Data for 1971

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1971

Name: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1971
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1971, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1971 covers 156 countries. Iceland is highest, at 824,850; Kuwait is lowest, at 0. The middle country reads 4,580. Against 1970, 155 values changed (5 up, 150 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita · Data for 1971

HighestIceland

824,850

LowestKuwait

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

156countries
1measure
1971the 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, 1971, 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, 1971: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	824,850
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	338,169
3	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	312,108
4	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	297,609
5	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	269,583
6	Suriname`SUR`South America	252,595
7	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	247,458
8	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	154,056
9	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	132,972
10	Canada`CAN`Northern America	129,769
11	Belize`BLZ`Central America	124,262
12	Peru`PER`South America	118,586
13	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	114,616
14	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	112,534
15	Colombia`COL`South America	100,614
16	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	97,872
17	Chile`CHL`South America	88,414
18	Panama`PAN`Central America	87,785
19	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	82,294
20	Ecuador`ECU`South America	69,779
21	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	69,626
22	Venezuela`VEN`South America	68,563
23	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	65,843
24	Bolivia`BOL`South America	64,652
25	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	62,488
26	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	61,629
27	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	59,835
28	Brazil`BRA`South America	57,919
29	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	57,903
30	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	55,644
31	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	52,761
32	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	51,892
33	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	49,062
34	Paraguay`PRY`South America	47,901
35	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	43,488
36	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	41,211
37	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	38,030
38	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	36,063
39	Uruguay`URY`South America	32,853
40	Honduras`HND`Central America	31,983
41	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	27,480
42	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	27,293
43	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	26,164
44	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	24,703
45	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	23,200
46	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	21,115
47	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	19,717
48	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	18,215
49	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	18,053
50	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	16,988
51	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	16,377
52	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	15,594
53	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	14,719
54	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	14,592
55	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	13,598
56	United States`USA`Northern America	13,570
57	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	12,436
58	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	12,295
59	Argentina`ARG`South America	12,038
60	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	11,861
61	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	9,407
62	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	8,467
63	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	7,892
64	Mexico`MEX`Central America	7,803
65	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,333
66	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	6,568
67	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6,502
68	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	6,078
69	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	6,050
70	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	6,012
71	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	5,825
72	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	5,685
73	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	5,606
74	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	5,562
75	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	5,194
76	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	5,181
77	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	4,951
78	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	4,764
79	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4,396
80	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	4,302
81	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	4,279
82	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	4,245
83	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	4,207
84	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	4,160
85	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	4,076
86	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4,068
87	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	3,997
88	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3,940
89	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	3,863
90	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3,830
91	France`FRA`Western Europe	3,810
92	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3,673
93	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	3,668
94	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	3,493
95	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3,397
96	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,375
97	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3,344
98	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3,302
99	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3,286
100	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3,278
101	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3,249
102	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2,920
103	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2,876
104	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2,869
105	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2,781
106	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2,754
107	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2,594
108	India`IND`Southern Asia	2,591
109	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,570
110	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,460
111	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2,317
112	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2,281
113	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2,190
114	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2,071
115	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2,055
116	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	2,027
117	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,972
118	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,962
119	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1,953
120	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1,934
121	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,868
122	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,756
123	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,635
124	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1,563
125	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,494
126	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1,479
127	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1,366
128	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,241
129	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,209
130	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,193
131	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1,081
132	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	1,032
133	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1,020
134	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	889
135	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	834
136	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	803
137	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	798
138	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	797
139	Niger`NER`Western Africa	733
140	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	644
141	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	579
142	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	543
143	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	448
144	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	426
145	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	415
146	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	353
147	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	325
148	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	321
149	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	289
150	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	284
151	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	244
152	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	236
153	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	167
154	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	28
155	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	17
156	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0

02In 1971

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland824,850
2Guyana338,169
3Papua New Guinea312,108
4Bhutan297,609
5Gabon269,583

Lowest

156Kuwait0
155Bahrain17
154Egypt28
153Malta167
152Maldives236

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 4,580. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031970 → 1971

Since 1970

What changed between 1970 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
155values changed, of 156 in both
5 · 150rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Equatorial Guinea81,047 → 82,294+1,247
Cambodia18,165 → 18,215+50
Portugal4,378 → 4,396+19
Saint Kitts and Nevis538 → 543+5
Barbados321 → 321+0

Fell most

Bhutan307,914 → 297,609−10,305
Suriname260,909 → 252,595−8,315
Papua New Guinea319,680 → 312,108−7,573
Iceland831,548 → 824,850−6,698
Solomon Islands253,144 → 247,458−5,687

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 1971.
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) (1971). Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1971 [data set], describing 1971. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freshwater-per-capita/1971

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07Questions

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1971: questions and answers

Which country has the highest renewable freshwater per person in Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1971?

Iceland, at 824,850, of the 156 countries in the file.

What year does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1971 describe?

1971.

How many countries does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1971 cover?

156.

Where can I download Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1971?

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Is Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1971 the newest?

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