Data for 1976

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1976

Name: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1976
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1976, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1976 covers 156 countries. Iceland is highest, at 772,187; Kuwait is lowest, at 0. The middle country reads 4,047. Against 1975, 155 values changed (10 up, 145 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita · Data for 1976

HighestIceland

772,187

LowestKuwait

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

156countries
1measure
1976the 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, 1976, 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, 1976: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	772,187
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	320,371
3	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	278,383
4	Suriname`SUR`South America	254,965
5	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	250,997
6	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	242,021
7	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	215,740
8	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	133,155
9	Canada`CAN`Northern America	121,536
10	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	116,478
11	Belize`BLZ`Central America	114,652
12	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	105,128
13	Peru`PER`South America	104,411
14	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	96,723
15	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	94,880
16	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	92,516
17	Colombia`COL`South America	89,904
18	Chile`CHL`South America	81,655
19	Panama`PAN`Central America	76,874
20	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	62,123
21	Ecuador`ECU`South America	60,430
22	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	60,037
23	Venezuela`VEN`South America	59,164
24	Bolivia`BOL`South America	57,738
25	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	53,794
26	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	52,826
27	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	52,613
28	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	51,954
29	Brazil`BRA`South America	51,364
30	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	49,361
31	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	48,759
32	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	47,810
33	Paraguay`PRY`South America	42,409
34	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	42,247
35	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	38,097
36	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	35,931
37	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	35,060
38	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	32,602
39	Uruguay`URY`South America	31,888
40	Honduras`HND`Central America	27,519
41	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	24,516
42	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	23,048
43	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	22,716
44	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	22,642
45	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	20,920
46	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	20,797
47	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	19,658
48	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	17,437
49	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	15,591
50	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	15,133
51	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	14,934
52	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	13,980
53	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	13,520
54	United States`USA`Northern America	12,925
55	Argentina`ARG`South America	11,110
56	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	11,088
57	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	10,942
58	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	10,887
59	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	10,722
60	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	10,165
61	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	8,619
62	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	7,537
63	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,270
64	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	6,795
65	Mexico`MEX`Central America	6,744
66	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6,410
67	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	6,312
68	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	5,418
69	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	5,359
70	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	5,291
71	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	5,045
72	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	5,019
73	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	4,860
74	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	4,795
75	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	4,557
76	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	4,536
77	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	4,173
78	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4,062
79	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	4,033
80	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,983
81	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	3,886
82	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3,827
83	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3,813
84	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3,712
85	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	3,689
86	France`FRA`Western Europe	3,688
87	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3,610
88	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3,601
89	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3,528
90	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	3,387
91	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,275
92	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	3,263
93	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3,240
94	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	3,164
95	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3,077
96	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3,035
97	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3,022
98	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2,965
99	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,951
100	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2,916
101	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2,860
102	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2,777
103	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2,772
104	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2,668
105	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2,591
106	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2,580
107	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2,502
108	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,398
109	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,333
110	India`IND`Southern Asia	2,310
111	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	2,049
112	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2,002
113	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,990
114	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1,966
115	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,950
116	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,809
117	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,761
118	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1,718
119	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1,697
120	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,650
121	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,560
122	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,483
123	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1,416
124	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1,374
125	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1,366
126	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,315
127	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1,300
128	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,222
129	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,183
130	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,178
131	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	988
132	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	969
133	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	912
134	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	816
135	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	799
136	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	768
137	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	700
138	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	685
139	Niger`NER`Western Africa	640
140	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	566
141	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	552
142	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	499
143	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	348
144	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	318
145	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	304
146	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	268
147	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	262
148	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	257
149	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	250
150	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	244
151	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	212
152	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	203
153	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	165
154	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	25
155	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	13
156	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0

02In 1976

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland772,187
2Guyana320,371
3Papua New Guinea278,383
4Suriname254,965
5Bhutan250,997

Lowest

156Kuwait0
155Bahrain13
154Egypt25
153Malta165
152Maldives203

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 4,047. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031975 → 1976

Since 1975

What changed between 1975 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
155values changed, of 156 in both
10 · 145rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Equatorial Guinea90,309 → 92,516+2,208
Suriname253,087 → 254,965+1,878
Cambodia18,324 → 19,658+1,333
Switzerland6,374 → 6,410+37
Austria7,257 → 7,270+13

Fell most

Bhutan259,711 → 250,997−8,714
Iceland779,892 → 772,187−7,705
Solomon Islands222,672 → 215,740−6,932
Papua New Guinea284,565 → 278,383−6,182
Gabon247,660 → 242,021−5,640

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 1976.
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) (1976). Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1976 [data set], describing 1976. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freshwater-per-capita/1976

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07Questions

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1976: questions and answers

Which country has the highest renewable freshwater per person in Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1976?

Iceland, at 772,187, of the 156 countries in the file.

What year does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1976 describe?

1976.

How many countries does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1976 cover?

156.

Where can I download Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1976?

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Is Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1976 the newest?

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