Data for 2009

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2009

Name: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2009
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2009, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2009 covers 181 countries. Iceland is highest, at 533,753.6; Kuwait is lowest, at 0.0. The middle country reads 2,756.8. Against 2008, 180 values changed (22 up, 158 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita · Data for 2009

HighestIceland

533,753.6

LowestKuwait

0.0

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

181countries
1measure
2009the 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, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	533,753.6
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	320,438.7
3	Suriname`SUR`South America	182,129.9
4	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	112,393.9
5	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	108,149.2
6	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	98,702.7
7	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	86,270.0
8	Canada`CAN`Northern America	84,745.6
9	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	79,109.9
10	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	76,000.6
11	Peru`PER`South America	56,788.3
12	Chile`CHL`South America	52,029.0
13	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	51,854.4
14	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	50,722.4
15	Belize`BLZ`Central America	48,814.2
16	Colombia`COL`South America	48,451.0
17	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	42,968.1
18	Panama`PAN`Central America	38,323.6
19	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	31,469.1
20	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	31,132.4
21	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	30,504.8
22	Bolivia`BOL`South America	30,300.7
23	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	30,199.2
24	Ecuador`ECU`South America	29,839.6
25	Brazil`BRA`South America	29,472.1
26	Venezuela`VEN`South America	28,306.9
27	Uruguay`URY`South America	27,854.2
28	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	27,615.5
29	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	26,421.6
30	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	25,112.3
31	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	22,893.9
32	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	22,681.5
33	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	22,280.2
34	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	22,080.7
35	Paraguay`PRY`South America	20,630.4
36	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	20,622.4
37	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	20,608.1
38	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	20,041.7
39	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	18,390.0
40	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	15,640.0
41	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	15,239.5
42	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	14,282.7
43	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	13,551.8
44	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	12,931.4
45	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	12,257.3
46	Honduras`HND`Central America	11,069.7
47	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	10,804.0
48	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	10,482.3
49	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	9,524.1
50	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	9,188.7
51	United States`USA`Northern America	9,186.0
52	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	9,153.4
53	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	9,150.0
54	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	9,078.5
55	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	8,756.9
56	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	8,472.4
57	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	8,447.3
58	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	8,299.9
59	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	7,909.7
60	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	7,758.9
61	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	7,681.7
62	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	7,294.0
63	Argentina`ARG`South America	7,147.3
64	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	6,602.8
65	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6,592.1
66	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	5,945.0
67	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5,221.9
68	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5,217.1
69	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	5,075.0
70	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	4,887.9
71	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	4,479.3
72	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	4,157.1
73	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	3,954.3
74	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3,887.1
75	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	3,871.9
76	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	3,762.2
77	Mexico`MEX`Central America	3,651.8
78	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,595.7
79	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3,577.2
80	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	3,493.1
81	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,375.0
82	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3,358.1
83	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3,295.7
84	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	3,151.1
85	France`FRA`Western Europe	3,090.9
86	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,064.4
87	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	2,965.3
88	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2,931.1
89	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2,904.3
90	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,820.9
91	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2,756.8
92	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	2,693.1
93	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,640.2
94	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,584.2
95	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,543.8
96	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2,423.9
97	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2,398.5
98	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2,388.8
99	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2,339.2
100	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2,328.3
101	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,237.1
102	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,205.3
103	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2,113.0
104	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,091.2
105	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2,080.8
106	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2,008.9
107	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1,929.4
108	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,925.1
109	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1,898.2
110	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,875.7
111	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,869.3
112	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1,797.7
113	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1,766.1
114	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,716.7
115	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1,680.7
116	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,603.1
117	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,404.9
118	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,386.2
119	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,363.8
120	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,342.4
121	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,315.2
122	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1,306.4
123	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,261.2
124	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,259.1
125	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,240.0
126	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,218.7
127	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,205.6
128	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1,181.8
129	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,179.9
130	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1,171.1
131	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1,148.4
132	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,124.3
133	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,121.2
134	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,111.5
135	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,086.3
136	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,083.1
137	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	998.4
138	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	969.6
139	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	961.5
140	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	944.3
141	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	932.8
142	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	907.0
143	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	905.4
144	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	904.9
145	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	866.1
146	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	795.7
147	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	703.1
148	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	695.9
149	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	665.4
150	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	617.8
151	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	598.6
152	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	592.7
153	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	584.8
154	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	565.4
155	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	521.5
156	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	512.3
157	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	511.6
158	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	501.6
159	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	393.9
160	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	329.1
161	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	324.5
162	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	316.9
163	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	291.8
164	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	283.0
165	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	257.7
166	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	220.1
167	Niger`NER`Western Africa	219.5
168	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	122.4
169	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	121.8
170	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	120.3
171	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	109.9
172	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	100.2
173	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	99.1
174	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	95.5
175	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	86.1
176	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	81.0
177	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	34.8
178	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	22.4
179	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	11.4
180	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	3.4
181	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.0

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland533,753.6
2Guyana320,438.7
3Suriname182,129.9
4Bhutan112,393.9
5Papua New Guinea108,149.2

Lowest

181Kuwait0.0
180Bahrain3.4
179Egypt11.4
178United Arab Emirates22.4
177Qatar34.8

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,756.8. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
180values changed, of 181 in both
22 · 158rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Guyana319,372.0 → 320,438.7+1,066.7
Central African Republic30,927.9 → 31,132.4+204.4
Bosnia and Herzegovina8,992.9 → 9,150.0+157.0
Georgia15,104.8 → 15,239.5+134.8
Latvia7,780.2 → 7,909.7+129.5

Fell most

Papua New Guinea111,513.3 → 108,149.2−3,364.1
Gabon102,042.4 → 98,702.7−3,339.7
Suriname184,273.5 → 182,129.9−2,143.5
Republic of the Congo53,968.4 → 51,854.4−2,114.0
Iceland535,578.1 → 533,753.6−1,824.5

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 2009.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 181 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2009). Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freshwater-per-capita/2009

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07Questions

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2009: questions and answers

Which country has the highest renewable freshwater per person in Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2009?

Iceland, at 533,753.6, of the 181 countries in the file.

What year does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2009 describe?

2009.

How many countries does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2009 cover?

181.

Where can I download Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2009?

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