Data for 2005

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2005

Name: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2005
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2005, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2005 covers 180 countries. Iceland is highest, at 572,903.68; Kuwait is lowest, at 0.00. The middle country reads 2,744.09. Against 2004, 179 values changed (23 up, 156 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita · Data for 2005

HighestIceland

572,903.68

LowestKuwait

0.00

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

180countries
1measure
2005the 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, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	572,903.68
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	316,724.36
3	Suriname`SUR`South America	190,636.48
4	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	122,553.80
5	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	117,848.81
6	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	112,060.51
7	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	92,531.26
8	Canada`CAN`Northern America	88,392.01
9	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	82,625.13
10	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	79,102.06
11	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	60,587.43
12	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	60,058.55
13	Peru`PER`South America	58,396.12
14	Belize`BLZ`Central America	54,552.41
15	Chile`CHL`South America	54,132.49
16	Colombia`COL`South America	50,915.07
17	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	47,447.33
18	Panama`PAN`Central America	41,231.19
19	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	32,876.25
20	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	32,438.75
21	Bolivia`BOL`South America	32,422.60
22	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	32,355.71
23	Ecuador`ECU`South America	31,951.09
24	Brazil`BRA`South America	30,651.68
25	Venezuela`VEN`South America	30,053.23
26	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	30,044.84
27	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	29,241.28
28	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	29,081.86
29	Uruguay`URY`South America	28,060.39
30	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	27,444.49
31	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	26,518.10
32	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	24,443.41
33	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	24,384.39
34	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	23,682.42
35	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	22,449.23
36	Paraguay`PRY`South America	21,475.39
37	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	21,139.01
38	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	20,396.12
39	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	18,937.77
40	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	17,589.00
41	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	15,988.67
42	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	15,312.44
43	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	14,895.70
44	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	13,720.20
45	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	13,486.84
46	Honduras`HND`Central America	12,122.99
47	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	11,779.09
48	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	11,580.90
49	United States`USA`Northern America	9,535.84
50	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	9,477.71
51	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	9,381.63
52	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	9,332.79
53	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	9,164.27
54	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	8,973.75
55	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	8,932.46
56	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	8,746.81
57	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	8,743.82
58	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	8,665.95
59	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	8,662.77
60	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	8,343.76
61	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	7,671.91
62	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	7,566.56
63	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	7,533.41
64	Argentina`ARG`South America	7,445.79
65	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	6,843.69
66	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6,684.63
67	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	5,442.19
68	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5,432.21
69	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5,278.82
70	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	4,939.77
71	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	4,653.08
72	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	4,432.45
73	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	4,431.76
74	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	4,076.41
75	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	4,029.91
76	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4,027.81
77	Mexico`MEX`Central America	3,865.36
78	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	3,828.89
79	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,617.90
80	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3,518.24
81	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3,400.77
82	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,384.67
83	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3,365.34
84	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	3,274.22
85	France`FRA`Western Europe	3,165.52
86	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,137.53
87	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	3,132.34
88	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2,966.41
89	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2,909.77
90	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	2,746.30
91	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,741.88
92	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2,692.82
93	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,677.83
94	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,611.72
95	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,602.58
96	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2,547.42
97	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2,547.35
98	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2,446.66
99	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2,400.61
100	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2,345.14
101	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,296.30
102	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,239.76
103	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,179.95
104	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2,157.60
105	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2,149.81
106	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2,143.84
107	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2,124.45
108	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	2,035.51
109	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2,024.71
110	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1,987.83
111	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,932.02
112	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1,857.98
113	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1,822.59
114	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1,813.24
115	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,799.60
116	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1,788.98
117	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,556.77
118	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,523.96
119	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,452.35
120	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,435.45
121	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,404.41
122	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,394.69
123	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,349.70
124	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,345.87
125	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,325.90
126	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,304.44
127	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1,297.45
128	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,287.80
129	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,257.01
130	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,252.30
131	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1,239.11
132	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,222.39
133	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1,157.91
134	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,145.19
135	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,107.13
136	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	1,052.15
137	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,049.20
138	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,027.59
139	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	995.12
140	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	982.10
141	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	967.01
142	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	955.26
143	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	905.23
144	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	897.21
145	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	889.28
146	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	752.79
147	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	725.56
148	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	674.03
149	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	653.18
150	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	619.95
151	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	618.41
152	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	594.82
153	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	578.27
154	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	569.15
155	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	563.69
156	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	560.75
157	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	516.83
158	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	409.05
159	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	379.08
160	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	357.50
161	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	339.69
162	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	313.47
163	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	297.72
164	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	278.09
165	Niger`NER`Western Africa	254.43
166	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	244.55
167	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	140.65
168	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	136.10
169	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	125.05
170	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	119.48
171	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	116.73
172	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	113.11
173	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	108.22
174	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	97.90
175	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	92.15
176	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	67.85
177	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	32.16
178	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	12.33
179	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	4.50
180	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.00

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland572,903.68
2Guyana316,724.36
3Suriname190,636.48
4Papua New Guinea122,553.80
5Bhutan117,848.81

Lowest

180Kuwait0.00
179Bahrain4.50
178Egypt12.33
177United Arab Emirates32.16
176Qatar67.85

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,744.09. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
179values changed, of 180 in both
23 · 156rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Guyana316,099.57 → 316,724.36+624.79
Russia29,930.45 → 30,044.84+114.39
Trinidad and Tobago2,854.21 → 2,966.41+112.20
Georgia14,801.37 → 14,895.70+94.33
Bosnia and Herzegovina8,572.84 → 8,665.95+93.11

Fell most

Iceland582,044.28 → 572,903.68−9,140.60
Papua New Guinea126,579.46 → 122,553.80−4,025.66
Gabon115,362.24 → 112,060.51−3,301.73
Liberia63,353.45 → 60,587.43−2,766.02
Republic of the Congo62,262.41 → 60,058.55−2,203.87

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 2005.
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) (2005). Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freshwater-per-capita/2005

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07Questions

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2005: questions and answers

Which country has the highest renewable freshwater per person in Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2005?

Iceland, at 572,903.68, of the 180 countries in the file.

What year does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2005 describe?

2005.

How many countries does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2005 cover?

180.

Where can I download Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2005?

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