Data for 2002

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2002

Name: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2002
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2002, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2002 covers 180 countries. Iceland is highest, at 591,257.0; Kuwait is lowest, at 0.0. The middle country reads 2,741.1. Against 2001, 179 values changed (21 up, 158 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita · Data for 2002

HighestIceland

591,257.0

LowestKuwait

0.0

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

180countries
1measure
2002the 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, 2002, 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, 2002: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	591,257.0
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	315,588.8
3	Suriname`SUR`South America	199,375.3
4	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	135,212.6
5	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	129,722.7
6	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	121,920.8
7	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	97,668.4
8	Canada`CAN`Northern America	90,882.4
9	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	84,175.1
10	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	82,816.3
11	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	66,253.4
12	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	64,624.9
13	Peru`PER`South America	60,135.8
14	Belize`BLZ`Central America	59,607.3
15	Chile`CHL`South America	55,808.1
16	Colombia`COL`South America	53,193.2
17	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	51,056.1
18	Panama`PAN`Central America	43,651.3
19	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	35,196.5
20	Bolivia`BOL`South America	34,099.8
21	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	33,934.0
22	Ecuador`ECU`South America	33,672.1
23	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	33,273.2
24	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	32,583.2
25	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	32,183.9
26	Brazil`BRA`South America	31,713.7
27	Venezuela`VEN`South America	31,648.5
28	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	30,332.6
29	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	29,675.2
30	Uruguay`URY`South America	28,119.5
31	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	27,725.3
32	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	26,054.7
33	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	25,237.0
34	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	24,992.7
35	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	24,063.9
36	Paraguay`PRY`South America	22,237.7
37	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	21,690.3
38	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	20,574.6
39	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	19,202.4
40	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	19,159.8
41	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	17,360.3
42	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	16,744.0
43	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	14,611.0
44	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	14,540.9
45	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	14,209.7
46	Honduras`HND`Central America	13,065.5
47	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	12,462.0
48	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	12,409.8
49	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	9,804.2
50	United States`USA`Northern America	9,797.5
51	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	9,715.7
52	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	9,381.4
53	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	9,360.6
54	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	9,344.2
55	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	9,214.5
56	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	9,089.6
57	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	8,916.5
58	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	8,816.8
59	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	8,763.0
60	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	8,541.2
61	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	8,476.6
62	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	7,825.0
63	Argentina`ARG`South America	7,678.3
64	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	7,532.0
65	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	7,332.8
66	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6,805.3
67	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	5,766.3
68	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5,545.8
69	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5,320.1
70	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	5,290.5
71	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	4,882.8
72	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	4,745.4
73	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	4,562.8
74	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	4,490.2
75	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	4,119.1
76	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	4,110.1
77	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4,098.7
78	Mexico`MEX`Central America	4,027.6
79	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,647.0
80	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3,493.4
81	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3,446.3
82	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,410.4
83	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	3,385.6
84	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3,374.0
85	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	3,259.3
86	France`FRA`Western Europe	3,235.6
87	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,196.7
88	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2,925.4
89	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2,882.9
90	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	2,798.2
91	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2,683.9
92	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,679.5
93	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2,673.1
94	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,665.9
95	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2,654.7
96	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,622.0
97	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,610.8
98	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2,491.9
99	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,465.1
100	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2,442.3
101	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2,343.4
102	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2,325.5
103	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2,287.6
104	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,283.7
105	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2,241.3
106	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,205.5
107	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2,196.9
108	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2,147.0
109	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,143.6
110	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	2,110.9
111	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,953.5
112	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1,950.3
113	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1,889.4
114	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1,856.8
115	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1,856.0
116	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1,845.0
117	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,703.1
118	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,655.8
119	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,645.4
120	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,527.4
121	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,511.1
122	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,474.2
123	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,461.7
124	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,402.0
125	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,375.5
126	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,361.1
127	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,358.5
128	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1,353.5
129	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,341.9
130	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,317.4
131	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1,297.2
132	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,289.6
133	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	1,170.1
134	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,161.4
135	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1,131.9
136	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,130.9
137	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,116.1
138	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,075.4
139	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,014.3
140	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	993.2
141	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	993.0
142	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	991.9
143	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	985.7
144	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	933.0
145	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	882.2
146	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	794.8
147	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	755.8
148	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	681.2
149	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	675.0
150	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	643.3
151	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	642.3
152	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	634.4
153	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	628.3
154	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	599.0
155	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	590.6
156	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	556.4
157	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	521.5
158	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	420.7
159	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	408.3
160	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	377.1
161	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	354.2
162	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	337.0
163	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	302.9
164	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	294.6
165	Niger`NER`Western Africa	283.4
166	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	264.0
167	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	146.1
168	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	143.7
169	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	134.0
170	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	127.5
171	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	127.1
172	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	121.4
173	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	114.2
174	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	102.9
175	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	100.8
176	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	78.7
177	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	37.9
178	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	13.1
179	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	5.6
180	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.0

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland591,257.0
2Guyana315,588.8
3Suriname199,375.3
4Papua New Guinea135,212.6
5Bhutan129,722.7

Lowest

180Kuwait0.0
179Bahrain5.6
178Egypt13.1
177United Arab Emirates37.9
176Qatar78.7

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,741.1. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
179values changed, of 180 in both
21 · 158rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Guyana315,248.2 → 315,588.8+340.6
Russia29,539.0 → 29,675.2+136.2
Georgia14,480.5 → 14,611.0+130.5
Latvia7,248.1 → 7,332.8+84.7
Estonia9,156.3 → 9,214.5+58.2

Fell most

Iceland596,558.2 → 591,257.0−5,301.2
Papua New Guinea139,828.8 → 135,212.6−4,616.1
Suriname203,469.3 → 199,375.3−4,094.0
Gabon125,230.1 → 121,920.8−3,309.3
Bhutan132,614.3 → 129,722.7−2,891.6

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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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 2002.
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Every one of the 180 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2002). Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freshwater-per-capita/2002

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07Questions

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2002: questions and answers

Which country has the highest renewable freshwater per person in Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2002?

Iceland, at 591,257.0, of the 180 countries in the file.

What year does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2002 describe?

2002.

How many countries does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2002 cover?

180.

Where can I download Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2002?

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