Data for 1991

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1991

Name: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1991
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1991, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1991 covers 157 countries. Iceland is highest, at 659,434; Kuwait is lowest, at 0. The middle country reads 3,205. Against 1990, 156 values changed (11 up, 145 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita · Data for 1991

HighestIceland

659,434

LowestKuwait

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

157countries
1measure
1991the year it describes
157distinct 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, 1991, 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, 1991: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	659,434
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	322,252
3	Suriname`SUR`South America	238,547
4	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	199,163
5	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	162,245
6	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	158,390
7	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	130,802
8	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	102,222
9	Canada`CAN`Northern America	101,650
10	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	93,560
11	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	90,641
12	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	89,635
13	Belize`BLZ`Central America	81,587
14	Peru`PER`South America	72,986
15	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	65,879
16	Colombia`COL`South America	64,807
17	Chile`CHL`South America	64,776
18	Panama`PAN`Central America	54,460
19	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	52,822
20	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	47,584
21	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	42,930
22	Bolivia`BOL`South America	41,688
23	Ecuador`ECU`South America	41,337
24	Venezuela`VEN`South America	39,646
25	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	37,680
26	Brazil`BRA`South America	37,311
27	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	36,672
28	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	36,619
29	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	35,289
30	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	33,746
31	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	32,369
32	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	31,621
33	Uruguay`URY`South America	29,529
34	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	28,466
35	Paraguay`PRY`South America	28,231
36	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	27,131
37	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	24,825
38	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	23,731
39	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	23,399
40	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	21,341
41	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	19,844
42	Honduras`HND`Central America	17,694
43	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	17,343
44	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	16,086
45	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	16,071
46	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	15,689
47	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	13,864
48	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	12,309
49	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	11,777
50	United States`USA`Northern America	11,139
51	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	10,808
52	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	10,555
53	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	10,048
54	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	9,892
55	Argentina`ARG`South America	8,787
56	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	8,234
57	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	7,512
58	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	7,440
59	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,092
60	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	6,408
61	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	6,058
62	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5,941
63	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5,620
64	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	5,569
65	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	5,373
66	Mexico`MEX`Central America	4,844
67	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4,508
68	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	4,351
69	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	4,035
70	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	3,982
71	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3,852
72	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,815
73	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,557
74	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3,469
75	France`FRA`Western Europe	3,416
76	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3,248
77	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3,219
78	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,215
79	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3,205
80	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3,137
81	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	3,127
82	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3,042
83	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3,008
84	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2,907
85	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2,886
86	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2,854
87	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,844
88	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,839
89	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2,727
90	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2,634
91	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2,584
92	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,570
93	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2,525
94	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	2,493
95	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2,444
96	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,433
97	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2,417
98	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	2,216
99	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2,150
100	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2,148
101	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2,142
102	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1,993
103	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1,984
104	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1,981
105	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,919
106	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,891
107	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,859
108	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1,843
109	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,789
110	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,764
111	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,640
112	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,636
113	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,498
114	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,401
115	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1,337
116	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,331
117	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,308
118	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,262
119	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,199
120	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,178
121	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,169
122	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,164
123	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1,075
124	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1,015
125	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	976
126	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	923
127	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	891
128	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	881
129	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	875
130	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	820
131	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	780
132	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	756
133	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	730
134	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	595
135	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	578
136	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	549
137	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	493
138	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	475
139	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	458
140	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	433
141	Niger`NER`Western Africa	410
142	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	392
143	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	308
144	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	215
145	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	199
146	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	191
147	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	174
148	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	154
149	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	152
150	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	146
151	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	139
152	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	129
153	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	123
154	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	75
155	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	17
156	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	8
157	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0

02In 1991

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland659,434
2Guyana322,252
3Suriname238,547
4Papua New Guinea199,163
5Gabon162,245

Lowest

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3,205. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031990 → 1991

Since 1990

What changed between 1990 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
156values changed, of 157 in both
11 · 145rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Liberia89,942 → 102,222+12,281
Guyana321,379 → 322,252+874
Albania8,185 → 8,234+49
Somalia847 → 881+33
Bulgaria2,409 → 2,433+24

Fell most

Iceland667,122 → 659,434−7,688
Papua New Guinea205,570 → 199,163−6,407
New Zealand98,204 → 93,560−4,645
Gabon166,712 → 162,245−4,467
Solomon Islands134,868 → 130,802−4,066

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 1991.
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) (1991). Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freshwater-per-capita/1991

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07Questions

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1991: questions and answers

Which country has the highest renewable freshwater per person in Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1991?

Iceland, at 659,434, of the 157 countries in the file.

What year does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1991 describe?

1991.

How many countries does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1991 cover?

157.

Where can I download Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1991?

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, 1991 the newest?

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

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