Data for 2007

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2007

Name: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2007
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2007, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2007 covers 181 countries. Iceland is highest, at 545,631; Kuwait is lowest, at 0. The middle country reads 2,723. Against 2006, 180 values changed (24 up, 156 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita · Data for 2007

HighestIceland

545,631

LowestKuwait

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

181countries
1measure
2007the year it describes
181distinct 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, 2007, 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, 2007: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	545,631
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	318,420
3	Suriname`SUR`South America	186,435
4	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	115,031
5	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	114,936
6	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	105,382
7	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	89,372
8	Canada`CAN`Northern America	86,655
9	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	81,119
10	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	77,418
11	Peru`PER`South America	57,517
12	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	55,773
13	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	54,510
14	Chile`CHL`South America	53,084
15	Belize`BLZ`Central America	51,537
16	Colombia`COL`South America	49,612
17	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	45,192
18	Panama`PAN`Central America	39,738
19	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	31,799
20	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	31,595
21	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	31,439
22	Bolivia`BOL`South America	31,334
23	Ecuador`ECU`South America	30,875
24	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	30,195
25	Brazil`BRA`South America	30,023
26	Venezuela`VEN`South America	29,115
27	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	28,416
28	Uruguay`URY`South America	27,980
29	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	27,829
30	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	25,798
31	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	25,095
32	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	23,622
33	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	23,390
34	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	22,919
35	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	21,483
36	Paraguay`PRY`South America	21,045
37	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	20,837
38	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	20,232
39	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	18,692
40	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	16,586
41	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	15,125
42	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	15,059
43	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	14,405
44	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	13,375
45	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	12,846
46	Honduras`HND`Central America	11,571
47	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	11,139
48	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	11,027
49	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	9,480
50	United States`USA`Northern America	9,355
51	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	9,287
52	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	9,251
53	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	9,057
54	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	8,845
55	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	8,821
56	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	8,747
57	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	8,713
58	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	8,515
59	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	8,175
60	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	7,999
61	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	7,699
62	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	7,399
63	Argentina`ARG`South America	7,297
64	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	7,123
65	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6,630
66	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	6,383
67	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5,350
68	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	5,259
69	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5,250
70	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	4,784
71	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	4,712
72	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	4,298
73	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	4,150
74	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	3,988
75	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	3,958
76	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	3,855
77	Mexico`MEX`Central America	3,760
78	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	3,654
79	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,604
80	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3,556
81	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,377
82	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3,359
83	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3,346
84	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	3,236
85	France`FRA`Western Europe	3,124
86	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,106
87	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	3,052
88	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2,947
89	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2,905
90	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,783
91	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2,723
92	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	2,718
93	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,678
94	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,601
95	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,577
96	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2,485
97	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2,459
98	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2,420
99	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2,365
100	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2,344
101	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,219
102	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,207
103	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,192
104	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2,134
105	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2,083
106	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2,029
107	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2,027
108	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2,001
109	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1,981
110	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,945
111	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1,877
112	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,820
113	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1,810
114	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1,788
115	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1,722
116	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,699
117	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,468
118	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,442
119	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,406
120	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,388
121	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,354
122	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,332
123	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,315
124	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1,301
125	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,282
126	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,277
127	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,256
128	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1,240
129	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,233
130	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,214
131	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,189
132	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1,171
133	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,150
134	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1,139
135	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,129
136	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,099
137	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	1,021
138	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	998
139	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	995
140	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	991
141	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	958
142	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	946
143	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	930
144	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	897
145	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	887
146	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	844
147	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	727
148	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	710
149	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	671
150	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	636
151	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	605
152	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	603
153	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	597
154	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	564
155	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	545
156	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	544
157	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	530
158	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	514
159	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	402
160	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	343
161	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	342
162	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	329
163	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	298
164	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	295
165	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	268
166	Niger`NER`Western Africa	236
167	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	232
168	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	131
169	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	129
170	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	124
171	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	115
172	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	107
173	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	104
174	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	100
175	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	92
176	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	86
177	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	46
178	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	27
179	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	12
180	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	4
181	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0

02In 2007

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland545,631
2Guyana318,420
3Suriname186,435
4Papua New Guinea115,031
5Bhutan114,936

Lowest

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,723. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032006 → 2007

Since 2006

What changed between 2006 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
180values changed, of 181 in both
24 · 156rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Guyana317,537 → 318,420+883
Bosnia and Herzegovina8,737 → 8,845+109
Georgia14,981 → 15,059+78
Albania8,989 → 9,057+68
Latvia7,636 → 7,699+63

Fell most

Iceland559,612 → 545,631−13,981
Papua New Guinea118,707 → 115,031−3,676
Gabon108,729 → 105,382−3,347
Liberia57,294 → 54,510−2,784
Suriname188,573 → 186,435−2,137

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 2007.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 181 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2007). Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2007 [data set], describing 2007. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freshwater-per-capita/2007

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07Questions

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2007: questions and answers

Which country has the highest renewable freshwater per person in Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2007?

Iceland, at 545,631, of the 181 countries in the file.

What year does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2007 describe?

2007.

How many countries does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2007 cover?

181.

Where can I download Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2007?

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, 2007 the newest?

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

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