Data for 1980

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1980

Name: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1980
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1980, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1980 covers 156 countries. Iceland is highest, at 745,163.0; Kuwait is lowest, at 0.0. The middle country reads 3,803.1. Against 1979, 155 values changed (4 up, 151 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita · Data for 1980

HighestIceland

745,163.0

LowestKuwait

0.0

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

156countries
1measure
1980the 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, 1980, 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, 1980: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	745,163.0
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	311,221.9
3	Suriname`SUR`South America	263,734.9
4	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	255,787.0
5	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	219,195.0
6	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	219,137.4
7	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	187,708.7
8	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	121,378.8
9	Canada`CAN`Northern America	116,252.2
10	Belize`BLZ`Central America	105,196.4
11	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	105,046.7
12	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	103,667.1
13	Peru`PER`South America	94,522.5
14	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	93,498.7
15	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	90,076.4
16	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	86,460.3
17	Colombia`COL`South America	82,169.7
18	Chile`CHL`South America	76,899.3
19	Panama`PAN`Central America	69,781.7
20	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	57,827.1
21	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	57,538.5
22	Ecuador`ECU`South America	54,176.7
23	Venezuela`VEN`South America	52,758.5
24	Bolivia`BOL`South America	52,701.0
25	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	48,898.4
26	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	48,029.1
27	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	47,267.8
28	Brazil`BRA`South America	46,705.0
29	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	45,671.7
30	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	44,775.4
31	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	44,672.6
32	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	44,472.1
33	Paraguay`PRY`South America	38,320.0
34	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	37,419.4
35	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	33,693.9
36	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	33,487.6
37	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	32,071.5
38	Uruguay`URY`South America	31,233.6
39	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	30,180.1
40	Honduras`HND`Central America	24,324.1
41	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	23,192.9
42	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	22,387.1
43	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	22,122.1
44	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	20,576.3
45	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	20,454.5
46	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	19,293.3
47	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	18,195.5
48	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	15,825.6
49	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	14,357.7
50	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	13,820.8
51	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	13,552.8
52	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	12,743.4
53	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	12,641.0
54	United States`USA`Northern America	12,401.8
55	Argentina`ARG`South America	10,424.3
56	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	10,067.4
57	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	9,970.1
58	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	9,347.1
59	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	8,847.7
60	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	8,820.1
61	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	7,967.6
62	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,285.3
63	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	6,847.4
64	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6,393.0
65	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	6,276.5
66	Mexico`MEX`Central America	6,077.2
67	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	6,015.0
68	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	5,044.1
69	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	4,999.0
70	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	4,918.1
71	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	4,424.7
72	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	4,413.5
73	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	4,377.3
74	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	4,202.2
75	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	4,119.8
76	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	4,101.9
77	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,890.9
78	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,887.9
79	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	3,718.4
80	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3,681.3
81	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	3,673.9
82	France`FRA`Western Europe	3,618.3
83	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3,580.3
84	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3,556.0
85	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	3,553.2
86	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3,442.4
87	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3,423.2
88	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3,321.9
89	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,233.9
90	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	3,225.2
91	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	3,010.4
92	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	2,996.0
93	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2,966.0
94	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2,937.7
95	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2,866.7
96	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,847.7
97	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2,746.1
98	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2,736.6
99	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2,624.0
100	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,589.8
101	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2,576.0
102	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2,574.8
103	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2,560.0
104	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2,537.4
105	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2,514.9
106	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,369.8
107	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2,316.7
108	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2,294.9
109	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,214.6
110	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	2,115.6
111	India`IND`Southern Asia	2,103.7
112	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1,908.4
113	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,799.1
114	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,774.6
115	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,741.2
116	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,701.0
117	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,630.0
118	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1,517.7
119	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,506.7
120	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,490.2
121	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1,398.3
122	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1,366.7
123	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1,307.4
124	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,292.3
125	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,217.1
126	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,193.0
127	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,171.2
128	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,141.9
129	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1,010.8
130	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	959.6
131	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	927.9
132	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	920.8
133	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	806.0
134	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	796.2
135	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	777.4
136	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	668.4
137	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	635.0
138	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	604.4
139	Niger`NER`Western Africa	570.4
140	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	560.2
141	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	560.1
142	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	396.8
143	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	318.1
144	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	305.3
145	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	271.4
146	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	248.6
147	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	220.0
148	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	204.4
149	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	203.0
150	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	193.4
151	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	182.0
152	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	159.5
153	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	147.7
154	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	22.8
155	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	11.1
156	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.0

02In 1980

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland745,163.0
2Guyana311,221.9
3Suriname263,734.9
4Papua New Guinea255,787.0
5Bhutan219,195.0

Lowest

156Kuwait0.0
155Bahrain11.1
154Egypt22.8
153United Arab Emirates147.7
152Malta159.5

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3,803.1. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031979 → 1980

Since 1979

What changed between 1979 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
155values changed, of 156 in both
4 · 151rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Suriname262,180.8 → 263,734.9+1,554.0
Afghanistan3,452.8 → 3,580.3+127.5
Grenada2,094.5 → 2,115.6+21.1
Saint Kitts and Nevis557.7 → 560.1+2.4

Fell most

Iceland753,095.4 → 745,163.0−7,932.4
Bhutan226,622.1 → 219,195.0−7,427.1
Solomon Islands194,387.5 → 187,708.7−6,678.9
Gabon224,850.0 → 219,137.4−5,712.7
Papua New Guinea261,138.2 → 255,787.0−5,351.2

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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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) (1980). Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1980 [data set], describing 1980. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freshwater-per-capita/1980

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07Questions

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1980: questions and answers

Which country has the highest renewable freshwater per person in Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1980?

Iceland, at 745,163.0, of the 156 countries in the file.

What year does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1980 describe?

1980.

How many countries does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1980 cover?

156.

Where can I download Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1980?

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, 1980 the newest?

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