Data for 1978

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1978

Name: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1978
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1978, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1978 covers 156 countries. Iceland is highest, at 760,500.50; Kuwait is lowest, at 0.00. The middle country reads 3,932.78. Against 1977, 155 values changed (8 up, 147 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita · Data for 1978

HighestIceland

760,500.50

LowestKuwait

0.00

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

156countries
1measure
1978the 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, 1978, 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, 1978: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	760,500.50
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	315,203.26
3	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	266,669.86
4	Suriname`SUR`South America	259,500.61
5	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	234,427.24
6	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	230,581.59
7	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	201,325.05
8	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	126,995.82
9	Canada`CAN`Northern America	118,932.35
10	Belize`BLZ`Central America	110,011.32
11	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	109,996.06
12	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	104,767.40
13	Peru`PER`South America	99,357.84
14	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	94,119.48
15	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	94,022.01
16	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	90,939.68
17	Colombia`COL`South America	85,970.78
18	Chile`CHL`South America	79,210.97
19	Panama`PAN`Central America	73,192.52
20	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	60,030.14
21	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	58,799.96
22	Ecuador`ECU`South America	57,185.94
23	Venezuela`VEN`South America	55,838.08
24	Bolivia`BOL`South America	55,140.48
25	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	50,866.04
26	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	50,712.36
27	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	49,900.42
28	Brazil`BRA`South America	48,970.19
29	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	48,603.65
30	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	47,046.77
31	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	46,643.39
32	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	46,331.85
33	Paraguay`PRY`South America	40,355.00
34	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	39,759.96
35	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	36,010.53
36	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	34,266.61
37	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	34,074.23
38	Uruguay`URY`South America	31,513.66
39	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	31,363.99
40	Honduras`HND`Central America	25,862.49
41	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	23,242.42
42	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	23,140.45
43	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	22,514.33
44	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	21,488.54
45	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	20,663.16
46	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	20,209.83
47	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	19,533.48
48	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	16,642.45
49	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	14,718.69
50	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	14,674.20
51	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	14,220.89
52	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	13,356.07
53	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	13,065.09
54	United States`USA`Northern America	12,660.33
55	Argentina`ARG`South America	10,762.14
56	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	10,510.08
57	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	10,482.16
58	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	10,106.36
59	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	9,641.06
60	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	9,446.00
61	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	8,299.16
62	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,272.91
63	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	7,152.70
64	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	6,502.90
65	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6,431.34
66	Mexico`MEX`Central America	6,392.72
67	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	6,150.61
68	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	5,201.02
69	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	5,166.51
70	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	5,127.09
71	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	4,727.40
72	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	4,672.75
73	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	4,633.54
74	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	4,497.06
75	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	4,345.36
76	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	4,310.44
77	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,975.62
78	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	3,940.51
79	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,925.05
80	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	3,777.63
81	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	3,777.29
82	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3,741.96
83	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3,689.69
84	France`FRA`Western Europe	3,654.03
85	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3,557.03
86	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3,512.05
87	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3,464.00
88	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	3,461.14
89	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3,400.31
90	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,249.92
91	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	3,187.81
92	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	3,128.34
93	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3,072.77
94	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3,016.42
95	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,946.98
96	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2,941.86
97	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2,826.06
98	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2,777.91
99	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2,770.08
100	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2,762.38
101	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,760.06
102	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2,750.12
103	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2,693.70
104	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2,589.91
105	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2,580.23
106	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2,453.46
107	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2,407.55
108	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,382.56
109	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,268.79
110	India`IND`Southern Asia	2,205.18
111	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	2,076.74
112	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1,930.62
113	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,896.53
114	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,886.73
115	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,873.59
116	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,754.16
117	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,700.51
118	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1,607.49
119	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,569.49
120	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1,555.03
121	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,532.94
122	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,386.09
123	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1,370.24
124	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1,370.18
125	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,251.64
126	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1,246.13
127	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,219.57
128	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,175.49
129	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,160.28
130	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1,071.31
131	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	973.00
132	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	948.93
133	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	851.81
134	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	812.02
135	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	789.00
136	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	720.77
137	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	664.88
138	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	642.43
139	Niger`NER`Western Africa	605.23
140	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	561.54
141	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	555.34
142	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	445.94
143	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	327.32
144	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	318.03
145	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	287.21
146	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	254.93
147	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	235.25
148	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	231.59
149	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	229.32
150	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	203.25
151	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	192.11
152	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	185.35
153	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	162.81
154	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	23.95
155	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	12.19
156	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.00

02In 1978

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland760,500.50
2Guyana315,203.26
3Papua New Guinea266,669.86
4Suriname259,500.61
5Bhutan234,427.24

Lowest

156Kuwait0.00
155Bahrain12.19
154Egypt23.95
153Malta162.81
152United Arab Emirates185.35

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3,932.78. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031977 → 1978

Since 1977

What changed between 1977 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
155values changed, of 156 in both
8 · 147rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Suriname257,098.12 → 259,500.61+2,402.49
Cambodia21,275.28 → 23,140.45+1,865.17
Equatorial Guinea93,937.76 → 94,022.01+84.25
Grenada2,061.49 → 2,076.74+15.24
Austria7,267.03 → 7,272.91+5.89

Fell most

Bhutan242,570.33 → 234,427.24−8,143.08
Solomon Islands208,471.30 → 201,325.05−7,146.25
Iceland766,459.72 → 760,500.50−5,959.22
Papua New Guinea272,418.68 → 266,669.86−5,748.82
Gabon236,316.69 → 230,581.59−5,735.10

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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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) (1978). Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1978 [data set], describing 1978. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freshwater-per-capita/1978

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07Questions

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1978: questions and answers

Which country has the highest renewable freshwater per person in Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1978?

Iceland, at 760,500.50, of the 156 countries in the file.

What year does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1978 describe?

1978.

How many countries does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1978 cover?

156.

Where can I download Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1978?

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