Data for 1962

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1962

Name: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1962
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1962, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1962 covers 156 countries. Iceland is highest, at 932,129.97; Kuwait is lowest, at 0.00. The middle country reads 5,748.10. Against 1961, 142 values changed (2 up, 140 down), 13 countries joined.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita · Data for 1962

HighestIceland

932,129.97

LowestKuwait

0.00

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

156countries
1measure
1962the year it describes
156distinct 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, 1962, 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, 1962: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	932,129.97
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	404,728.44
3	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	399,771.08
4	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	382,536.29
5	Suriname`SUR`South America	348,699.60
6	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	312,589.94
7	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	305,743.46
8	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	199,429.56
9	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	167,078.93
10	Belize`BLZ`Central America	158,888.82
11	Canada`CAN`Northern America	153,110.56
12	Peru`PER`South America	152,161.25
13	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	146,683.49
14	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	131,748.59
15	Colombia`COL`South America	129,224.43
16	Panama`PAN`Central America	114,280.84
17	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	104,976.26
18	Chile`CHL`South America	104,153.68
19	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	92,762.39
20	Venezuela`VEN`South America	91,927.82
21	Ecuador`ECU`South America	91,042.50
22	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	87,883.46
23	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	85,769.24
24	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	82,549.46
25	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	79,745.94
26	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	79,051.66
27	Bolivia`BOL`South America	78,678.04
28	Brazil`BRA`South America	73,648.30
29	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	69,210.99
30	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	68,310.62
31	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	66,312.69
32	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	62,591.12
33	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	61,341.82
34	Paraguay`PRY`South America	59,296.65
35	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	55,985.04
36	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	51,136.81
37	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	45,801.53
38	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	44,167.03
39	Honduras`HND`Central America	41,547.82
40	Uruguay`URY`South America	35,553.18
41	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	33,415.14
42	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	31,410.75
43	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	28,468.34
44	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	27,641.28
45	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	27,142.84
46	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	25,324.42
47	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	23,882.56
48	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	23,823.08
49	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	22,614.30
50	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	21,619.08
51	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	21,166.96
52	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	19,419.05
53	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	18,838.31
54	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	17,277.55
55	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	17,016.24
56	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	16,115.18
57	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	15,718.87
58	United States`USA`Northern America	15,106.84
59	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	14,391.56
60	Argentina`ARG`South America	13,856.90
61	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	10,783.77
62	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	10,482.21
63	Mexico`MEX`Central America	10,452.55
64	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	10,003.91
65	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	8,009.34
66	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	7,882.79
67	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,714.03
68	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	7,587.88
69	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	7,305.63
70	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	7,299.09
71	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	7,248.18
72	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	7,140.09
73	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	6,865.34
74	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	6,753.00
75	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	6,689.57
76	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	6,636.05
77	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	6,377.98
78	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	5,862.18
79	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	5,634.01
80	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	5,463.64
81	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	5,447.77
82	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	5,299.74
83	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	5,205.17
84	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	5,054.97
85	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	5,013.61
86	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	4,819.44
87	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	4,747.85
88	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4,723.52
89	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	4,705.60
90	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4,529.51
91	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	4,442.91
92	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	4,362.67
93	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	4,240.33
94	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4,225.05
95	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	4,225.03
96	France`FRA`Western Europe	4,133.13
97	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	4,129.54
98	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3,954.45
99	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3,928.04
100	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,586.91
101	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3,584.40
102	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3,459.49
103	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	3,281.49
104	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	3,250.47
105	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	3,216.02
106	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	3,174.44
107	India`IND`Southern Asia	3,162.15
108	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	3,117.69
109	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	3,022.71
110	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2,981.77
111	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,897.58
112	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2,723.00
113	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,620.76
114	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	2,571.97
115	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2,545.73
116	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2,540.82
117	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2,513.64
118	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	2,494.18
119	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2,445.97
120	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	2,366.75
121	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2,269.16
122	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	2,075.23
123	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	2,008.44
124	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1,980.14
125	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,913.23
126	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,768.48
127	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1,445.44
128	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1,438.09
129	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1,351.84
130	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,301.44
131	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,296.83
132	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,290.95
133	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1,254.76
134	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	1,146.32
135	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1,142.12
136	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1,034.87
137	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	960.14
138	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	953.07
139	Niger`NER`Western Africa	942.25
140	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	931.75
141	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	915.71
142	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	906.93
143	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	725.10
144	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	596.37
145	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	460.20
146	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	440.68
147	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	431.58
148	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	363.18
149	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	342.82
150	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	340.10
151	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	327.08
152	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	313.15
153	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	155.91
154	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	35.29
155	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	22.30
156	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.00

02In 1962

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland932,129.97
2Guyana404,728.44
3Bhutan399,771.08
4Papua New Guinea382,536.29
5Suriname348,699.60

Lowest

156Kuwait0.00
155Bahrain22.30
154Egypt35.29
153Malta155.91
152Maldives313.15

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 5,748.10. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031961 → 1962

Since 1961

What changed between 1961 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+13 / −0countries joined / left
142values changed, of 143 in both
2 · 140rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Saint Kitts and Nevis433.73 → 440.68+6.95
Malta155.27 → 155.91+0.65

Fell most

Iceland949,566.83 → 932,129.97−17,436.86
Suriname362,915.20 → 348,699.60−14,215.60
Bhutan411,965.20 → 399,771.08−12,194.13
Guyana413,685.61 → 404,728.44−8,957.18
Papua New Guinea391,471.30 → 382,536.29−8,935.01

+ Afghanistan

+ Andorra

+ Belize

+ Dominica

+ Fiji

+ Grenada

+ Saint Lucia

+ Nauru

+ Solomon Islands

+ Timor-Leste

+ Trinidad and Tobago

+ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

+ Vanuatu

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1962.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 156 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1962). Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1962 [data set], describing 1962. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freshwater-per-capita/1962

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07Questions

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1962: questions and answers

Which country has the highest renewable freshwater per person in Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1962?

Iceland, at 932,129.97, of the 156 countries in the file.

What year does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1962 describe?

1962.

How many countries does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1962 cover?

156.

Where can I download Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1962?

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Is Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1962 the newest?

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