Data for 1982

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1982

Name: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1982
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1982, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1982 covers 156 countries. Iceland is highest, at 726,931; Kuwait is lowest, at 0. The middle country reads 3,840. Against 1981, 155 values changed (8 up, 147 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita · Data for 1982

HighestIceland

726,931

LowestKuwait

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

156countries
1measure
1982the 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, 1982, 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, 1982: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	726,931
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	310,282
3	Suriname`SUR`South America	262,910
4	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	245,383
5	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	207,783
6	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	205,412
7	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	175,157
8	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	116,204
9	Canada`CAN`Northern America	113,469
10	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	103,609
11	Belize`BLZ`Central America	100,034
12	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	97,796
13	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	92,836
14	Peru`PER`South America	89,935
15	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	82,621
16	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	80,691
17	Colombia`COL`South America	78,461
18	Chile`CHL`South America	74,682
19	Panama`PAN`Central America	66,560
20	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	56,234
21	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	55,188
22	Ecuador`ECU`South America	51,374
23	Bolivia`BOL`South America	50,431
24	Venezuela`VEN`South America	49,932
25	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	46,946
26	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	45,426
27	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	44,756
28	Brazil`BRA`South America	44,602
29	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	43,067
30	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	42,894
31	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	42,396
32	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	41,929
33	Paraguay`PRY`South America	36,266
34	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	35,260
35	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	32,402
36	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	31,759
37	Uruguay`URY`South America	30,986
38	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	30,237
39	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	29,081
40	Honduras`HND`Central America	22,901
41	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	22,184
42	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	22,167
43	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	21,267
44	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	20,540
45	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	19,492
46	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	18,694
47	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	16,911
48	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	15,082
49	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	14,057
50	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	12,980
51	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	12,936
52	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	12,277
53	United States`USA`Northern America	12,164
54	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	12,161
55	Argentina`ARG`South America	10,095
56	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	9,661
57	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	9,449
58	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	8,626
59	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	8,482
60	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	8,142
61	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	7,633
62	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,262
63	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	6,534
64	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6,321
65	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	6,097
66	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5,925
67	Mexico`MEX`Central America	5,807
68	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4,911
69	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	4,797
70	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	4,727
71	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	4,290
72	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	4,190
73	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	4,140
74	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	4,118
75	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	3,918
76	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3,912
77	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3,883
78	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,846
79	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,834
80	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3,629
81	France`FRA`Western Europe	3,584
82	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	3,568
83	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	3,508
84	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3,454
85	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3,381
86	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	3,360
87	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3,345
88	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,228
89	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3,166
90	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2,927
91	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	2,909
92	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2,903
93	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	2,820
94	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2,811
95	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2,789
96	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,772
97	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2,751
98	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2,736
99	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2,575
100	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2,478
101	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,443
102	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2,437
103	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2,396
104	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2,381
105	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2,378
106	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,355
107	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2,229
108	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,166
109	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2,149
110	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	2,119
111	India`IND`Southern Asia	2,007
112	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1,886
113	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,703
114	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,663
115	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,649
116	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,573
117	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,571
118	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,479
119	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1,417
120	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,413
121	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1,366
122	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1,253
123	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1,244
124	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,217
125	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,203
126	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,172
127	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,131
128	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,120
129	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	999
130	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	944
131	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	902
132	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	841
133	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	803
134	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	769
135	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	745
136	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	617
137	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	607
138	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	566
139	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	564
140	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	560
141	Niger`NER`Western Africa	537
142	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	352
143	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	316
144	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	281
145	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	256
146	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	227
147	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	205
148	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	188
149	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	186
150	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	180
151	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	172
152	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	155
153	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	129
154	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	22
155	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	10
156	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0

02In 1982

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland726,931
2Guyana310,282
3Suriname262,910
4Papua New Guinea245,383
5Gabon207,783

Lowest

156Kuwait0
155Bahrain10
154Egypt22
153United Arab Emirates129
152Malta155

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3,840. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031981 → 1982

Since 1981

What changed between 1981 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

Afghanistan3,950 → 4,290+340
Dominica2,740 → 2,751+11
Saint Kitts and Nevis562 → 564+2
Germany1,365 → 1,366+1
United Kingdom2,574 → 2,575+1

Fell most

Iceland736,712 → 726,931−9,781
Bhutan212,131 → 205,412−6,719
Solomon Islands181,298 → 175,157−6,142
Gabon213,435 → 207,783−5,652
Papua New Guinea250,546 → 245,383−5,163

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 1982.
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) (1982). Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1982 [data set], describing 1982. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freshwater-per-capita/1982

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07Questions

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1982: questions and answers

Which country has the highest renewable freshwater per person in Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1982?

Iceland, at 726,931, of the 156 countries in the file.

What year does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1982 describe?

1982.

How many countries does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1982 cover?

156.

Where can I download Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1982?

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Is Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1982 the newest?

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