Data for 1973

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1973

Name: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1973
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1973, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1973 covers 156 countries. Iceland is highest, at 800,689.5; Kuwait is lowest, at 0.0. The middle country reads 4,432.8. Against 1972, 155 values changed (7 up, 148 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita · Data for 1973

HighestIceland

800,689.5

LowestKuwait

0.0

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

156countries
1measure
1973the 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, 1973, 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, 1973: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	800,689.5
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	330,074.6
3	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	297,699.9
4	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	278,017.6
5	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	258,677.1
6	Suriname`SUR`South America	250,144.0
7	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	235,543.3
8	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	144,749.9
9	Canada`CAN`Northern America	126,713.0
10	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	126,295.5
11	Belize`BLZ`Central America	120,684.9
12	Peru`PER`South America	112,529.3
13	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	110,424.5
14	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	105,974.9
15	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	96,449.7
16	Colombia`COL`South America	96,079.0
17	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	86,012.7
18	Chile`CHL`South America	85,586.9
19	Panama`PAN`Central America	83,105.7
20	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	66,328.2
21	Ecuador`ECU`South America	65,813.4
22	Venezuela`VEN`South America	64,588.4
23	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	63,342.1
24	Bolivia`BOL`South America	61,810.1
25	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	58,963.2
26	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	57,678.3
27	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	56,831.2
28	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	55,808.3
29	Brazil`BRA`South America	55,174.9
30	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	53,037.7
31	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	51,053.1
32	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	50,151.7
33	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	46,240.1
34	Paraguay`PRY`South America	45,683.5
35	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	41,232.1
36	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	39,018.6
37	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	36,771.3
38	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	34,547.9
39	Uruguay`URY`South America	32,497.6
40	Honduras`HND`Central America	30,105.0
41	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	26,990.2
42	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	26,329.1
43	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	24,759.8
44	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	23,166.5
45	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	22,931.4
46	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	21,016.9
47	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	18,725.5
48	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	17,893.9
49	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	17,054.1
50	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	16,112.4
51	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	15,878.4
52	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	14,930.1
53	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	14,094.4
54	United States`USA`Northern America	13,298.2
55	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	12,869.6
56	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	12,423.7
57	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	11,887.6
58	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	11,712.2
59	Argentina`ARG`South America	11,658.5
60	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	11,201.4
61	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	9,094.9
62	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	8,093.2
63	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	7,431.3
64	Mexico`MEX`Central America	7,347.2
65	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,250.1
66	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	6,495.6
67	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6,405.2
68	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	5,771.7
69	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	5,764.4
70	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	5,596.2
71	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	5,518.5
72	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	5,511.0
73	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	5,281.3
74	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	5,244.8
75	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	4,914.0
76	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	4,905.1
77	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	4,617.3
78	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	4,464.0
79	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4,401.7
80	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	4,118.7
81	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	4,097.8
82	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	4,042.6
83	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	4,035.8
84	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3,969.0
85	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3,955.6
86	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3,878.1
87	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3,763.3
88	France`FRA`Western Europe	3,745.9
89	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3,736.0
90	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	3,678.7
91	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	3,678.3
92	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3,499.6
93	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	3,486.2
94	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,333.2
95	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	3,260.5
96	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3,225.5
97	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3,189.4
98	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3,181.0
99	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3,178.1
100	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3,136.9
101	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3,119.0
102	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2,853.5
103	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2,833.5
104	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2,790.7
105	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2,785.2
106	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2,650.8
107	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2,580.3
108	India`IND`Southern Asia	2,478.3
109	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,466.3
110	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,435.9
111	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2,186.4
112	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2,143.2
113	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2,114.4
114	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2,034.0
115	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	2,026.2
116	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1,941.3
117	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,901.6
118	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,865.6
119	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1,844.1
120	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,776.3
121	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1,681.2
122	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,638.3
123	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,606.8
124	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1,483.1
125	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1,456.5
126	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,424.3
127	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1,355.5
128	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,231.8
129	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,194.8
130	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,171.3
131	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	1,013.3
132	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1,010.2
133	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1,000.4
134	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	840.2
135	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	818.5
136	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	808.2
137	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	761.4
138	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	757.6
139	Niger`NER`Western Africa	694.7
140	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	584.5
141	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	575.2
142	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	546.9
143	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	383.6
144	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	346.0
145	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	343.7
146	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	332.3
147	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	319.6
148	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	302.5
149	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	273.7
150	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	273.6
151	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	228.8
152	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	222.3
153	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	167.1
154	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	27.0
155	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	15.7
156	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.0

02In 1973

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland800,689.5
2Guyana330,074.6
3Papua New Guinea297,699.9
4Bhutan278,017.6
5Gabon258,677.1

Lowest

156Kuwait0.0
155Bahrain15.7
154Egypt27.0
153Malta167.1
152Maldives222.3

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 4,432.8. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031972 → 1973

Since 1972

What changed between 1972 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
155values changed, of 156 in both
7 · 148rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Equatorial Guinea84,015.1 → 86,012.7+1,997.5
Suriname249,111.1 → 250,144.0+1,032.9
Burundi2,781.2 → 2,785.2+4.0
Antigua and Barbuda804.8 → 808.2+3.4
Saint Kitts and Nevis545.0 → 546.9+1.9

Fell most

Iceland812,864.3 → 800,689.5−12,174.8
Bhutan287,648.7 → 278,017.6−9,631.1
Papua New Guinea304,744.4 → 297,699.9−7,044.5
Solomon Islands241,629.5 → 235,543.3−6,086.1
Gabon264,107.2 → 258,677.1−5,430.1

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.

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One year of the 2026 release
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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) (1973). Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1973 [data set], describing 1973. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freshwater-per-capita/1973

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07Questions

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1973: questions and answers

Which country has the highest renewable freshwater per person in Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1973?

Iceland, at 800,689.5, of the 156 countries in the file.

What year does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1973 describe?

1973.

How many countries does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1973 cover?

156.

Where can I download Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1973?

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