Data for 1961

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1961

Name: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1961
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1961, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1961 covers 143 countries. Iceland is highest, at 949,566.8; Kuwait is lowest, at 0.0. The middle country reads 5,964.2.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita · Data for 1961

HighestIceland

949,566.8

LowestKuwait

0.0

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

143countries
1measure
1961the year it describes
143distinct values13 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1961, as published. FAO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1961: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	949,566.8
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	413,685.6
3	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	411,965.2
4	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	391,471.3
5	Suriname`SUR`South America	362,915.2
6	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	316,439.8
7	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	204,723.6
8	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	171,274.4
9	Peru`PER`South America	156,656.9
10	Canada`CAN`Northern America	155,984.9
11	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	135,140.7
12	Colombia`COL`South America	133,269.5
13	Panama`PAN`Central America	117,771.8
14	Chile`CHL`South America	106,308.8
15	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	105,823.0
16	Venezuela`VEN`South America	95,199.6
17	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	94,581.2
18	Ecuador`ECU`South America	93,682.5
19	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	91,875.0
20	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	87,750.2
21	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	85,060.8
22	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	82,007.7
23	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	81,287.7
24	Bolivia`BOL`South America	80,318.0
25	Brazil`BRA`South America	75,879.2
26	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	71,039.8
27	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	69,437.6
28	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	64,237.5
29	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	62,438.7
30	Paraguay`PRY`South America	60,703.7
31	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	57,462.6
32	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	52,106.5
33	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	46,933.1
34	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	45,149.7
35	Honduras`HND`Central America	42,739.1
36	Uruguay`URY`South America	35,986.9
37	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	34,479.9
38	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	31,728.9
39	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	27,916.2
40	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	27,466.3
41	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	26,085.7
42	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	24,645.9
43	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	23,985.6
44	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	22,739.4
45	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	22,234.5
46	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	21,647.2
47	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	20,167.2
48	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	19,208.4
49	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	17,348.8
50	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	16,636.2
51	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	16,206.8
52	United States`USA`Northern America	15,341.0
53	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	14,674.6
54	Argentina`ARG`South America	14,088.4
55	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	10,944.3
56	Mexico`MEX`Central America	10,794.4
57	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	10,758.2
58	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	10,214.5
59	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	8,245.1
60	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	8,119.6
61	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	7,795.5
62	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,761.5
63	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	7,507.9
64	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	7,473.2
65	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	7,434.3
66	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	7,336.2
67	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	6,966.6
68	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	6,906.4
69	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	6,892.2
70	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	6,753.9
71	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	6,468.2
72	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	5,964.2
73	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	5,807.7
74	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	5,728.5
75	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	5,587.7
76	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	5,446.0
77	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	5,333.7
78	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	5,160.3
79	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	4,960.4
80	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	4,892.6
81	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4,820.1
82	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	4,805.5
83	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4,571.8
84	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	4,546.0
85	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	4,343.9
86	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	4,259.8
87	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4,255.6
88	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	4,230.3
89	France`FRA`Western Europe	4,174.8
90	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	4,041.1
91	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	4,024.7
92	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3,617.5
93	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,611.3
94	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3,548.4
95	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	3,356.1
96	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	3,310.5
97	India`IND`Southern Asia	3,238.1
98	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	3,156.1
99	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	3,119.3
100	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3,057.8
101	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,958.7
102	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2,746.2
103	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	2,649.6
104	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,643.8
105	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2,594.5
106	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2,593.3
107	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	2,591.5
108	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2,578.3
109	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2,516.9
110	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	2,430.6
111	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2,284.0
112	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	2,032.5
113	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,969.6
114	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,788.8
115	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1,481.1
116	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1,458.2
117	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1,411.3
118	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1,394.8
119	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,309.8
120	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,306.6
121	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,301.0
122	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1,172.2
123	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1,087.0
124	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	971.9
125	Niger`NER`Western Africa	970.0
126	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	967.2
127	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	950.0
128	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	945.1
129	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	919.7
130	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	759.8
131	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	598.3
132	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	472.7
133	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	450.0
134	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	433.7
135	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	371.3
136	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	352.4
137	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	343.2
138	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	343.1
139	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	321.0
140	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	155.3
141	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	36.2
142	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	23.2
143	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.0

02In 1961

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland949,566.8
2Guyana413,685.6
3Bhutan411,965.2
4Papua New Guinea391,471.3
5Suriname362,915.2

Lowest

143Kuwait0.0
142Bahrain23.2
141Egypt36.2
140Malta155.3
139Maldives321.0

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 5,964.2. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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Nothing missing
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1961). Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1961 [data set], describing 1961. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freshwater-per-capita/1961

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06Questions

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1961: questions and answers

Which country has the highest renewable freshwater per person in Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1961?

Iceland, at 949,566.8, of the 143 countries in the file.

What year does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1961 describe?

1961.

How many countries does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1961 cover?

143.

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