Data for 1996

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1996

Name: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1996
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1996, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1996 covers 180 countries. Iceland is highest, at 632,167.7; Kuwait is lowest, at 0.0. The middle country reads 2,925.9. Against 1995, 179 values changed (17 up, 162 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita · Data for 1996

HighestIceland

632,167.7

LowestKuwait

0.0

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

180countries
1measure
1996the 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, 1996, 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, 1996: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	632,167.7
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	316,885.9
3	Suriname`SUR`South America	225,599.9
4	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	166,411.8
5	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	147,599.1
6	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	142,359.3
7	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	112,876.2
8	Canada`CAN`Northern America	96,250.6
9	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	89,594.1
10	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	87,620.6
11	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	87,188.0
12	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	78,534.4
13	Belize`BLZ`Central America	72,559.6
14	Peru`PER`South America	66,139.6
15	Chile`CHL`South America	60,065.0
16	Colombia`COL`South America	58,827.2
17	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	58,510.0
18	Panama`PAN`Central America	49,132.7
19	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	43,808.5
20	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	41,036.5
21	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	38,102.4
22	Bolivia`BOL`South America	37,834.7
23	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	37,735.3
24	Ecuador`ECU`South America	37,456.8
25	Venezuela`VEN`South America	35,521.8
26	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	35,519.3
27	Brazil`BRA`South America	34,475.7
28	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	33,025.6
29	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	31,224.0
30	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	29,103.6
31	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	29,086.1
32	Uruguay`URY`South America	28,755.7
33	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	28,497.1
34	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	27,817.6
35	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	26,996.2
36	Paraguay`PRY`South America	24,959.8
37	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	23,237.2
38	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	23,224.2
39	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	20,879.8
40	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	20,350.7
41	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	19,869.2
42	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	19,341.7
43	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	15,916.8
44	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	15,401.6
45	Honduras`HND`Central America	15,355.8
46	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	13,991.7
47	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	13,470.8
48	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	12,941.7
49	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	11,165.4
50	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	10,571.6
51	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	10,460.7
52	United States`USA`Northern America	10,460.5
53	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	10,443.9
54	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	10,317.9
55	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	9,934.3
56	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	9,388.4
57	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	9,206.7
58	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	9,160.7
59	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	8,978.6
60	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	8,907.1
61	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	8,715.2
62	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	8,491.1
63	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	8,272.8
64	Argentina`ARG`South America	8,222.2
65	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6,910.4
66	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	6,894.0
67	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	6,635.2
68	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	6,081.6
69	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	5,765.2
70	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5,712.8
71	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5,467.2
72	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	4,975.9
73	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	4,932.5
74	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	4,913.0
75	Mexico`MEX`Central America	4,423.9
76	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	4,292.5
77	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4,287.2
78	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	3,919.9
79	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,775.9
80	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3,746.8
81	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	3,742.2
82	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	3,664.2
83	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,477.5
84	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3,419.3
85	France`FRA`Western Europe	3,347.0
86	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3,346.6
87	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,209.6
88	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2,951.7
89	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,948.9
90	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	2,926.3
91	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2,925.5
92	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2,881.4
93	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,845.5
94	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2,787.7
95	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2,714.4
96	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,692.4
97	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2,683.2
98	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2,679.9
99	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2,667.1
100	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,654.4
101	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,651.6
102	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,511.1
103	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2,492.8
104	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,425.9
105	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2,414.1
106	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2,404.3
107	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2,344.9
108	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2,310.3
109	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2,305.2
110	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	2,285.6
111	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,092.0
112	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	2,051.5
113	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2,043.5
114	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2,024.3
115	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1,994.2
116	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,942.8
117	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1,912.3
118	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1,906.2
119	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1,873.6
120	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,836.9
121	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,701.3
122	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,687.6
123	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,657.2
124	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1,637.1
125	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,611.4
126	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,562.6
127	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,559.1
128	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,476.0
129	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,424.5
130	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,416.1
131	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,387.7
132	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	1,315.5
133	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1,306.2
134	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,274.8
135	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,189.7
136	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,181.5
137	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,173.1
138	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,140.0
139	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,098.7
140	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,081.8
141	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1,075.6
142	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	1,045.3
143	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	992.8
144	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	982.0
145	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	886.1
146	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	884.0
147	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	840.9
148	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	794.2
149	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	757.0
150	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	747.0
151	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	708.3
152	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	704.9
153	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	699.7
154	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	649.1
155	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	581.9
156	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	559.7
157	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	474.9
158	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	462.7
159	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	451.3
160	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	396.9
161	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	387.4
162	Niger`NER`Western Africa	348.4
163	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	329.5
164	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	313.8
165	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	305.0
166	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	244.3
167	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	173.5
168	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	169.6
169	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	163.5
170	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	140.4
171	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	138.8
172	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	132.9
173	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	131.8
174	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	121.3
175	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	114.4
176	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	105.9
177	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	57.7
178	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	14.9
179	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	7.0
180	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.0

02In 1996

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland632,167.7
2Guyana316,885.9
3Suriname225,599.9
4Papua New Guinea166,411.8
5Bhutan147,599.1

Lowest

180Kuwait0.0
179Bahrain7.0
178Egypt14.9
177United Arab Emirates57.7
176Qatar105.9

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,925.9. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
179values changed, of 180 in both
17 · 162rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Georgia12,480.3 → 12,941.7+461.3
Estonia8,847.1 → 8,978.6+131.5
Croatia8,160.1 → 8,272.8+112.7
Latvia6,816.7 → 6,894.0+77.2
Kazakhstan3,846.3 → 3,919.9+73.7

Fell most

Papua New Guinea172,470.3 → 166,411.8−6,058.5
Suriname230,443.7 → 225,599.9−4,843.8
Gabon146,009.7 → 142,359.3−3,650.4
Iceland635,590.1 → 632,167.7−3,422.4
Solomon Islands116,184.5 → 112,876.2−3,308.2

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.

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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) (1996). Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freshwater-per-capita/1996

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07Questions

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1996: questions and answers

Which country has the highest renewable freshwater per person in Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1996?

Iceland, at 632,167.7, of the 180 countries in the file.

What year does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1996 describe?

1996.

How many countries does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1996 cover?

180.

Where can I download Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1996?

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