Data for 1963

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1963

Name: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1963
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1963, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1963 covers 156 countries. Iceland is highest, at 915,686.8; Kuwait is lowest, at 0.0. The middle country reads 5,613.9. Against 1962, 155 values changed (2 up, 153 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita · Data for 1963

HighestIceland

915,686.8

LowestKuwait

0.0

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

156countries
1measure
1963the 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, 1963, 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, 1963: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	915,686.8
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	396,031.8
3	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	387,508.4
4	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	374,058.5
5	Suriname`SUR`South America	333,295.2
6	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	308,588.5
7	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	298,818.8
8	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	194,181.0
9	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	162,944.2
10	Belize`BLZ`Central America	154,603.7
11	Canada`CAN`Northern America	150,284.8
12	Peru`PER`South America	147,809.9
13	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	142,533.4
14	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	129,157.1
15	Colombia`COL`South America	125,337.3
16	Panama`PAN`Central America	110,865.5
17	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	104,185.5
18	Chile`CHL`South America	102,074.4
19	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	90,920.2
20	Venezuela`VEN`South America	88,812.7
21	Ecuador`ECU`South America	88,449.6
22	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	84,026.1
23	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	83,837.5
24	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	80,101.2
25	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	78,200.3
26	Bolivia`BOL`South America	77,051.7
27	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	76,268.7
28	Brazil`BRA`South America	71,509.6
29	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	67,424.9
30	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	67,163.2
31	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	64,261.9
32	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	60,993.4
33	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	60,251.3
34	Paraguay`PRY`South America	57,866.1
35	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	54,520.3
36	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	50,030.9
37	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	44,931.5
38	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	43,199.2
39	Honduras`HND`Central America	40,385.3
40	Uruguay`URY`South America	35,140.3
41	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	32,482.0
42	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	31,093.1
43	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	27,365.2
44	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	26,917.1
45	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	26,487.6
46	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	24,593.1
47	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	23,655.2
48	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	23,139.7
49	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	22,487.2
50	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	21,016.9
51	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	20,710.9
52	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	18,686.5
53	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	18,471.9
54	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	17,177.0
55	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	16,746.0
56	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	15,615.5
57	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	15,261.4
58	United States`USA`Northern America	14,891.0
59	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	14,107.2
60	Argentina`ARG`South America	13,631.0
61	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	10,625.9
62	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	10,196.6
63	Mexico`MEX`Central America	10,117.7
64	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	9,784.2
65	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	7,778.1
66	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,664.6
67	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	7,651.4
68	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	7,387.7
69	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	7,139.8
70	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	7,096.0
71	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	7,094.9
72	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	6,948.4
73	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	6,839.9
74	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	6,549.1
75	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	6,515.3
76	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	6,493.9
77	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	6,288.4
78	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	5,764.1
79	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	5,463.7
80	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	5,331.4
81	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	5,181.8
82	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	5,160.7
83	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	5,079.3
84	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	4,949.6
85	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	4,909.2
86	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	4,679.8
87	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4,628.3
88	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	4,606.7
89	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	4,590.5
90	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4,483.8
91	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	4,340.2
92	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	4,281.9
93	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4,208.0
94	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	4,137.9
95	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	4,122.5
96	France`FRA`Western Europe	4,091.9
97	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	4,032.1
98	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3,882.5
99	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3,826.9
100	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,560.8
101	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3,553.1
102	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3,387.4
103	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	3,239.4
104	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	3,193.4
105	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	3,140.7
106	India`IND`Southern Asia	3,088.8
107	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	3,085.5
108	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	3,065.2
109	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2,928.9
110	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2,915.1
111	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,834.9
112	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2,702.7
113	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,599.6
114	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2,503.2
115	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2,496.3
116	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	2,495.2
117	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2,436.2
118	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	2,399.2
119	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2,378.8
120	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	2,305.7
121	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2,254.5
122	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	2,057.7
123	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1,929.0
124	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1,913.5
125	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,858.3
126	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,745.2
127	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1,432.1
128	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1,395.6
129	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1,307.9
130	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,291.7
131	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,284.5
132	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,280.8
133	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	1,129.6
134	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1,112.3
135	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1,111.6
136	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	985.5
137	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	947.6
138	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	938.6
139	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	919.3
140	Niger`NER`Western Africa	915.3
141	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	894.4
142	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	882.6
143	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	692.6
144	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	594.8
145	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	449.1
146	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	447.7
147	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	414.1
148	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	355.3
149	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	336.8
150	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	334.3
151	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	315.3
152	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	305.4
153	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	156.6
154	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	34.4
155	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	21.4
156	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.0

02In 1963

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland915,686.8
2Guyana396,031.8
3Bhutan387,508.4
4Papua New Guinea374,058.5
5Suriname333,295.2

Lowest

156Kuwait0.0
155Bahrain21.4
154Egypt34.4
153Malta156.6
152Maldives305.4

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 5,613.9. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031962 → 1963

Since 1962

What changed between 1962 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
155values changed, of 156 in both
2 · 153rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Saint Kitts and Nevis440.7 → 449.1+8.4
Malta155.9 → 156.6+0.7

Fell most

Iceland932,130.0 → 915,686.8−16,443.2
Suriname348,699.6 → 333,295.2−15,404.4
Bhutan399,771.1 → 387,508.4−12,262.7
Guyana404,728.4 → 396,031.8−8,696.6
Papua New Guinea382,536.3 → 374,058.5−8,477.7

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 1963.
The position is ours
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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) (1963). Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1963 [data set], describing 1963. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freshwater-per-capita/1963

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07Questions

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1963: questions and answers

Which country has the highest renewable freshwater per person in Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1963?

Iceland, at 915,686.8, of the 156 countries in the file.

What year does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1963 describe?

1963.

How many countries does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1963 cover?

156.

Where can I download Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1963?

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Is Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1963 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2022.

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