Data for 1994

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1994

Name: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1994
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1994, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1994 covers 180 countries. Iceland is highest, at 639,047.3; Kuwait is lowest, at 0.0. The middle country reads 2,991.8. Against 1993, 179 values changed (22 up, 157 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita · Data for 1994

HighestIceland

639,047.3

LowestKuwait

0.0

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

180countries
1measure
1994the 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, 1994, 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, 1994: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	639,047.3
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	318,858.1
3	Suriname`SUR`South America	234,388.9
4	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	178,786.3
5	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	149,810.0
6	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	146,078.3
7	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	119,622.7
8	Canada`CAN`Northern America	98,273.6
9	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	93,026.4
10	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	90,331.5
11	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	88,087.2
12	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	83,048.3
13	Belize`BLZ`Central America	76,646.1
14	Peru`PER`South America	68,714.3
15	Chile`CHL`South America	61,817.8
16	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	61,231.7
17	Colombia`COL`South America	61,063.4
18	Panama`PAN`Central America	51,169.7
19	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	47,260.9
20	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	43,278.7
21	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	39,590.6
22	Bolivia`BOL`South America	39,276.2
23	Ecuador`ECU`South America	38,901.9
24	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	38,340.8
25	Venezuela`VEN`South America	37,053.8
26	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	35,922.3
27	Brazil`BRA`South America	35,544.5
28	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	34,337.0
29	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	32,743.0
30	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	30,768.8
31	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	29,920.0
32	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	29,262.7
33	Uruguay`URY`South America	29,059.2
34	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	29,055.1
35	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	27,632.0
36	Paraguay`PRY`South America	26,166.2
37	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	24,754.2
38	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	23,844.9
39	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	21,487.8
40	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	21,113.4
41	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	21,028.5
42	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	19,474.4
43	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	16,424.1
44	Honduras`HND`Central America	16,249.5
45	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	15,894.8
46	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	14,651.6
47	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	13,647.6
48	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	13,053.1
49	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	12,020.1
50	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	11,170.0
51	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	10,893.7
52	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	10,872.5
53	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	10,837.0
54	United States`USA`Northern America	10,709.7
55	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	10,268.5
56	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	9,727.7
57	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	9,529.1
58	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	9,384.5
59	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	9,351.4
60	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	9,126.3
61	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	8,690.5
62	Argentina`ARG`South America	8,436.0
63	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	8,386.5
64	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	8,104.0
65	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	6,940.1
66	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6,930.3
67	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	6,720.2
68	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	6,671.6
69	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	6,019.8
70	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5,776.5
71	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5,517.0
72	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	5,378.2
73	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	5,072.7
74	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	4,884.5
75	Mexico`MEX`Central America	4,582.2
76	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4,372.5
77	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	4,227.3
78	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	3,958.1
79	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3,853.5
80	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,803.2
81	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	3,781.2
82	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	3,775.6
83	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,501.7
84	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3,435.1
85	France`FRA`Western Europe	3,371.3
86	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3,324.5
87	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,210.6
88	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3,056.3
89	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3,035.5
90	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	2,991.9
91	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,991.6
92	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2,980.6
93	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2,945.6
94	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,901.4
95	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2,878.7
96	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2,853.0
97	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2,811.7
98	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,735.3
99	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2,718.3
100	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,713.1
101	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2,709.9
102	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2,505.8
103	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2,488.9
104	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,487.1
105	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2,481.9
106	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,472.0
107	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2,444.5
108	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	2,360.8
109	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2,360.1
110	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2,356.8
111	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2,211.3
112	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	2,193.8
113	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2,088.7
114	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2,056.3
115	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	2,047.5
116	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,038.6
117	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1,945.6
118	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,939.4
119	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1,939.1
120	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1,864.5
121	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,783.1
122	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,760.6
123	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,753.0
124	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1,747.8
125	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,689.5
126	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,643.8
127	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,587.8
128	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,536.4
129	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	1,463.0
130	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,452.7
131	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,398.6
132	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,390.7
133	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1,313.9
134	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,272.5
135	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,234.7
136	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,234.0
137	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,186.3
138	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,152.5
139	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,127.5
140	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,115.3
141	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	1,068.2
142	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1,058.1
143	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1,018.1
144	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	986.5
145	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	923.4
146	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	885.6
147	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	872.5
148	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	853.9
149	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	800.6
150	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	777.9
151	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	731.3
152	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	727.4
153	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	715.1
154	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	672.5
155	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	580.1
156	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	574.5
157	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	546.1
158	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	502.0
159	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	478.7
160	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	465.2
161	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	420.7
162	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	403.3
163	Niger`NER`Western Africa	372.4
164	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	343.2
165	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	341.3
166	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	305.8
167	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	188.2
168	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	177.8
169	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	175.5
170	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	149.5
171	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	145.2
172	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	138.9
173	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	134.7
174	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	130.0
175	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	119.6
176	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	112.1
177	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	64.4
178	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	15.6
179	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	7.3
180	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.0

02In 1994

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland639,047.3
2Guyana318,858.1
3Suriname234,388.9
4Papua New Guinea178,786.3
5Gabon149,810.0

Lowest

180Kuwait0.0
179Bahrain7.3
178Egypt15.6
177United Arab Emirates64.4
176Qatar112.1

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,991.8. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031993 → 1994

Since 1993

What changed between 1993 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
179values changed, of 180 in both
22 · 157rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Bosnia and Herzegovina9,092.1 → 9,529.1+437.0
Liberia92,802.0 → 93,026.4+224.4
Rwanda1,190.3 → 1,398.6+208.3
Estonia8,506.6 → 8,690.5+183.9
Georgia11,836.5 → 12,020.1+183.6

Fell most

Bhutan171,272.1 → 146,078.3−25,193.7
Papua New Guinea185,379.2 → 178,786.3−6,592.9
Iceland644,610.9 → 639,047.3−5,563.6
Gabon153,787.7 → 149,810.0−3,977.7
Solomon Islands123,195.1 → 119,622.7−3,572.5

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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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 1994.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 180 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1994). Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1994 [data set], describing 1994. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freshwater-per-capita/1994

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07Questions

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1994: questions and answers

Which country has the highest renewable freshwater per person in Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1994?

Iceland, at 639,047.3, of the 180 countries in the file.

What year does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1994 describe?

1994.

How many countries does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1994 cover?

180.

Where can I download Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1994?

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