Data for 1983

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1983

Name: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1983
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1983, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1983 covers 156 countries. Iceland is highest, at 717,369; Kuwait is lowest, at 0. The middle country reads 3,784. Against 1982, 155 values changed (10 up, 145 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita · Data for 1983

HighestIceland

717,369

LowestKuwait

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

156countries
1measure
1983the year it describes
156distinct values14 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, 1983, 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, 1983: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	717,369
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	310,611
3	Suriname`SUR`South America	261,389
4	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	240,278
5	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	202,218
6	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	198,970
7	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	169,275
8	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	113,827
9	Canada`CAN`Northern America	112,353
10	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	102,210
11	Belize`BLZ`Central America	97,635
12	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	94,917
13	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	92,529
14	Peru`PER`South America	87,726
15	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	80,646
16	Colombia`COL`South America	76,640
17	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	75,709
18	Chile`CHL`South America	73,590
19	Panama`PAN`Central America	65,013
20	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	55,569
21	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	53,770
22	Ecuador`ECU`South America	50,043
23	Bolivia`BOL`South America	49,357
24	Venezuela`VEN`South America	48,605
25	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	45,955
26	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	44,249
27	Brazil`BRA`South America	43,617
28	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	43,543
29	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	42,166
30	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	41,516
31	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	41,387
32	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	40,599
33	Paraguay`PRY`South America	35,261
34	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	34,237
35	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	31,962
36	Uruguay`URY`South America	30,849
37	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	30,768
38	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	29,624
39	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	28,519
40	Honduras`HND`Central America	22,231
41	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	22,036
42	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	21,397
43	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	20,885
44	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	20,531
45	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	19,026
46	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	18,399
47	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	16,294
48	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	14,718
49	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	13,958
50	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	12,644
51	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	12,568
52	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	12,122
53	United States`USA`Northern America	12,053
54	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	11,876
55	Argentina`ARG`South America	9,935
56	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	9,459
57	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	9,177
58	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	8,307
59	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	8,287
60	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	7,780
61	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	7,468
62	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,273
63	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	6,380
64	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6,294
65	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	5,937
66	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5,890
67	Mexico`MEX`Central America	5,683
68	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4,843
69	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	4,685
70	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	4,636
71	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	4,319
72	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	4,079
73	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	4,006
74	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3,985
75	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3,823
76	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,816
77	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,815
78	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3,792
79	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	3,776
80	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3,604
81	France`FRA`Western Europe	3,565
82	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	3,516
83	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3,431
84	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	3,408
85	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3,320
86	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3,309
87	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	3,268
88	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,226
89	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3,013
90	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2,913
91	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	2,861
92	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2,792
93	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2,764
94	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2,749
95	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	2,747
96	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,746
97	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2,742
98	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2,735
99	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2,574
100	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2,407
101	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2,399
102	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,372
103	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,349
104	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2,325
105	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2,294
106	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2,289
107	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2,186
108	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,144
109	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	2,106
110	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2,092
111	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,961
112	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1,879
113	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,655
114	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,625
115	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,609
116	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,551
117	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,514
118	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,466
119	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,377
120	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1,370
121	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1,368
122	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,218
123	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1,217
124	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1,185
125	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,173
126	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,160
127	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,103
128	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,101
129	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	968
130	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	936
131	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	888
132	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	812
133	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	801
134	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	766
135	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	720
136	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	596
137	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	595
138	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	567
139	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	561
140	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	547
141	Niger`NER`Western Africa	522
142	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	331
143	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	315
144	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	269
145	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	249
146	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	224
147	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	198
148	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	188
149	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	183
150	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	170
151	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	167
152	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	153
153	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	121
154	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	21
155	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	10
156	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0

02In 1983

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland717,369
2Guyana310,611
3Suriname261,389
4Papua New Guinea240,278
5Gabon202,218

Lowest

156Kuwait0
155Bahrain10
154Egypt21
153United Arab Emirates121
152Malta153

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3,784. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031982 → 1983

Since 1982

What changed between 1982 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

Guyana310,282 → 310,611+328
Afghanistan4,290 → 4,319+29
Dominica2,751 → 2,764+12
Austria7,262 → 7,273+12
Germany1,366 → 1,370+4

Fell most

Iceland726,931 → 717,369−9,561
Bhutan205,412 → 198,970−6,443
Solomon Islands175,157 → 169,275−5,882
Gabon207,783 → 202,218−5,564
Papua New Guinea245,383 → 240,278−5,104

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 1983.
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) (1983). Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1983 [data set], describing 1983. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freshwater-per-capita/1983

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07Questions

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1983: questions and answers

Which country has the highest renewable freshwater per person in Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1983?

Iceland, at 717,369, of the 156 countries in the file.

What year does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1983 describe?

1983.

How many countries does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1983 cover?

156.

Where can I download Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1983?

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Is Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1983 the newest?

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