Data for 2003

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2003

Name: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2003
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2003, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2003 covers 180 countries. Iceland is highest, at 587,176.75; Kuwait is lowest, at 0.00. The middle country reads 2,741.02. Against 2002, 179 values changed (22 up, 157 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita · Data for 2003

HighestIceland

587,176.75

LowestKuwait

0.00

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

180countries
1measure
2003the 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, 2003, 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, 2003: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	587,176.75
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	315,816.65
3	Suriname`SUR`South America	195,492.23
4	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	130,796.93
5	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	127,026.34
6	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	118,638.55
7	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	95,891.06
8	Canada`CAN`Northern America	90,068.85
9	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	83,682.83
10	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	81,197.85
11	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	64,427.14
12	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	64,112.18
13	Peru`PER`South America	59,498.58
14	Belize`BLZ`Central America	57,851.24
15	Chile`CHL`South America	55,227.06
16	Colombia`COL`South America	52,397.04
17	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	49,814.19
18	Panama`PAN`Central America	42,823.91
19	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	34,364.38
20	Bolivia`BOL`South America	33,533.32
21	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	33,415.56
22	Ecuador`ECU`South America	33,083.30
23	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	32,956.78
24	Brazil`BRA`South America	31,341.58
25	Venezuela`VEN`South America	31,089.84
26	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	30,901.83
27	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	30,665.37
28	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	29,977.18
29	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	29,810.17
30	Uruguay`URY`South America	28,099.60
31	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	27,302.71
32	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	25,476.90
33	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	24,948.36
34	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	24,521.33
35	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	23,501.19
36	Paraguay`PRY`South America	21,965.91
37	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	21,488.33
38	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	20,525.55
39	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	19,088.59
40	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	18,647.78
41	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	16,893.21
42	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	16,261.96
43	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	14,709.99
44	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	14,172.96
45	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	14,030.14
46	Honduras`HND`Central America	12,734.55
47	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	12,260.66
48	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	12,132.19
49	United States`USA`Northern America	9,713.63
50	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	9,701.97
51	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	9,530.57
52	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	9,354.96
53	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	9,272.50
54	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	9,240.69
55	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	8,970.09
56	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	8,959.75
57	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	8,849.80
58	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	8,760.52
59	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	8,717.98
60	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	8,495.82
61	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	8,248.01
62	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	7,715.44
63	Argentina`ARG`South America	7,599.36
64	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	7,403.99
65	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	7,301.80
66	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6,772.21
67	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	5,653.13
68	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5,504.84
69	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5,307.43
70	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	5,172.11
71	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	4,730.01
72	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	4,541.92
73	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	4,526.80
74	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	4,517.38
75	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	4,086.39
76	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4,073.97
77	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	4,017.66
78	Mexico`MEX`Central America	3,971.70
79	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,633.30
80	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3,470.54
81	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3,461.02
82	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,400.72
83	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3,366.79
84	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	3,346.52
85	France`FRA`Western Europe	3,212.86
86	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	3,212.58
87	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,179.49
88	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2,918.39
89	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2,868.44
90	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	2,781.19
91	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,700.85
92	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2,669.67
93	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,646.41
94	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2,635.84
95	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,634.68
96	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2,616.75
97	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,605.61
98	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2,474.92
99	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2,430.95
100	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,406.45
101	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2,344.90
102	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,267.24
103	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2,264.79
104	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2,231.23
105	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2,214.20
106	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2,183.25
107	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,155.22
108	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2,106.01
109	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	2,085.70
110	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,074.07
111	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1,964.37
112	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,901.61
113	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1,868.57
114	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1,855.68
115	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1,840.76
116	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1,836.82
117	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,652.39
118	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,610.76
119	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,580.97
120	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,484.83
121	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,479.96
122	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,428.34
123	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,422.76
124	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,402.97
125	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,354.08
126	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,351.55
127	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,324.95
128	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1,313.30
129	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,301.64
130	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1,296.43
131	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,294.77
132	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,289.97
133	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,156.50
134	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1,140.43
135	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	1,122.74
136	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,113.05
137	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,106.34
138	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,060.65
139	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,002.26
140	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	994.13
141	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	985.54
142	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	980.68
143	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	955.47
144	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	923.70
145	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	883.85
146	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	780.32
147	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	744.84
148	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	677.95
149	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	667.66
150	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	635.52
151	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	633.74
152	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	615.12
153	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	605.50
154	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	592.33
155	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	592.27
156	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	558.01
157	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	519.75
158	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	416.52
159	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	398.67
160	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	368.77
161	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	349.55
162	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	329.12
163	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	301.01
164	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	288.86
165	Niger`NER`Western Africa	273.50
166	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	257.37
167	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	145.81
168	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	142.75
169	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	127.75
170	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	126.70
171	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	124.57
172	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	118.78
173	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	112.11
174	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	101.18
175	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	97.87
176	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	75.20
177	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	35.78
178	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	12.84
179	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	5.23
180	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.00

02In 2003

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland587,176.75
2Guyana315,816.65
3Suriname195,492.23
4Papua New Guinea130,796.93
5Bhutan127,026.34

Lowest

180Kuwait0.00
179Bahrain5.23
178Egypt12.84
177United Arab Emirates35.78
176Qatar75.20

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,741.02. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
179values changed, of 180 in both
22 · 157rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Guyana315,588.78 → 315,816.65+227.87
Russia29,675.20 → 29,810.17+134.97
Georgia14,610.98 → 14,709.99+99.01
Latvia7,332.78 → 7,403.99+71.21
Estonia9,214.49 → 9,272.50+58.01

Fell most

Papua New Guinea135,212.63 → 130,796.93−4,415.70
Iceland591,257.05 → 587,176.75−4,080.30
Suriname199,375.29 → 195,492.23−3,883.07
Gabon121,920.85 → 118,638.55−3,282.30
Bhutan129,722.67 → 127,026.34−2,696.32

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
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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) (2003). Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freshwater-per-capita/2003

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07Questions

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2003: questions and answers

Which country has the highest renewable freshwater per person in Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2003?

Iceland, at 587,176.75, of the 180 countries in the file.

What year does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2003 describe?

2003.

How many countries does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2003 cover?

180.

Where can I download Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2003?

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