Data for 1985

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1985

Name: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1985
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1985, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1985 covers 156 countries. Iceland is highest, at 704,211; Kuwait is lowest, at 0. The middle country reads 3,579. Against 1984, 155 values changed (7 up, 148 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita · Data for 1985

HighestIceland

704,211

LowestKuwait

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

156countries
1measure
1985the 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, 1985, 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, 1985: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	704,211
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	312,388
3	Suriname`SUR`South America	255,832
4	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	230,243
5	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	191,426
6	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	186,864
7	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	158,255
8	Canada`CAN`Northern America	110,285
9	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	107,803
10	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	100,705
11	Belize`BLZ`Central America	93,165
12	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	91,992
13	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	89,264
14	Peru`PER`South America	83,519
15	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	76,713
16	Colombia`COL`South America	73,287
17	Chile`CHL`South America	71,398
18	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	67,437
19	Panama`PAN`Central America	62,065
20	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	54,211
21	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	50,909
22	Ecuador`ECU`South America	47,513
23	Bolivia`BOL`South America	47,302
24	Venezuela`VEN`South America	46,102
25	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	43,975
26	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	42,145
27	Brazil`BRA`South America	41,774
28	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	41,212
29	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	40,283
30	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	39,447
31	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	38,827
32	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	38,027
33	Paraguay`PRY`South America	33,327
34	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	32,301
35	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	31,162
36	Uruguay`URY`South America	30,560
37	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	28,786
38	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	27,966
39	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	27,382
40	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	21,827
41	Honduras`HND`Central America	20,970
42	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	20,478
43	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	20,063
44	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	19,954
45	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	18,111
46	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	17,823
47	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	15,134
48	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	13,911
49	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	13,849
50	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	12,104
51	United States`USA`Northern America	11,844
52	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	11,827
53	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	11,792
54	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	11,340
55	Argentina`ARG`South America	9,625
56	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	9,073
57	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	8,675
58	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	7,993
59	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	7,653
60	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,270
61	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	7,201
62	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	7,164
63	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6,244
64	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	6,086
65	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5,838
66	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	5,616
67	Mexico`MEX`Central America	5,450
68	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4,725
69	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	4,478
70	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	4,466
71	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	4,126
72	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3,860
73	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,791
74	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,753
75	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	3,738
76	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3,733
77	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3,655
78	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3,600
79	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3,559
80	France`FRA`Western Europe	3,529
81	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	3,493
82	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	3,415
83	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3,397
84	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3,234
85	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,225
86	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	3,220
87	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3,193
88	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	3,090
89	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2,943
90	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2,891
91	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2,788
92	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	2,765
93	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2,727
94	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,696
95	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2,676
96	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	2,603
97	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2,596
98	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2,592
99	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2,564
100	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,344
101	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2,323
102	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2,270
103	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,244
104	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2,218
105	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2,139
106	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2,118
107	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,102
108	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2,101
109	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	2,081
110	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,998
111	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,871
112	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1,864
113	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,589
114	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,563
115	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,504
116	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,492
117	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,441
118	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,411
119	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1,377
120	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,311
121	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1,278
122	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,217
123	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,173
124	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1,169
125	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,078
126	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,067
127	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1,056
128	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,047
129	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	922
130	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	896
131	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	864
132	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	805
133	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	759
134	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	745
135	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	671
136	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	573
137	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	566
138	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	563
139	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	560
140	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	511
141	Niger`NER`Western Africa	492
142	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	313
143	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	294
144	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	245
145	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	235
146	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	219
147	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	183
148	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	180
149	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	177
150	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	158
151	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	153
152	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	150
153	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	109
154	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	20
155	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	9
156	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0

02In 1985

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland704,211
2Guyana312,388
3Suriname255,832
4Papua New Guinea230,243
5Gabon191,426

Lowest

156Kuwait0
155Bahrain9
154Egypt20
153United Arab Emirates109
152Malta150

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3,579. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031984 → 1985

Since 1984

What changed between 1984 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
155values changed, of 156 in both
7 · 148rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Guyana311,325 → 312,388+1,063
Dominica2,776 → 2,788+12
Antigua and Barbuda801 → 805+4
Saint Kitts and Nevis570 → 573+3
Germany1,374 → 1,377+3

Fell most

Bhutan192,782 → 186,864−5,919
Iceland709,780 → 704,211−5,569
Solomon Islands163,639 → 158,255−5,383
Gabon196,760 → 191,426−5,334
Papua New Guinea235,229 → 230,243−4,986

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 1985.
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) (1985). Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1985 [data set], describing 1985. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freshwater-per-capita/1985

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07Questions

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1985: questions and answers

Which country has the highest renewable freshwater per person in Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1985?

Iceland, at 704,211, of the 156 countries in the file.

What year does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1985 describe?

1985.

How many countries does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1985 cover?

156.

Where can I download Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1985?

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, 1985 the newest?

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

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