Data for 1969

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1969

Name: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1969
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1969, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1969 covers 156 countries. Iceland is highest, at 835,919; Kuwait is lowest, at 0. The middle country reads 4,804. Against 1968, 155 values changed (4 up, 151 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita · Data for 1969

HighestIceland

835,919

LowestKuwait

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

156countries
1measure
1969the 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, 1969, 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, 1969: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	835,919
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	349,163
3	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	327,349
4	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	318,563
5	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	281,170
6	Suriname`SUR`South America	269,824
7	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	259,166
8	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	163,695
9	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	139,899
10	Canada`CAN`Northern America	135,534
11	Belize`BLZ`Central America	129,278
12	Peru`PER`South America	124,632
13	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	119,396
14	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	117,931
15	Colombia`COL`South America	105,707
16	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99,280
17	Panama`PAN`Central America	92,869
18	Chile`CHL`South America	91,423
19	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	80,616
20	Ecuador`ECU`South America	74,039
21	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	73,035
22	Venezuela`VEN`South America	72,915
23	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	68,730
24	Bolivia`BOL`South America	67,621
25	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	66,518
26	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	64,665
27	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	63,154
28	Brazil`BRA`South America	60,841
29	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	60,120
30	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	58,306
31	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	54,820
32	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	53,831
33	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	51,968
34	Paraguay`PRY`South America	50,107
35	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	45,988
36	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	43,447
37	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	40,121
38	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	37,720
39	Honduras`HND`Central America	33,951
40	Uruguay`URY`South America	33,238
41	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	28,653
42	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	27,569
43	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	27,510
44	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	25,678
45	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	23,141
46	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	21,461
47	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	20,772
48	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	19,108
49	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	18,260
50	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	17,941
51	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	17,009
52	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	16,708
53	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	16,290
54	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	15,119
55	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	14,799
56	United States`USA`Northern America	13,904
57	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	13,066
58	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	12,922
59	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	12,433
60	Argentina`ARG`South America	12,421
61	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	9,712
62	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	8,857
63	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	8,368
64	Mexico`MEX`Central America	8,307
65	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,391
66	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	6,611
67	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6,584
68	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	6,443
69	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	6,419
70	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	6,343
71	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	6,141
72	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	5,952
73	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	5,889
74	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	5,834
75	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	5,628
76	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	5,494
77	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	5,319
78	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	5,063
79	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	4,545
80	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	4,537
81	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	4,398
82	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	4,395
83	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	4,370
84	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4,339
85	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	4,280
86	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4,207
87	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4,108
88	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	4,088
89	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	4,045
90	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	3,933
91	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3,916
92	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3,894
93	France`FRA`Western Europe	3,881
94	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	3,743
95	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3,570
96	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3,534
97	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3,487
98	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3,435
99	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,409
100	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3,386
101	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3,325
102	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2,963
103	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2,945
104	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2,944
105	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2,912
106	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2,859
107	India`IND`Southern Asia	2,708
108	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,645
109	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2,615
110	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,490
111	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2,460
112	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2,424
113	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2,267
114	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	2,205
115	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2,170
116	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2,118
117	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	2,073
118	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2,062
119	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2,056
120	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	2,037
121	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,968
122	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,892
123	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1,648
124	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,647
125	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,560
126	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1,520
127	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1,373
128	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,244
129	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,227
130	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,216
131	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1,155
132	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1,074
133	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	1,052
134	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	941
135	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	854
136	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	838
137	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	835
138	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	815
139	Niger`NER`Western Africa	773
140	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	702
141	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	626
142	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	583
143	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	544
144	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	525
145	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	463
146	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	375
147	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	348
148	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	321
149	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	305
150	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	294
151	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	261
152	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	251
153	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	166
154	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	30
155	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	18
156	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0

02In 1969

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland835,919
2Guyana349,163
3Papua New Guinea327,349
4Bhutan318,563
5Gabon281,170

Lowest

156Kuwait0
155Bahrain18
154Egypt30
153Malta166
152Maldives251

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 4,804. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031968 → 1969

Since 1968

What changed between 1968 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
155values changed, of 156 in both
4 · 151rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Portugal4,300 → 4,339+39
Saint Kitts and Nevis508 → 525+17
Finland23,128 → 23,141+13
Malta164 → 166+2

Fell most

Bhutan329,505 → 318,563−10,942
Suriname279,175 → 269,824−9,351
Iceland843,723 → 835,919−7,804
Papua New Guinea335,034 → 327,349−7,685
Guyana356,425 → 349,163−7,262

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 1969.
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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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1969). Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1969 [data set], describing 1969. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freshwater-per-capita/1969

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07Questions

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1969: questions and answers

Which country has the highest renewable freshwater per person in Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1969?

Iceland, at 835,919, of the 156 countries in the file.

What year does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1969 describe?

1969.

How many countries does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1969 cover?

156.

Where can I download Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1969?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1969 the newest?

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