Data for 1995

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1995

Name: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1995
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1995, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1995 covers 180 countries. Iceland is highest, at 635,590; Kuwait is lowest, at 0. The middle country reads 2,960. Against 1994, 179 values changed (23 up, 156 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita · Data for 1995

HighestIceland

635,590

LowestKuwait

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

180countries
1measure
1995the 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, 1995, 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, 1995: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	635,590
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	317,779
3	Suriname`SUR`South America	230,444
4	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	172,470
5	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	147,813
6	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	146,010
7	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	116,184
8	Canada`CAN`Northern America	97,262
9	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	92,202
10	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	89,018
11	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	87,631
12	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	80,743
13	Belize`BLZ`Central America	74,750
14	Peru`PER`South America	67,395
15	Chile`CHL`South America	60,919
16	Colombia`COL`South America	59,908
17	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	59,831
18	Panama`PAN`Central America	50,137
19	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	45,513
20	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	42,114
21	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	38,625
22	Bolivia`BOL`South America	38,541
23	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	38,285
24	Ecuador`ECU`South America	38,169
25	Venezuela`VEN`South America	36,271
26	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	35,744
27	Brazil`BRA`South America	35,002
28	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	33,645
29	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	31,964
30	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	29,921
31	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	29,190
32	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	29,061
33	Uruguay`URY`South America	28,908
34	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	28,528
35	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	27,326
36	Paraguay`PRY`South America	25,547
37	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	23,984
38	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	23,537
39	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	20,948
40	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	20,906
41	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	20,255
42	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	19,373
43	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	16,161
44	Honduras`HND`Central America	15,795
45	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	15,641
46	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	14,286
47	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	13,578
48	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	12,480
49	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	12,038
50	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	10,803
51	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	10,729
52	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	10,668
53	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	10,589
54	United States`USA`Northern America	10,583
55	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	10,099
56	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	9,554
57	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	9,463
58	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	9,383
59	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	9,128
60	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	8,910
61	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	8,847
62	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	8,438
63	Argentina`ARG`South America	8,326
64	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	8,160
65	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6,920
66	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	6,817
67	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	6,790
68	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	6,284
69	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	5,891
70	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5,738
71	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5,491
72	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	5,172
73	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	4,988
74	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	4,938
75	Mexico`MEX`Central America	4,501
76	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4,329
77	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	4,260
78	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	3,846
79	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	3,845
80	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3,799
81	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,790
82	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	3,720
83	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,489
84	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3,427
85	France`FRA`Western Europe	3,359
86	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3,335
87	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,211
88	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3,006
89	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2,979
90	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2,965
91	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	2,956
92	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,916
93	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2,879
94	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2,799
95	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2,798
96	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2,765
97	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,763
98	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2,720
99	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,713
100	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2,702
101	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,680
102	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2,499
103	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,498
104	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,451
105	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2,447
106	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2,446
107	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2,373
108	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2,350
109	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2,335
110	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	2,322
111	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	2,120
112	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2,116
113	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,074
114	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2,066
115	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2,024
116	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,994
117	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1,928
118	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1,926
119	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,887
120	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1,868
121	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,741
122	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,720
123	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1,690
124	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,674
125	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,658
126	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,654
127	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,601
128	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,590
129	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,506
130	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,438
131	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,389
132	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	1,383
133	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1,310
134	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,273
135	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,212
136	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,203
137	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,184
138	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,146
139	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,117
140	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,099
141	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1,066
142	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	1,056
143	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1,006
144	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	984
145	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	904
146	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	885
147	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	856
148	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	824
149	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	778
150	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	763
151	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	718
152	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	713
153	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	712
154	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	660
155	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	581
156	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	567
157	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	549
158	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	488
159	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	474
160	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	458
161	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	409
162	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	395
163	Niger`NER`Western Africa	360
164	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	335
165	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	328
166	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	305
167	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	181
168	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	173
169	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	170
170	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	144
171	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	143
172	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	135
173	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	134
174	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	125
175	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	117
176	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	109
177	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	62
178	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	15
179	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	7
180	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0

02In 1995

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland635,590
2Guyana317,779
3Suriname230,444
4Papua New Guinea172,470
5Bhutan147,813

Lowest

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,960. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031994 → 1995

Since 1994

What changed between 1994 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
179values changed, of 180 in both
23 · 156rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Bhutan146,078 → 147,813+1,735
Georgia12,020 → 12,480+460
Rwanda1,399 → 1,674+276
Estonia8,691 → 8,847+157
Latvia6,720 → 6,817+97

Fell most

Papua New Guinea178,786 → 172,470−6,316
Suriname234,389 → 230,444−3,945
Gabon149,810 → 146,010−3,800
Iceland639,047 → 635,590−3,457
Solomon Islands119,623 → 116,184−3,438

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 1995.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 180 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1995). Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1995 [data set], describing 1995. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freshwater-per-capita/1995

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07Questions

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1995: questions and answers

Which country has the highest renewable freshwater per person in Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1995?

Iceland, at 635,590, of the 180 countries in the file.

What year does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1995 describe?

1995.

How many countries does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1995 cover?

180.

Where can I download Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1995?

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, 1995 the newest?

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

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