Data for 1968

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1968

Name: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1968
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1968, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1968 covers 156 countries. Iceland is highest, at 843,723; Kuwait is lowest, at 0. The middle country reads 4,948. Against 1967, 155 values changed (3 up, 152 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita · Data for 1968

HighestIceland

843,723

LowestKuwait

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

156countries
1measure
1968the 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, 1968, 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, 1968: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	843,723
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	356,425
3	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	335,034
4	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	329,505
5	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	286,585
6	Suriname`SUR`South America	279,175
7	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	265,626
8	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	168,627
9	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	143,520
10	Canada`CAN`Northern America	137,389
11	Belize`BLZ`Central America	133,028
12	Peru`PER`South America	128,163
13	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	122,980
14	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	118,991
15	Colombia`COL`South America	108,515
16	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	100,092
17	Panama`PAN`Central America	95,561
18	Chile`CHL`South America	93,014
19	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	81,543
20	Ecuador`ECU`South America	76,280
21	Venezuela`VEN`South America	75,251
22	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	74,773
23	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	70,321
24	Bolivia`BOL`South America	69,151
25	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	68,639
26	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	67,342
27	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	64,953
28	Brazil`BRA`South America	62,386
29	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	61,267
30	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	59,638
31	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	55,980
32	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	54,874
33	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	53,437
34	Paraguay`PRY`South America	51,262
35	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	47,338
36	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	44,565
37	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	40,969
38	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	38,585
39	Honduras`HND`Central America	34,963
40	Uruguay`URY`South America	33,471
41	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	29,158
42	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	28,294
43	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	27,674
44	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	25,953
45	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	23,128
46	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	21,612
47	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	21,336
48	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	19,727
49	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	18,648
50	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	18,444
51	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	18,374
52	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	16,806
53	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	16,647
54	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	15,399
55	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	15,387
56	United States`USA`Northern America	14,040
57	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	13,441
58	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	13,302
59	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	12,708
60	Argentina`ARG`South America	12,613
61	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	9,864
62	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	9,046
63	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	8,609
64	Mexico`MEX`Central America	8,580
65	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,417
66	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	6,666
67	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6,658
68	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	6,636
69	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	6,603
70	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	6,500
71	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	6,299
72	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	6,132
73	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	6,057
74	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	5,902
75	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	5,887
76	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	5,653
77	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	5,516
78	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	5,212
79	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	4,683
80	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	4,664
81	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	4,499
82	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	4,490
83	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	4,480
84	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	4,383
85	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4,300
86	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4,257
87	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4,192
88	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	4,136
89	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	4,115
90	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	4,110
91	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	4,017
92	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3,963
93	France`FRA`Western Europe	3,913
94	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	3,875
95	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3,659
96	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3,632
97	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3,575
98	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3,510
99	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3,446
100	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,428
101	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3,358
102	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2,997
103	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2,980
104	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2,978
105	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2,976
106	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2,913
107	India`IND`Southern Asia	2,766
108	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,667
109	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2,626
110	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2,537
111	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,509
112	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2,502
113	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	2,339
114	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2,307
115	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2,226
116	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2,140
117	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	2,138
118	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2,118
119	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2,103
120	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	2,039
121	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	2,021
122	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,968
123	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1,692
124	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,660
125	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,605
126	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1,580
127	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1,384
128	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,248
129	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,233
130	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,228
131	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1,193
132	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1,110
133	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	1,062
134	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	968
135	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	864
136	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	860
137	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	854
138	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	828
139	Niger`NER`Western Africa	795
140	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	752
141	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	731
142	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	610
143	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	585
144	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	508
145	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	497
146	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	387
147	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	358
148	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	322
149	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	314
150	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	298
151	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	268
152	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	258
153	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	164
154	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	30
155	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	18
156	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0

02In 1968

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland843,723
2Guyana356,425
3Papua New Guinea335,034
4Bhutan329,505
5Gabon286,585

Lowest

156Kuwait0
155Bahrain18
154Egypt30
153Malta164
152Maldives258

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 4,948. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031967 → 1968

Since 1967

What changed between 1967 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
155values changed, of 156 in both
3 · 152rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Portugal4,282 → 4,300+18
Saint Kitts and Nevis494 → 508+14
Malta162 → 164+2

Fell most

Iceland855,342 → 843,723−11,619
Bhutan340,683 → 329,505−11,177
Suriname288,900 → 279,175−9,725
Papua New Guinea342,669 → 335,034−7,635
Guyana363,877 → 356,425−7,453

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 1968.
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) (1968). Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1968 [data set], describing 1968. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freshwater-per-capita/1968

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07Questions

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1968: questions and answers

Which country has the highest renewable freshwater per person in Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1968?

Iceland, at 843,723, of the 156 countries in the file.

What year does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1968 describe?

1968.

How many countries does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1968 cover?

156.

Where can I download Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1968?

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Is Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1968 the newest?

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