Data for 1990

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1990

Name: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1990
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1990, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1990 covers 157 countries. Iceland is highest, at 667,122; Kuwait is lowest, at 0. The middle country reads 3,218. Against 1989, 155 values changed (10 up, 145 down), 1 country joined.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita · Data for 1990

HighestIceland

667,122

LowestKuwait

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

157countries
1measure
1990the year it describes
157distinct values13 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, 1990, 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, 1990: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	667,122
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	321,379
3	Suriname`SUR`South America	240,004
4	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	205,570
5	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	166,712
6	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	161,212
7	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	134,868
8	Canada`CAN`Northern America	102,921
9	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	98,204
10	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	93,255
11	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	90,063
12	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	89,942
13	Belize`BLZ`Central America	83,353
14	Peru`PER`South America	74,541
15	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	67,539
16	Colombia`COL`South America	66,122
17	Chile`CHL`South America	65,862
18	Panama`PAN`Central America	55,628
19	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	54,821
20	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	49,096
21	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	44,156
22	Bolivia`BOL`South America	42,566
23	Ecuador`ECU`South America	42,239
24	Venezuela`VEN`South America	40,601
25	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	38,124
26	Brazil`BRA`South America	37,957
27	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	37,527
28	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	36,919
29	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	36,198
30	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	35,124
31	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	33,295
32	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	32,524
33	Uruguay`URY`South America	29,700
34	Paraguay`PRY`South America	28,991
35	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	28,831
36	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	27,954
37	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	25,185
38	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	24,534
39	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	24,091
40	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	21,458
41	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	19,979
42	Honduras`HND`Central America	18,203
43	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	17,726
44	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	16,582
45	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	16,433
46	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	16,353
47	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	13,944
48	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	12,730
49	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	12,100
50	United States`USA`Northern America	11,289
51	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	11,001
52	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	10,804
53	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	10,300
54	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	10,151
55	Argentina`ARG`South America	8,914
56	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	8,185
57	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	7,660
58	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	7,621
59	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,163
60	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	6,537
61	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	6,304
62	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6,016
63	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	6,000
64	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5,688
65	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	5,487
66	Mexico`MEX`Central America	4,938
67	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4,548
68	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	4,499
69	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	4,102
70	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	4,052
71	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3,914
72	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,806
73	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,585
74	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3,482
75	France`FRA`Western Europe	3,433
76	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3,342
77	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3,286
78	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3,229
79	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,218
80	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3,217
81	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	3,174
82	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3,096
83	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3,067
84	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	3,026
85	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,895
86	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,890
87	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2,872
88	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2,861
89	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2,844
90	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2,699
91	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2,619
92	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,598
93	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	2,537
94	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2,533
95	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2,507
96	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2,478
97	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,409
98	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	2,276
99	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2,220
100	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2,201
101	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2,176
102	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,007
103	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,002
104	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	2,001
105	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,968
106	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,950
107	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,898
108	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,838
109	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1,827
110	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,801
111	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,691
112	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,672
113	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,513
114	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,406
115	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,365
116	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1,347
117	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,335
118	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,288
119	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,209
120	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,204
121	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,190
122	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,167
123	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1,099
124	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1,039
125	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	989
126	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	941
127	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	904
128	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	894
129	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	847
130	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	825
131	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	799
132	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	794
133	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	736
134	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	594
135	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	578
136	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	567
137	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	518
138	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	504
139	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	474
140	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	443
141	Niger`NER`Western Africa	422
142	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	410
143	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	309
144	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	226
145	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	205
146	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	197
147	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	188
148	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	161
149	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	157
150	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	151
151	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	143
152	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	133
153	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	127
154	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	79
155	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	17
156	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	8
157	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0

02In 1990

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland667,122
2Guyana321,379
3Suriname240,004
4Papua New Guinea205,570
5Gabon166,712

Lowest

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3,218. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031989 → 1990

Since 1989

What changed between 1989 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
155values changed, of 156 in both
10 · 145rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Liberia79,433 → 89,942+10,509
Guyana319,262 → 321,379+2,116
Mongolia16,383 → 16,582+199
Bulgaria2,366 → 2,409+43
Dominica2,851 → 2,872+22

Fell most

Papua New Guinea211,007 → 205,570−5,437
Iceland672,330 → 667,122−5,208
Gabon171,344 → 166,712−4,632
Bhutan165,625 → 161,212−4,413
Solomon Islands139,130 → 134,868−4,262

+ Palestine

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 1990.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 157 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1990). Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freshwater-per-capita/1990

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07Questions

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1990: questions and answers

Which country has the highest renewable freshwater per person in Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1990?

Iceland, at 667,122, of the 157 countries in the file.

What year does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1990 describe?

1990.

How many countries does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1990 cover?

157.

Where can I download Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1990?

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, 1990 the newest?

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

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