flat
174 Åland Islands 1.88 m3 per sec 2024 down 19.8% flat
175 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1.43 m3 per sec 2024 down 6.0% flat
176 Oman 1.4 m3 per sec 2024 down 68.9% volatile
177 Isle of Man 1.14 m3 per sec 2024 down 8.9% rising
178 Faroe Islands 0.9826 m3 per sec 2024 down 24.0% flat
179 United Arab Emirates 0.9497 m3 per sec 2024 up 18.2% rising
180 San Marino 0.9139 m3 per sec 2024 down 15.8% rising
181 Guam 0.8448 m3 per sec 2024 up 145.8% rising
182 Western Sahara 0.5998 m3 per sec 2024 down 6.8% volatile
183 Comoros 0.4256 m3 per sec 2024 up 117.6% rising
184 Martinique 0.2619 m3 per sec 2024 down 49.6% falling
185 Northern Mariana Islands 0.1491 m3 per sec 2024 up 49.8% falling
186 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.1336 m3 per sec 2024 down 56.8% falling
187 Dominica 0.1243 m3 per sec 2024 down 78.0% volatile
188 Marshall Islands 0.0971 m3 per sec 2024 down 6.7% flat
189 Guadeloupe 0.0527 m3 per sec 2024 down 91.5% volatile
190 United States Virgin Islands 0.0456 m3 per sec 2024 down 62.3% falling
191 Grenada 0.0418 m3 per sec 2024 down 37.9% volatile
192 Saint Lucia 0.0398 m3 per sec 2024 down 79.4% volatile
193 Qatar 0.0342 m3 per sec 2024 up 833.0% volatile
194 Barbados 0.0334 m3 per sec 2024 down 64.0% volatile
195 Cayman Islands 0.0326 m3 per sec 2024 down 39.9% falling
196 Guernsey 0.0285 m3 per sec 2024 up 20.8% rising
197 Curaçao 0.019 m3 per sec 2024 down 82.9% volatile
198 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0182 m3 per sec 2024 down 88.0% falling
199 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.017 m3 per sec 2024 down 71.6% rising
200 Mayotte 0.0164 m3 per sec 2024 down 59.1% falling
201 Jersey 0.0043 m3 per sec 2024 up 9.6% rising
202 Malta 0.0034 m3 per sec 2024 up 126.5% rising
203 Kiribati 0.003 m3 per sec 2024 up 114.5% volatile
204 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0027 m3 per sec 2024 down 88.2% volatile
205 Bahrain 0.0022 m3 per sec 2024 up 64.7% volatile
206 Aruba 0.0019 m3 per sec 2024 down 80.6% volatile
207 Saint Martin (French Part) 0.0017 m3 per sec 2024 down 83.9% volatile
207 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.0017 m3 per sec 2024 down 83.9% volatile
209 British Virgin Islands 0.0009 m3 per sec 2024 down 88.1% volatile
210 Anguilla 0.0001 m3 per sec 2024 down 91.7% 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 minimum (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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