Iceland Water


Water Precipitation in Iceland

Water Precipitation in depth
1,940 mm/year
Long-term average annual precipitation in depth (mm/year 2017)
Water precipitation in volume
199.8 billion m³/year
Long-term average annual precipitation in volume (billion m³/year 2017)

Water Resources in Iceland

Renewable Water Resources
170 billion m³/year
Total Renewable Water Resources (2017)
Water Resources per Capita
507,463 m³/person/year
Renewable Water per Inhabitant (2017)



Water Use in Iceland

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 Iceland has access to a safe-drinking water source.

See also

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