Data for 1972

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1972

Name: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1972
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1972, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1972 covers 156 countries. Iceland is highest, at 812,864; Kuwait is lowest, at 0. The middle country reads 4,509. Against 1971, 155 values changed (6 up, 149 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita · Data for 1972

HighestIceland

812,864

LowestKuwait

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

156countries
1measure
1972the 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, 1972, 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, 1972: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	812,864
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	333,972
3	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	304,744
4	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	287,649
5	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	264,107
6	Suriname`SUR`South America	249,111
7	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	241,629
8	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	149,347
9	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	129,645
10	Canada`CAN`Northern America	128,272
11	Belize`BLZ`Central America	122,397
12	Peru`PER`South America	115,481
13	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	112,607
14	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	109,216
15	Colombia`COL`South America	98,306
16	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	97,127
17	Chile`CHL`South America	86,981
18	Panama`PAN`Central America	85,390
19	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	84,015
20	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	67,960
21	Ecuador`ECU`South America	67,759
22	Venezuela`VEN`South America	66,533
23	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	64,567
24	Bolivia`BOL`South America	63,216
25	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	60,698
26	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	59,780
27	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	58,300
28	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	56,851
29	Brazil`BRA`South America	56,527
30	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	54,323
31	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	51,862
32	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	51,001
33	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	47,637
34	Paraguay`PRY`South America	46,802
35	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	42,351
36	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	40,107
37	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	37,338
38	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	35,275
39	Uruguay`URY`South America	32,676
40	Honduras`HND`Central America	31,026
41	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	27,275
42	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	26,900
43	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	25,461
44	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	23,970
45	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	23,062
46	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	21,053
47	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	19,216
48	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	18,070
49	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	17,552
50	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	16,541
51	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	16,135
52	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	15,259
53	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	14,338
54	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	13,747
55	United States`USA`Northern America	13,426
56	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	13,002
57	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	12,155
58	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	11,992
59	Argentina`ARG`South America	11,849
60	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	11,538
61	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	9,254
62	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	8,276
63	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	7,658
64	Mexico`MEX`Central America	7,570
65	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,290
66	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	6,525
67	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6,453
68	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	5,918
69	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	5,907
70	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	5,801
71	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	5,668
72	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	5,603
73	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	5,441
74	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	5,402
75	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	5,052
76	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	5,035
77	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	4,780
78	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	4,614
79	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4,403
80	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	4,194
81	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	4,178
82	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	4,156
83	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	4,122
84	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	4,063
85	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4,012
86	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3,978
87	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	3,856
88	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3,853
89	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3,784
90	France`FRA`Western Europe	3,776
91	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	3,771
92	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3,583
93	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	3,570
94	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	3,375
95	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,356
96	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3,311
97	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3,263
98	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3,229
99	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3,213
100	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3,211
101	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3,210
102	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2,885
103	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2,855
104	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2,830
105	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2,781
106	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2,702
107	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2,585
108	India`IND`Southern Asia	2,535
109	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,520
110	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,449
111	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2,251
112	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2,212
113	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2,152
114	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2,052
115	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	2,025
116	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1,998
117	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,936
118	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,913
119	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1,898
120	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,821
121	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1,804
122	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,696
123	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,622
124	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1,523
125	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1,468
126	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,466
127	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1,360
128	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,236
129	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,202
130	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,180
131	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1,045
132	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	1,023
133	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1,009
134	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	865
135	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	825
136	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	805
137	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	780
138	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	777
139	Niger`NER`Western Africa	714
140	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	614
141	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	577
142	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	545
143	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	398
144	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	390
145	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	382
146	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	342
147	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	320
148	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	314
149	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	281
150	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	279
151	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	238
152	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	229
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 1972

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland812,864
2Guyana333,972
3Papua New Guinea304,744
4Bhutan287,649
5Gabon264,107

Lowest

156Kuwait0
155Bahrain17
154Egypt28
153Malta167
152Maldives229

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 4,509. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031971 → 1972

Since 1971

What changed between 1971 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
155values changed, of 156 in both
6 · 149rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Equatorial Guinea82,294 → 84,015+1,721
Portugal4,396 → 4,403+7
Saint Kitts and Nevis543 → 545+2
Antigua and Barbuda803 → 805+1
Malta167 → 167+0

Fell most

Iceland824,850 → 812,864−11,986
Bhutan297,609 → 287,649−9,960
Papua New Guinea312,108 → 304,744−7,363
Solomon Islands247,458 → 241,629−5,828
Gabon269,583 → 264,107−5,475

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 1972.
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) (1972). Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1972 [data set], describing 1972. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freshwater-per-capita/1972

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07Questions

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1972: questions and answers

Which country has the highest renewable freshwater per person in Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1972?

Iceland, at 812,864, of the 156 countries in the file.

What year does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1972 describe?

1972.

How many countries does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1972 cover?

156.

Where can I download Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1972?

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Is Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1972 the newest?

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