Data for 1984

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1984

Name: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1984
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1984, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1984 covers 156 countries. Iceland is highest, at 709,780; Kuwait is lowest, at 0. The middle country reads 3,668. Against 1983, 155 values changed (9 up, 146 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita · Data for 1984

HighestIceland

709,780

LowestKuwait

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

156countries
1measure
1984the 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, 1984, 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, 1984: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	709,780
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	311,325
3	Suriname`SUR`South America	259,031
4	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	235,229
5	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	196,760
6	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	192,782
7	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	163,639
8	Canada`CAN`Northern America	111,297
9	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	111,026
10	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	101,329
11	Belize`BLZ`Central America	95,349
12	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	92,268
13	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	92,025
14	Peru`PER`South America	85,581
15	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	78,673
16	Colombia`COL`South America	74,888
17	Chile`CHL`South America	72,495
18	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	71,253
19	Panama`PAN`Central America	63,512
20	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	54,894
21	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	52,339
22	Ecuador`ECU`South America	48,750
23	Bolivia`BOL`South America	48,314
24	Venezuela`VEN`South America	47,328
25	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	44,960
26	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	43,163
27	Brazil`BRA`South America	42,673
28	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	42,360
29	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	41,240
30	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	40,398
31	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	40,159
32	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	39,298
33	Paraguay`PRY`South America	34,281
34	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	33,253
35	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	31,580
36	Uruguay`URY`South America	30,708
37	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	29,757
38	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	28,812
39	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	27,934
40	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	21,918
41	Honduras`HND`Central America	21,586
42	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	20,633
43	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	20,512
44	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	20,490
45	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	18,566
46	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	18,109
47	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	15,701
48	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	14,311
49	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	13,871
50	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	12,366
51	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	12,188
52	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	11,962
53	United States`USA`Northern America	11,950
54	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	11,601
55	Argentina`ARG`South America	9,778
56	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	9,262
57	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	8,916
58	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	8,144
59	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	7,962
60	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	7,466
61	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	7,309
62	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,274
63	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6,271
64	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	6,228
65	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5,861
66	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	5,779
67	Mexico`MEX`Central America	5,564
68	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4,779
69	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	4,579
70	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	4,549
71	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	4,214
72	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3,970
73	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	3,878
74	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3,857
75	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,801
76	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,784
77	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3,737
78	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3,703
79	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	3,634
80	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3,581
81	France`FRA`Western Europe	3,547
82	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	3,465
83	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3,419
84	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	3,312
85	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3,274
86	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3,258
87	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,226
88	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	3,178
89	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2,973
90	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2,901
91	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	2,813
92	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2,776
93	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2,732
94	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,718
95	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2,713
96	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2,689
97	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	2,678
98	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2,670
99	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2,570
100	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2,361
101	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,344
102	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2,338
103	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,299
104	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2,266
105	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2,215
106	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2,201
107	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2,143
108	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,123
109	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	2,094
110	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2,042
111	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,916
112	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1,872
113	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,608
114	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,605
115	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,555
116	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,522
117	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,461
118	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,452
119	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1,374
120	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,343
121	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1,322
122	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,218
123	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1,194
124	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,174
125	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1,122
126	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,118
127	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,084
128	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,073
129	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	933
130	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	929
131	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	876
132	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	801
133	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	781
134	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	763
135	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	695
136	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	581
137	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	578
138	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	570
139	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	562
140	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	529
141	Niger`NER`Western Africa	507
142	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	314
143	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	312
144	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	257
145	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	242
146	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	220
147	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	190
148	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	185
149	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	180
150	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	163
151	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	161
152	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	153
153	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	115
154	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	20
155	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	10
156	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0

02In 1984

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland709,780
2Guyana311,325
3Suriname259,031
4Papua New Guinea235,229
5Gabon196,760

Lowest

156Kuwait0
155Bahrain10
154Egypt20
153United Arab Emirates115
152Malta153

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3,668. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031983 → 1984

Since 1983

What changed between 1983 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
155values changed, of 156 in both
9 · 146rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Guyana310,611 → 311,325+714
Dominica2,764 → 2,776+12
Germany1,370 → 1,374+5
Saint Kitts and Nevis567 → 570+3
Hungary561 → 562+1

Fell most

Iceland717,369 → 709,780−7,590
Bhutan198,970 → 192,782−6,187
Solomon Islands169,275 → 163,639−5,636
Gabon202,218 → 196,760−5,458
Papua New Guinea240,278 → 235,229−5,050

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 1984.
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) (1984). Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1984 [data set], describing 1984. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freshwater-per-capita/1984

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07Questions

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1984: questions and answers

Which country has the highest renewable freshwater per person in Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1984?

Iceland, at 709,780, of the 156 countries in the file.

What year does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1984 describe?

1984.

How many countries does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1984 cover?

156.

Where can I download Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1984?

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, 1984 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2022.

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