Data for 1998

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1998

Name: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1998
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1998, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1998 covers 180 countries. Iceland is highest, at 620,332; Kuwait is lowest, at 0. The middle country reads 2,857. Against 1997, 179 values changed (18 up, 161 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita · Data for 1998

HighestIceland

620,332

LowestKuwait

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

180countries
1measure
1998the 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, 1998, 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, 1998: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	620,332
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	315,616
3	Suriname`SUR`South America	216,438
4	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	155,041
5	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	142,246
6	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	135,343
7	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	106,665
8	Canada`CAN`Northern America	94,511
9	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	86,202
10	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	85,714
11	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	75,202
12	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	74,903
13	Belize`BLZ`Central America	67,770
14	Peru`PER`South America	63,758
15	Chile`CHL`South America	58,502
16	Colombia`COL`South America	56,758
17	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	56,081
18	Panama`PAN`Central America	47,203
19	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	40,532
20	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	38,856
21	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	37,246
22	Bolivia`BOL`South America	36,507
23	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	36,279
24	Ecuador`ECU`South America	36,111
25	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	34,721
26	Venezuela`VEN`South America	34,108
27	Brazil`BRA`South America	33,465
28	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	31,986
29	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	29,872
30	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	29,200
31	Uruguay`URY`South America	28,463
32	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	27,963
33	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	27,210
34	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	26,476
35	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	26,441
36	Paraguay`PRY`South America	23,877
37	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	22,658
38	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	21,757
39	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	20,763
40	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	19,320
41	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	19,300
42	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	19,028
43	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	15,488
44	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	14,975
45	Honduras`HND`Central America	14,542
46	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	13,698
47	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	13,474
48	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	13,198
49	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	10,275
50	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	10,260
51	United States`USA`Northern America	10,216
52	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	10,002
53	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	9,803
54	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	9,763
55	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	9,621
56	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	9,422
57	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	9,169
58	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	8,716
59	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	8,681
60	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	8,598
61	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	8,458
62	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	8,370
63	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	8,318
64	Argentina`ARG`South America	8,028
65	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	7,029
66	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6,895
67	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	6,320
68	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	5,784
69	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5,682
70	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	5,495
71	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5,410
72	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	4,827
73	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	4,773
74	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	4,611
75	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	4,356
76	Mexico`MEX`Central America	4,279
77	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4,212
78	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	4,112
79	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,740
80	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3,649
81	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	3,562
82	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	3,555
83	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,455
84	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3,402
85	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3,376
86	France`FRA`Western Europe	3,323
87	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,207
88	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2,931
89	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2,893
90	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	2,874
91	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,839
92	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2,828
93	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2,765
94	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,715
95	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2,690
96	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,658
97	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,618
98	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2,591
99	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2,589
100	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,543
101	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2,527
102	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2,479
103	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,461
104	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,371
105	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2,355
106	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2,337
107	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2,323
108	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2,265
109	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	2,220
110	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2,179
111	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,138
112	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1,992
113	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1,940
114	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,925
115	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,889
116	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1,887
117	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1,883
118	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1,878
119	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,844
120	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,732
121	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,626
122	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,625
123	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,621
124	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1,538
125	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,517
126	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,495
127	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,494
128	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,420
129	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,401
130	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,386
131	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1,304
132	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	1,284
133	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,277
134	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,176
135	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,175
136	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,148
137	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,131
138	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,112
139	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1,094
140	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,057
141	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,050
142	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	1,026
143	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	981
144	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	969
145	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	884
146	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	853
147	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	810
148	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	736
149	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	718
150	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	717
151	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	700
152	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	682
153	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	677
154	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	630
155	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	584
156	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	552
157	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	545
158	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	451
159	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	440
160	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	429
161	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	375
162	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	374
163	Niger`NER`Western Africa	326
164	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	319
165	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	305
166	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	292
167	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	162
168	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	161
169	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	153
170	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	136
171	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	132
172	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	131
173	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	126
174	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	114
175	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	110
176	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	96
177	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	49
178	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	14
179	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	7
180	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0

02In 1998

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland620,332
2Guyana315,616
3Suriname216,438
4Papua New Guinea155,041
5Bhutan142,246

Lowest

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,857. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
179values changed, of 180 in both
18 · 161rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Georgia13,363 → 13,698+335
Kazakhstan4,011 → 4,112+101
Estonia9,082 → 9,169+88
Latvia6,963 → 7,029+66
Albania8,544 → 8,598+54

Fell most

Liberia82,885 → 74,903−7,982
Iceland627,010 → 620,332−6,679
Papua New Guinea160,589 → 155,041−5,549
Suriname220,949 → 216,438−4,511
Gabon138,814 → 135,343−3,471

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 1998.
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) (1998). Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freshwater-per-capita/1998

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07Questions

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1998: questions and answers

Which country has the highest renewable freshwater per person in Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1998?

Iceland, at 620,332, of the 180 countries in the file.

What year does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1998 describe?

1998.

How many countries does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1998 cover?

180.

Where can I download Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1998?

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, 1998 the newest?

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

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