Data for 1988

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1988

Name: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1988
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1988, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1988 covers 156 countries. Iceland is highest, at 680,707.9; Kuwait is lowest, at 0.0. The middle country reads 3,346.0. Against 1987, 155 values changed (8 up, 147 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita · Data for 1988

HighestIceland

680,707.9

LowestKuwait

0.0

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

156countries
1measure
1988the 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, 1988, 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, 1988: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	680,707.9
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	317,245.9
3	Suriname`SUR`South America	246,129.7
4	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	215,793.6
5	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	176,150.9
6	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	170,560.8
7	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	143,607.5
8	Canada`CAN`Northern America	106,376.0
9	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	99,591.9
10	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	98,769.7
11	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	90,747.4
12	Belize`BLZ`Central America	87,110.4
13	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	81,734.7
14	Peru`PER`South America	77,939.8
15	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	71,044.9
16	Colombia`COL`South America	68,903.4
17	Chile`CHL`South America	68,079.9
18	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	59,137.8
19	Panama`PAN`Central America	58,057.3
20	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	51,953.5
21	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	46,751.4
22	Bolivia`BOL`South America	44,400.5
23	Ecuador`ECU`South America	44,192.2
24	Venezuela`VEN`South America	42,658.0
25	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	40,665.7
26	Brazil`BRA`South America	39,360.0
27	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	39,324.6
28	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	38,071.5
29	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	37,630.3
30	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	37,314.8
31	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	35,282.4
32	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	34,530.8
33	Paraguay`PRY`South America	30,623.9
34	Uruguay`URY`South America	30,052.5
35	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	29,760.2
36	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	29,640.8
37	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	26,175.9
38	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	25,978.7
39	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	25,549.9
40	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	21,631.5
41	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	20,269.1
42	Honduras`HND`Central America	19,257.9
43	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	18,642.2
44	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	17,704.0
45	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	16,984.0
46	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	16,760.4
47	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	13,900.9
48	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	13,626.4
49	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	12,798.7
50	United States`USA`Northern America	11,525.6
51	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	11,414.4
52	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	11,242.0
53	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	10,850.4
54	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	10,633.8
55	Argentina`ARG`South America	9,188.0
56	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	8,560.5
57	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	8,018.2
58	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	7,835.6
59	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,250.9
60	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	6,815.0
61	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	6,791.9
62	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	6,386.6
63	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6,127.4
64	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5,778.6
65	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	5,719.3
66	Mexico`MEX`Central America	5,132.0
67	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	5,092.2
68	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4,613.8
69	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	4,238.5
70	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	4,210.8
71	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	4,091.7
72	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,792.6
73	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,653.9
74	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3,539.3
75	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3,508.0
76	France`FRA`Western Europe	3,472.3
77	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3,427.8
78	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3,391.2
79	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	3,300.8
80	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3,284.3
81	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3,283.9
82	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	3,267.8
83	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,222.7
84	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3,121.8
85	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	3,092.3
86	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3,008.2
87	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	3,006.0
88	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2,868.4
89	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2,845.7
90	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2,832.5
91	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2,677.7
92	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2,666.4
93	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,637.0
94	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	2,627.2
95	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2,553.4
96	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2,547.1
97	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	2,401.6
98	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2,367.9
99	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,338.2
100	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2,333.3
101	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2,222.2
102	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,081.8
103	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2,073.5
104	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2,070.2
105	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,043.8
106	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	2,034.4
107	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,977.3
108	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,942.6
109	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,875.0
110	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,843.9
111	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1,838.0
112	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,747.8
113	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,542.9
114	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,438.9
115	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,417.1
116	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,389.4
117	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1,369.3
118	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,363.4
119	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,279.3
120	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,234.0
121	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,211.9
122	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,169.7
123	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1,164.2
124	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1,091.1
125	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,018.0
126	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	979.3
127	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	969.3
128	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	903.7
129	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	881.3
130	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	829.3
131	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	828.0
132	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	817.3
133	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	745.3
134	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	619.2
135	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	605.3
136	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	584.5
137	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	566.2
138	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	526.1
139	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	505.9
140	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	466.5
141	Niger`NER`Western Africa	449.1
142	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	310.4
143	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	249.2
144	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	215.5
145	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	213.6
146	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	210.8
147	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	168.8
148	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	165.2
149	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	163.3
150	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	145.4
151	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	142.3
152	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	136.2
153	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	89.2
154	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	18.1
155	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	8.3
156	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.0

02In 1988

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland680,707.9
2Guyana317,245.9
3Suriname246,129.7
4Papua New Guinea215,793.6
5Gabon176,150.9

Lowest

156Kuwait0.0
155Bahrain8.3
154Egypt18.1
153United Arab Emirates89.2
152Qatar136.2

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3,346.0. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031987 → 1988

Since 1987

What changed between 1987 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

Guyana315,395.5 → 317,245.9+1,850.4
Ireland13,841.6 → 13,900.9+59.3
Dominica2,816.0 → 2,832.5+16.6
Mozambique7,822.1 → 7,835.6+13.5
Antigua and Barbuda813.2 → 817.3+4.1

Fell most

Iceland691,453.2 → 680,707.9−10,745.3
Bhutan175,744.6 → 170,560.8−5,183.8
Gabon181,119.6 → 176,150.9−4,968.7
Papua New Guinea220,506.7 → 215,793.6−4,713.1
Solomon Islands148,301.0 → 143,607.5−4,693.5

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.

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Nothing missing
Every one of the 156 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1988). Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1988 [data set], describing 1988. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freshwater-per-capita/1988

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07Questions

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1988: questions and answers

Which country has the highest renewable freshwater per person in Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1988?

Iceland, at 680,707.9, of the 156 countries in the file.

What year does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1988 describe?

1988.

How many countries does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1988 cover?

156.

Where can I download Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1988?

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Is Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1988 the newest?

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