Bhutan Water

Water Precipitation in Bhutan

Water Precipitation in depth
2,200 mm/year
Long-term average annual precipitation in depth (mm/year 2017)
Water precipitation in volume
84.5 billion m³/year
(Long-term average annual precipitation in volume (billion m³/year 2017)

Water Resources in Bhutan

This is the sum of renewable groundwater and renewable surface water resources (both internal and external)

Renewable Water Resources
78 billion m³/year
Total Renewable Water Resources (2017)
Water Resources per Capita
96,582 m³/person/year
Renewable Water per Inhabitant (2017)
Water Dependency
0 %
Water from outside the country (2017)

Water Use in Bhutan


Total, by Sector, and by Year

Notes: Years with missing data left empty.
Water use can include water used and then returned to its source (renewable resource).

Access to safe drinking water

The entire (100%) population of Bhutan has access to a safe-drinking water source.

See also

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