Data for 1993

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1993

Name: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1993
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1993, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1993 covers 180 countries. Iceland is highest, at 644,610.9; Kuwait is lowest, at 0.0. The middle country reads 3,083.6. Against 1992, 175 values changed (20 up, 155 down), 4 countries joined.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita · Data for 1993

HighestIceland

644,610.9

LowestKuwait

0.0

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

180countries
1measure
1993the year it describes
180distinct 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, 1993, 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, 1993: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	644,610.9
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	320,068.0
3	Suriname`SUR`South America	236,078.5
4	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	185,379.2
5	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	171,272.1
6	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	153,787.7
7	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	123,195.1
8	Canada`CAN`Northern America	99,355.9
9	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	92,802.0
10	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	91,540.2
11	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	88,590.2
12	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	85,545.0
13	Belize`BLZ`Central America	78,295.8
14	Peru`PER`South America	70,086.9
15	Chile`CHL`South America	62,755.8
16	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	62,710.5
17	Colombia`COL`South America	62,279.6
18	Panama`PAN`Central America	52,235.1
19	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	49,054.5
20	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	44,650.8
21	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	40,639.8
22	Bolivia`BOL`South America	40,043.8
23	Ecuador`ECU`South America	39,661.9
24	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	38,488.1
25	Venezuela`VEN`South America	37,874.3
26	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	36,122.4
27	Brazil`BRA`South America	36,104.6
28	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	35,074.0
29	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	33,556.7
30	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	31,705.2
31	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	30,689.1
32	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	30,016.6
33	Uruguay`URY`South America	29,211.0
34	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	29,045.1
35	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	27,899.4
36	Paraguay`PRY`South America	26,818.3
37	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	25,535.4
38	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	24,162.4
39	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	22,136.8
40	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	22,099.7
41	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	21,119.3
42	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	19,613.3
43	Honduras`HND`Central America	16,716.9
44	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	16,709.2
45	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	16,072.9
46	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	15,112.2
47	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	13,996.6
48	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	13,701.5
49	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	11,836.5
50	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	11,538.0
51	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	11,165.9
52	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	11,084.7
53	United States`USA`Northern America	10,841.8
54	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	10,832.9
55	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	10,443.1
56	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	10,000.8
57	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	9,577.4
58	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	9,373.7
59	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	9,357.8
60	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	9,092.1
61	Argentina`ARG`South America	8,549.8
62	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	8,506.6
63	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	8,335.2
64	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	8,194.8
65	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	7,138.2
66	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	7,093.1
67	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6,957.1
68	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	6,608.7
69	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	6,150.8
70	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5,822.8
71	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	5,594.1
72	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5,544.7
73	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	5,165.1
74	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	4,988.0
75	Mexico`MEX`Central America	4,666.1
76	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4,417.7
77	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	4,198.1
78	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	4,083.0
79	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3,910.8
80	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	3,847.5
81	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,813.5
82	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	3,725.1
83	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,516.3
84	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3,444.7
85	France`FRA`Western Europe	3,383.9
86	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3,320.6
87	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,211.2
88	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3,155.3
89	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3,101.2
90	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3,094.3
91	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3,072.8
92	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	3,035.3
93	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2,998.9
94	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2,964.8
95	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2,957.8
96	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2,880.5
97	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2,825.1
98	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,761.5
99	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,750.0
100	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2,718.0
101	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2,690.8
102	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2,533.3
103	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2,524.5
104	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2,515.9
105	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2,512.2
106	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,506.9
107	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,478.7
108	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	2,402.7
109	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2,387.0
110	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2,366.1
111	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	2,271.5
112	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2,262.7
113	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	2,102.3
114	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2,092.7
115	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2,087.3
116	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2,005.6
117	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1,986.2
118	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1,963.8
119	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1,953.5
120	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1,861.8
121	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1,833.2
122	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,826.5
123	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,787.1
124	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,772.1
125	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,753.9
126	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,690.0
127	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,569.4
128	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,568.1
129	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	1,508.6
130	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,467.4
131	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,393.6
132	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1,318.4
133	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,273.0
134	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,266.2
135	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,256.3
136	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,190.3
137	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,189.9
138	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,156.4
139	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,132.2
140	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,128.9
141	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	1,082.8
142	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1,052.5
143	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1,034.7
144	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	989.9
145	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	944.3
146	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	898.0
147	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	888.8
148	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	887.0
149	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	824.1
150	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	792.8
151	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	746.3
152	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	743.1
153	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	719.4
154	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	692.5
155	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	581.9
156	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	579.3
157	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	544.4
158	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	517.0
159	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	488.4
160	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	473.6
161	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	433.0
162	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	412.3
163	Niger`NER`Western Africa	384.6
164	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	358.9
165	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	348.4
166	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	306.5
167	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	196.5
168	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	184.0
169	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	181.1
170	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	156.9
171	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	147.9
172	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	142.6
173	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	136.0
174	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	134.9
175	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	122.5
176	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	115.6
177	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	67.5
178	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	15.9
179	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	7.5
180	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.0

02In 1993

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland644,610.9
2Guyana320,068.0
3Suriname236,078.5
4Papua New Guinea185,379.2
5Bhutan171,272.1

Lowest

180Kuwait0.0
179Bahrain7.5
178Egypt15.9
177United Arab Emirates67.5
176Qatar115.6

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3,083.6. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031992 → 1993

Since 1992

What changed between 1992 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+4 / −0countries joined / left
175values changed, of 176 in both
20 · 155rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Bhutan164,424.2 → 171,272.1+6,847.9
Bosnia and Herzegovina8,383.3 → 9,092.1+708.8
Estonia8,290.4 → 8,506.6+216.2
Latvia6,479.7 → 6,608.7+129.0
Sierra Leone38,402.8 → 38,488.1+85.3

Fell most

Papua New Guinea192,238.5 → 185,379.2−6,859.3
Iceland651,198.8 → 644,610.9−6,587.9
Gabon157,938.3 → 153,787.7−4,150.6
Solomon Islands126,914.7 → 123,195.1−3,719.6
Liberia96,503.6 → 92,802.0−3,701.6

+ Czechia

+ Eritrea

+ Ethiopia

+ Slovakia

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 180 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1993). Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1993 [data set], describing 1993. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freshwater-per-capita/1993

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07Questions

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1993: questions and answers

Which country has the highest renewable freshwater per person in Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1993?

Iceland, at 644,610.9, of the 180 countries in the file.

What year does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1993 describe?

1993.

How many countries does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1993 cover?

180.

Where can I download Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1993?

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