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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2004

2004, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2004 covers 180 countries. Iceland is highest, at 582,044.276; Kuwait is lowest, at 0.000. The middle country reads 2,741.819. Against 2003, 179 values changed (21 up, 158 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita · Data for 2004

HighestIceland

582,044.276

LowestKuwait

0.000

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

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2004, as published. FAO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 180 countries · select a heading to sort

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2004: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1IcelandISLNorthern Europe582,044.276
2GuyanaGUYSouth America316,099.567
3SurinameSURSouth America192,635.862
4Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia126,579.458
5BhutanBTNSouthern Asia119,899.653
6GabonGABMiddle Africa115,362.241
7Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia94,182.394
8CanadaCANNorthern America89,233.139
9NorwayNORNorthern Europe83,189.784
10New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand80,000.000
11LiberiaLBRWestern Africa63,353.450
12Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa62,262.414
13PeruPERSouth America58,918.168
14BelizeBLZCentral America56,167.368
15ChileCHLSouth America54,672.416
16ColombiaCOLSouth America51,633.035
17VanuatuVUTMelanesia48,611.888
18PanamaPANCentral America42,015.837
19Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa33,628.870
20BoliviaBOLSouth America32,973.765
21LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia32,931.912
22FijiFJIMelanesia32,652.230
23EcuadorECUSouth America32,508.613
24BrazilBRASouth America30,989.438
25VenezuelaVENSouth America30,560.911

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Iceland582,044.276
  2. 2Guyana316,099.567
  3. 3Suriname192,635.862
  4. 4Papua New Guinea126,579.458
  5. 5Bhutan119,899.653

Lowest

  1. 180Kuwait0.000
  2. 179Bahrain4.856
  3. 178Egypt12.582
  4. 177United Arab Emirates33.868
  5. 176Qatar72.414

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,741.819. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 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

Fell most

  • Bhutan127,026.345 → 119,899.653−7,126.691
  • Iceland587,176.751 → 582,044.276−5,132.474
  • Papua New Guinea130,796.929 → 126,579.458−4,217.471
  • Gabon118,638.550 → 115,362.241−3,276.309
  • Suriname195,492.226 → 192,635.862−2,856.364

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

Read before you use

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 2004.

  • 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

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2004). Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freshwater-per-capita/2004

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07Questions

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2004: questions and answers

Which country has the highest renewable freshwater per person in Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2004?

Iceland, at 582,044.276, of the 180 countries in the file.

What year does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2004 describe?

2004.

How many countries does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2004 cover?

180.

Where can I download Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2004?

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, 2004 the newest?

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

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