Data for 2000

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2000

Name: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2000
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2000, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2000 covers 180 countries. Iceland is highest, at 604,541.17; Kuwait is lowest, at 0.00. The middle country reads 2,786.08. Against 1999, 179 values changed (20 up, 159 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita · Data for 2000

HighestIceland

604,541.17

LowestKuwait

0.00

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

180countries
1measure
2000the 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, 2000, 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, 2000: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	604,541.17
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	315,101.88
3	Suriname`SUR`South America	207,702.62
4	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	144,661.50
5	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	135,709.53
6	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	128,569.77
7	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	101,482.74
8	Canada`CAN`Northern America	92,877.05
9	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	85,059.63
10	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	84,765.53
11	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	70,446.11
12	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	68,303.28
13	Belize`BLZ`Central America	63,372.36
14	Peru`PER`South America	61,695.60
15	Chile`CHL`South America	57,083.39
16	Colombia`COL`South America	54,873.46
17	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	53,682.34
18	Panama`PAN`Central America	45,376.50
19	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	36,969.68
20	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	36,781.82
21	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	36,169.55
22	Bolivia`BOL`South America	35,264.76
23	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	35,056.63
24	Ecuador`ECU`South America	34,864.28
25	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	33,951.36
26	Venezuela`VEN`South America	32,821.36
27	Brazil`BRA`South America	32,531.06
28	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	31,101.22
29	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	29,414.00
30	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	28,696.67
31	Uruguay`URY`South America	28,228.47
32	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	26,812.73
33	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	26,039.75
34	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	25,855.54
35	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	25,252.73
36	Paraguay`PRY`South America	22,937.27
37	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	22,141.34
38	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	20,671.50
39	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	20,404.04
40	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	19,273.88
41	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	18,306.63
42	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	17,819.16
43	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	15,137.00
44	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	14,571.04
45	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	14,257.57
46	Honduras`HND`Central America	13,782.78
47	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	12,958.18
48	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	12,877.20
49	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	11,025.54
50	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	10,097.48
51	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	9,989.05
52	United States`USA`Northern America	9,987.16
53	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	9,677.16
54	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	9,386.98
55	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	9,342.47
56	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	9,335.25
57	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	9,138.70
58	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	9,098.16
59	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	8,708.24
60	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	8,534.12
61	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	8,437.21
62	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	8,074.47
63	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	8,005.88
64	Argentina`ARG`South America	7,846.51
65	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	7,155.08
66	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6,865.07
67	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	6,015.67
68	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5,623.41
69	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	5,532.37
70	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5,367.48
71	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	5,190.63
72	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	4,804.75
73	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	4,658.47
74	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	4,417.73
75	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	4,341.49
76	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	4,151.32
77	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4,150.20
78	Mexico`MEX`Central America	4,147.00
79	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,692.94
80	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3,563.21
81	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	3,469.57
82	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,431.42
83	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3,406.95
84	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3,390.02
85	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	3,387.13
86	France`FRA`Western Europe	3,283.07
87	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,205.01
88	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2,919.24
89	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2,909.59
90	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	2,831.08
91	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2,741.09
92	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2,737.59
93	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,736.74
94	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2,664.89
95	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,629.82
96	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,609.89
97	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,588.21
98	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,570.33
99	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2,535.01
100	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2,462.11
101	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2,451.83
102	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2,403.99
103	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,342.24
104	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2,338.22
105	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,317.86
106	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2,292.00
107	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2,238.47
108	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2,227.78
109	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	2,161.59
110	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,129.40
111	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2,061.74
112	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1,934.70
113	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1,891.36
114	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1,888.34
115	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1,863.22
116	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1,861.31
117	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,809.78
118	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,762.20
119	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,748.66
120	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,624.99
121	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,566.51
122	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,554.82
123	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,543.00
124	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1,441.20
125	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,430.80
126	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,426.31
127	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,426.27
128	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,400.99
129	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,379.55
130	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,366.83
131	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1,301.52
132	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,282.29
133	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	1,246.09
134	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,170.59
135	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,156.57
136	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,123.68
137	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1,111.86
138	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,108.71
139	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,048.17
140	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,030.94
141	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,020.28
142	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	1,008.25
143	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	983.48
144	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	949.96
145	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	880.71
146	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	823.07
147	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	780.41
148	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	694.15
149	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	690.72
150	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	678.83
151	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	675.52
152	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	661.79
153	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	659.22
154	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	613.46
155	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	587.60
156	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	553.91
157	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	530.41
158	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	429.60
159	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	428.66
160	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	401.44
161	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	363.93
162	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	355.12
163	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	306.59
164	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	305.27
165	Niger`NER`Western Africa	304.09
166	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	277.88
167	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	153.05
168	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	148.96
169	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	148.35
170	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	131.95
171	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	129.46
172	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	126.60
173	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	119.26
174	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	107.01
175	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	106.38
176	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	86.82
177	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	42.94
178	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	13.68
179	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	6.27
180	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.00

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland604,541.17
2Guyana315,101.88
3Suriname207,702.62
4Papua New Guinea144,661.50
5Bhutan135,709.53

Lowest

180Kuwait0.00
179Bahrain6.27
178Egypt13.68
177United Arab Emirates42.94
176Qatar86.82

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,786.08. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
179values changed, of 180 in both
20 · 159rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Timor-Leste9,841.89 → 11,025.54+1,183.65
Georgia13,983.00 → 14,257.57+274.58
Russia29,290.54 → 29,414.00+123.46
Croatia8,354.39 → 8,437.21+82.82
Latvia7,086.44 → 7,155.08+68.64

Fell most

Iceland612,875.43 → 604,541.17−8,334.26
Papua New Guinea149,738.29 → 144,661.50−5,076.79
Suriname212,029.57 → 207,702.62−4,326.95
Gabon131,937.16 → 128,569.77−3,367.39
Bhutan139,036.94 → 135,709.53−3,327.40

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 2000.
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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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2000). Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freshwater-per-capita/2000

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07Questions

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2000: questions and answers

Which country has the highest renewable freshwater per person in Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2000?

Iceland, at 604,541.17, of the 180 countries in the file.

What year does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2000 describe?

2000.

How many countries does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2000 cover?

180.

Where can I download Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2000?

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