Data for 1987

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1987

Name: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1987
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1987, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1987 covers 156 countries. Iceland is highest, at 691,453.2; Kuwait is lowest, at 0.0. The middle country reads 3,474.4. Against 1986, 155 values changed (7 up, 148 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita · Data for 1987

HighestIceland

691,453.2

LowestKuwait

0.0

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

156countries
1measure
1987the 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, 1987, 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, 1987: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	691,453.2
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	315,395.5
3	Suriname`SUR`South America	249,426.2
4	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	220,506.7
5	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	181,119.6
6	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	175,744.6
7	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	148,301.0
8	Canada`CAN`Northern America	107,764.3
9	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	101,672.9
10	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	99,865.6
11	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	91,236.8
12	Belize`BLZ`Central America	89,063.7
13	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	84,131.6
14	Peru`PER`South America	79,728.6
15	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	72,893.2
16	Colombia`COL`South America	70,329.1
17	Chile`CHL`South America	69,193.9
18	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	61,535.3
19	Panama`PAN`Central America	59,340.5
20	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	52,825.7
21	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	48,109.8
22	Bolivia`BOL`South America	45,351.6
23	Ecuador`ECU`South America	45,238.5
24	Venezuela`VEN`South America	43,762.0
25	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	41,778.5
26	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	40,237.9
27	Brazil`BRA`South America	40,119.1
28	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	39,063.9
29	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	38,303.8
30	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	38,039.3
31	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	36,346.5
32	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	35,633.7
33	Paraguay`PRY`South America	31,494.9
34	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	30,505.2
35	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	30,251.1
36	Uruguay`URY`South America	30,230.5
37	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	27,027.9
38	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	26,409.2
39	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	26,324.0
40	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	21,694.5
41	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	20,362.5
42	Honduras`HND`Central America	19,808.1
43	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	19,136.4
44	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	18,389.8
45	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	17,262.5
46	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	17,203.9
47	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	14,098.1
48	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	13,841.6
49	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	13,162.2
50	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	11,634.4
51	United States`USA`Northern America	11,630.7
52	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	11,433.9
53	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	11,152.4
54	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	10,860.0
55	Argentina`ARG`South America	9,331.5
56	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	8,723.6
57	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	8,236.3
58	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	7,822.1
59	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,261.1
60	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	7,081.1
61	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	6,911.5
62	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	6,622.9
63	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6,172.6
64	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	5,836.2
65	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5,799.7
66	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	5,274.5
67	Mexico`MEX`Central America	5,234.4
68	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4,645.4
69	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	4,311.4
70	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	4,295.7
71	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	4,140.4
72	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,788.6
73	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,688.3
74	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3,643.3
75	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3,522.6
76	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3,500.9
77	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3,495.6
78	France`FRA`Western Europe	3,492.5
79	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	3,456.4
80	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3,384.7
81	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3,317.3
82	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	3,315.9
83	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,224.3
84	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	3,222.0
85	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3,154.4
86	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	3,070.3
87	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3,069.3
88	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2,923.7
89	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2,874.5
90	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2,816.0
91	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2,758.2
92	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2,697.2
93	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	2,672.4
94	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,655.2
95	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2,594.8
96	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2,552.7
97	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	2,466.7
98	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2,444.5
99	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2,409.8
100	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,340.8
101	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2,251.8
102	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2,137.6
103	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,130.6
104	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2,120.5
105	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,062.8
106	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	2,050.7
107	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2,018.1
108	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2,001.4
109	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,946.2
110	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,917.0
111	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1,846.7
112	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,787.5
113	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,558.1
114	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,478.0
115	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,423.0
116	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,417.8
117	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,407.5
118	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1,374.6
119	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,320.5
120	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,257.9
121	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,215.8
122	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1,200.2
123	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,170.3
124	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1,117.8
125	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,033.4
126	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,004.1
127	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,000.4
128	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	932.7
129	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	909.1
130	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	839.6
131	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	830.1
132	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	813.2
133	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	750.1
134	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	660.2
135	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	626.2
136	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	580.4
137	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	565.4
138	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	538.5
139	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	523.2
140	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	479.7
141	Niger`NER`Western Africa	462.9
142	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	310.9
143	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	262.9
144	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	223.8
145	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	221.9
146	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	216.2
147	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	171.7
148	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	169.8
149	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	169.5
150	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	147.1
151	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	146.6
152	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	141.1
153	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	95.3
154	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	18.6
155	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	8.6
156	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.0

02In 1987

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland691,453.2
2Guyana315,395.5
3Suriname249,426.2
4Papua New Guinea220,506.7
5Gabon181,119.6

Lowest

156Kuwait0.0
155Bahrain8.6
154Egypt18.6
153United Arab Emirates95.3
152Qatar141.1

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3,474.4. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031986 → 1987

Since 1986

What changed between 1986 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

Guyana313,762.0 → 315,395.5+1,633.4
Dominica2,800.9 → 2,816.0+15.1
Afghanistan4,128.7 → 4,140.4+11.7
Antigua and Barbuda809.0 → 813.2+4.2
Saint Kitts and Nevis576.7 → 580.4+3.8

Fell most

Iceland699,070.6 → 691,453.2−7,617.4
Bhutan181,185.7 → 175,744.6−5,441.0
Gabon186,214.5 → 181,119.6−5,094.8
Solomon Islands153,165.1 → 148,301.0−4,864.1
Papua New Guinea225,329.6 → 220,506.7−4,822.9

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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Every one of the 156 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1987). Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1987 [data set], describing 1987. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freshwater-per-capita/1987

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07Questions

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1987: questions and answers

Which country has the highest renewable freshwater per person in Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1987?

Iceland, at 691,453.2, of the 156 countries in the file.

What year does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1987 describe?

1987.

How many countries does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1987 cover?

156.

Where can I download Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1987?

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