5 Countries with the Most Freshwater Resources

4. United States

Renewable Internal Freshwater in m³ as of 2020: 2.8 trillion

The United States’s freshwater resources are 77% surface water and 23% underground, and the majority of freshwater bodies in the US are lakes. 90% of the country’s freshwater comes from The Great Lake system, which includes the St. Lawrence Seaway. 

As of 2020, the country had 2.8 trillion cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater.