Data for 1981

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1981

Name: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1981
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1981, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1981 covers 156 countries. Iceland is highest, at 736,712; Kuwait is lowest, at 0. The middle country reads 3,864. Against 1980, 155 values changed (6 up, 149 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita · Data for 1981

HighestIceland

736,712

LowestKuwait

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

156countries
1measure
1981the 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, 1981, 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, 1981: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	736,712
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	310,386
3	Suriname`SUR`South America	263,677
4	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	250,546
5	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	213,435
6	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	212,131
7	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	181,298
8	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	118,732
9	Canada`CAN`Northern America	114,827
10	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	104,643
11	Belize`BLZ`Central America	102,563
12	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	100,661
13	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	93,178
14	Peru`PER`South America	92,197
15	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	85,737
16	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	84,567
17	Colombia`COL`South America	80,297
18	Chile`CHL`South America	75,779
19	Panama`PAN`Central America	68,149
20	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	56,891
21	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	56,555
22	Ecuador`ECU`South America	52,749
23	Bolivia`BOL`South America	51,545
24	Venezuela`VEN`South America	51,315
25	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	47,919
26	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	46,690
27	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	45,998
28	Brazil`BRA`South America	45,630
29	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	44,276
30	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	43,941
31	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	43,424
32	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	43,286
33	Paraguay`PRY`South America	37,290
34	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	36,319
35	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	32,969
36	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	32,727
37	Uruguay`URY`South America	31,115
38	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	30,965
39	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	29,617
40	Honduras`HND`Central America	23,598
41	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	22,821
42	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	22,292
43	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	21,667
44	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	20,552
45	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	19,967
46	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	18,993
47	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	17,545
48	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	15,433
49	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	14,191
50	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	13,404
51	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	13,239
52	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	12,448
53	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	12,438
54	United States`USA`Northern America	12,281
55	Argentina`ARG`South America	10,259
56	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	9,868
57	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	9,714
58	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	8,980
59	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	8,670
60	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	8,491
61	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	7,800
62	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,267
63	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	6,688
64	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6,358
65	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	6,207
66	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5,961
67	Mexico`MEX`Central America	5,937
68	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4,979
69	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	4,901
70	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	4,820
71	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	4,302
72	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	4,280
73	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	4,246
74	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	4,059
75	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	4,004
76	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3,994
77	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3,950
78	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,870
79	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,857
80	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3,655
81	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	3,621
82	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	3,612
83	France`FRA`Western Europe	3,597
84	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3,497
85	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	3,454
86	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3,420
87	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3,383
88	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3,318
89	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,230
90	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	3,060
91	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	2,958
92	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2,945
93	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	2,905
94	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2,877
95	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2,830
96	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,806
97	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2,740
98	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2,738
99	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2,574
100	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2,551
101	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,513
102	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2,477
103	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2,476
104	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2,474
105	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2,467
106	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,362
107	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2,272
108	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2,203
109	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,190
110	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	2,126
111	India`IND`Southern Asia	2,055
112	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1,896
113	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,751
114	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,719
115	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,675
116	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,635
117	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,595
118	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,493
119	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1,467
120	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,451
121	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1,365
122	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1,324
123	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1,276
124	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,247
125	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,217
126	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,172
127	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,163
128	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,132
129	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1,003
130	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	952
131	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	915
132	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	875
133	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	804
134	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	772
135	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	770
136	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	641
137	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	621
138	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	585
139	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	562
140	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	560
141	Niger`NER`Western Africa	554
142	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	374
143	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	317
144	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	293
145	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	264
146	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	237
147	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	212
148	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	193
149	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	191
150	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	190
151	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	177
152	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	158
153	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	136
154	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	22
155	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	11
156	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0

02In 1981

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland736,712
2Guyana310,386
3Suriname263,677
4Papua New Guinea250,546
5Gabon213,435

Lowest

156Kuwait0
155Bahrain11
154Egypt22
153United Arab Emirates136
152Malta158

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3,864. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031980 → 1981

Since 1980

What changed between 1980 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
155values changed, of 156 in both
6 · 149rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Afghanistan3,580 → 3,950+369
Grenada2,116 → 2,126+11
Dominica2,737 → 2,740+4
Saint Kitts and Nevis560 → 562+2
Denmark1,171 → 1,172+0

Fell most

Iceland745,163 → 736,712−8,451
Bhutan219,195 → 212,131−7,064
Solomon Islands187,709 → 181,298−6,410
Gabon219,137 → 213,435−5,703
Papua New Guinea255,787 → 250,546−5,241

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 1981.
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) (1981). Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1981 [data set], describing 1981. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freshwater-per-capita/1981

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07Questions

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1981: questions and answers

Which country has the highest renewable freshwater per person in Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1981?

Iceland, at 736,712, of the 156 countries in the file.

What year does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1981 describe?

1981.

How many countries does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1981 cover?

156.

Where can I download Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1981?

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Is Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1981 the newest?

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