Data for 1975

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1975

Name: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1975
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1975, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1975 covers 156 countries. Iceland is highest, at 779,892; Kuwait is lowest, at 0. The middle country reads 4,175. Against 1974, 155 values changed (11 up, 144 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita · Data for 1975

HighestIceland

779,892

LowestKuwait

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

156countries
1measure
1975the 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, 1975, 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, 1975: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	779,892
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	323,319
3	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	284,565
4	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	259,711
5	Suriname`SUR`South America	253,087
6	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	247,660
7	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	222,672
8	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	136,445
9	Canada`CAN`Northern America	123,146
10	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	119,695
11	Belize`BLZ`Central America	117,036
12	Peru`PER`South America	107,017
13	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	106,062
14	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	99,732
15	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	95,326
16	Colombia`COL`South America	91,884
17	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	90,309
18	Chile`CHL`South America	82,931
19	Panama`PAN`Central America	78,851
20	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	63,350
21	Ecuador`ECU`South America	62,150
22	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	60,936
23	Venezuela`VEN`South America	60,912
24	Bolivia`BOL`South America	59,075
25	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	55,454
26	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	53,997
27	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	53,788
28	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	53,774
29	Brazil`BRA`South America	52,602
30	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	50,558
31	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	49,574
32	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	48,562
33	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	43,544
34	Paraguay`PRY`South America	43,468
35	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	39,095
36	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	36,906
37	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	35,414
38	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	33,231
39	Uruguay`URY`South America	32,099
40	Honduras`HND`Central America	28,391
41	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	25,142
42	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	24,579
43	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	23,382
44	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	22,711
45	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	21,628
46	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	20,873
47	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	18,324
48	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	17,818
49	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	16,072
50	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	15,363
51	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	15,311
52	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	14,289
53	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	13,734
54	United States`USA`Northern America	13,048
55	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	11,372
56	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	11,364
57	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	11,340
58	Argentina`ARG`South America	11,285
59	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	11,186
60	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	10,513
61	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	8,775
62	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	7,732
63	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,257
64	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	6,992
65	Mexico`MEX`Central America	6,934
66	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	6,411
67	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6,374
68	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	5,529
69	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	5,484
70	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	5,361
71	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	5,205
72	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	5,200
73	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	4,990
74	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	4,944
75	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	4,668
76	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	4,656
77	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	4,309
78	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4,179
79	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	4,171
80	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	4,021
81	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	3,948
82	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3,897
83	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3,854
84	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	3,801
85	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3,793
86	France`FRA`Western Europe	3,704
87	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3,691
88	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3,645
89	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3,600
90	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	3,485
91	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	3,335
92	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	3,332
93	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3,326
94	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,292
95	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3,110
96	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3,084
97	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3,070
98	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3,053
99	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	3,049
100	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2,989
101	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2,943
102	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2,794
103	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2,786
104	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2,709
105	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2,650
106	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2,579
107	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2,551
108	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,408
109	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,371
110	India`IND`Southern Asia	2,365
111	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2,062
112	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	2,038
113	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2,033
114	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2,010
115	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1,990
116	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,838
117	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1,797
118	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,782
119	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1,744
120	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,691
121	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,576
122	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,532
123	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1,431
124	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1,429
125	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1,409
126	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1,360
127	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,349
128	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,224
129	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,186
130	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,183
131	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	996
132	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	981
133	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	944
134	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	815
135	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	805
136	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	792
137	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	718
138	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	717
139	Niger`NER`Western Africa	658
140	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	569
141	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	550
142	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	527
143	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	359
144	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	319
145	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	313
146	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	290
147	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	276
148	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	272
149	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	265
150	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	258
151	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	217
152	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	210
153	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	166
154	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	26
155	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	14
156	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0

02In 1975

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland779,892
2Guyana323,319
3Papua New Guinea284,565
4Bhutan259,711
5Suriname253,087

Lowest

156Kuwait0
155Bahrain14
154Egypt26
153Malta166
152Maldives210

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 4,175. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031974 → 1975

Since 1974

What changed between 1974 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
155values changed, of 156 in both
11 · 144rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Equatorial Guinea88,150 → 90,309+2,159
Suriname251,476 → 253,087+1,611
Cambodia17,779 → 18,324+545
Austria7,238 → 7,257+19
Grenada2,031 → 2,038+7

Fell most

Iceland789,930 → 779,892−10,038
Bhutan268,712 → 259,711−9,001
Solomon Islands229,183 → 222,672−6,511
Papua New Guinea290,990 → 284,565−6,425
Gabon253,207 → 247,660−5,547

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 1975.
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) (1975). Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1975 [data set], describing 1975. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freshwater-per-capita/1975

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07Questions

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1975: questions and answers

Which country has the highest renewable freshwater per person in Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1975?

Iceland, at 779,892, of the 156 countries in the file.

What year does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1975 describe?

1975.

How many countries does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1975 cover?

156.

Where can I download Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1975?

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, 1975 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2022.

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