Data for 1989

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1989

Name: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1989
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1989, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1989 covers 156 countries. Iceland is highest, at 672,330.1; Kuwait is lowest, at 0.0. The middle country reads 3,275.8. Against 1988, 155 values changed (9 up, 146 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita · Data for 1989

HighestIceland

672,330.1

LowestKuwait

0.0

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

156countries
1measure
1989the 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, 1989, 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, 1989: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	672,330.1
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	319,262.4
3	Suriname`SUR`South America	242,404.1
4	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	211,007.3
5	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	171,344.2
6	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	165,624.7
7	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	139,130.1
8	Canada`CAN`Northern America	104,484.5
9	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	99,114.9
10	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	95,956.1
11	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	90,373.5
12	Belize`BLZ`Central America	85,200.5
13	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	79,432.6
14	Peru`PER`South America	76,210.1
15	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	69,255.4
16	Colombia`COL`South America	67,503.2
17	Chile`CHL`South America	66,969.3
18	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	56,916.7
19	Panama`PAN`Central America	56,826.2
20	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	50,647.1
21	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	45,431.0
22	Bolivia`BOL`South America	43,470.4
23	Ecuador`ECU`South America	43,195.3
24	Venezuela`VEN`South America	41,604.4
25	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	39,662.5
26	Brazil`BRA`South America	38,640.9
27	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	38,414.1
28	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	37,255.9
29	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	37,124.3
30	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	36,358.9
31	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	34,265.4
32	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	33,497.0
33	Uruguay`URY`South America	29,874.4
34	Paraguay`PRY`South America	29,787.7
35	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	29,260.6
36	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	28,791.1
37	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	25,572.1
38	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	25,361.5
39	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	24,812.0
40	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	21,553.6
41	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	20,134.3
42	Honduras`HND`Central America	18,724.3
43	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	18,169.8
44	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	17,049.6
45	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	16,705.1
46	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	16,382.8
47	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	13,956.1
48	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	13,168.9
49	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	12,443.7
50	United States`USA`Northern America	11,417.3
51	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	11,202.5
52	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	11,029.0
53	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	10,567.6
54	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	10,399.9
55	Argentina`ARG`South America	9,048.4
56	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	8,333.5
57	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	7,818.5
58	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	7,771.1
59	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,218.3
60	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	6,666.7
61	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	6,556.4
62	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	6,234.7
63	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6,078.0
64	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5,748.6
65	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	5,603.0
66	Mexico`MEX`Central America	5,034.0
67	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	4,779.1
68	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4,582.3
69	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	4,169.3
70	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	4,129.0
71	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3,970.8
72	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,798.1
73	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,619.0
74	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3,494.0
75	France`FRA`Western Europe	3,451.7
76	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3,439.0
77	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3,356.0
78	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3,302.0
79	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3,249.5
80	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	3,220.5
81	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,220.3
82	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3,188.3
83	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	3,151.1
84	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3,092.8
85	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2,966.3
86	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,949.6
87	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,945.8
88	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2,863.9
89	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2,850.9
90	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2,770.7
91	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2,651.8
92	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,616.9
93	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	2,581.3
94	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2,577.5
95	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2,540.4
96	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2,514.5
97	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,365.7
98	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	2,337.9
99	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2,292.7
100	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2,266.1
101	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2,197.6
102	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,027.1
103	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,025.3
104	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2,019.1
105	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	2,017.7
106	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2,011.1
107	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,937.1
108	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,889.4
109	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,838.5
110	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1,829.8
111	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,758.9
112	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,709.1
113	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,527.7
114	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,412.0
115	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,401.2
116	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,361.6
117	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1,358.7
118	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,322.3
119	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,242.8
120	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,211.4
121	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,207.5
122	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,169.0
123	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1,130.5
124	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1,065.0
125	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,003.3
126	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	959.5
127	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	935.9
128	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	898.7
129	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	843.3
130	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	835.2
131	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	821.2
132	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	815.7
133	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	740.8
134	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	588.8
135	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	585.6
136	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	573.2
137	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	572.4
138	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	514.6
139	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	489.6
140	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	454.3
141	Niger`NER`Western Africa	435.6
142	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	309.9
143	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	237.0
144	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	210.2
145	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	204.7
146	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	203.6
147	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	166.0
148	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	161.2
149	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	157.1
150	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	144.0
151	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	137.8
152	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	131.6
153	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	83.8
154	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	17.6
155	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	8.0
156	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.0

02In 1989

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland672,330.1
2Guyana319,262.4
3Suriname242,404.1
4Papua New Guinea211,007.3
5Gabon171,344.2

Lowest

156Kuwait0.0
155Bahrain8.0
154Egypt17.6
153United Arab Emirates83.8
152Qatar131.6

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3,275.8. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031988 → 1989

Since 1988

What changed between 1988 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

Guyana317,245.9 → 319,262.4+2,016.4
Ireland13,900.9 → 13,956.1+55.2
Bulgaria2,338.2 → 2,365.7+27.5
Dominica2,832.5 → 2,850.9+18.4
Somalia829.3 → 843.3+14.0

Fell most

Iceland680,707.9 → 672,330.1−8,377.9
Bhutan170,560.8 → 165,624.7−4,936.2
Gabon176,150.9 → 171,344.2−4,806.7
Papua New Guinea215,793.6 → 211,007.3−4,786.4
Solomon Islands143,607.5 → 139,130.1−4,477.4

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) (1989). Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1989 [data set], describing 1989. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freshwater-per-capita/1989

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07Questions

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1989: questions and answers

Which country has the highest renewable freshwater per person in Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1989?

Iceland, at 672,330.1, of the 156 countries in the file.

What year does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1989 describe?

1989.

How many countries does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1989 cover?

156.

Where can I download Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1989?

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