Data for 2010

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2010

Name: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2010
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2010, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2010 covers 181 countries. Iceland is highest, at 534,522.3; Kuwait is lowest, at 0.0. The middle country reads 2,774.5. Against 2009, 180 values changed (27 up, 153 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita · Data for 2010

HighestIceland

534,522.3

LowestKuwait

0.0

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

181countries
1measure
2010the 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, 2010, 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, 2010: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	534,522.3
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	321,652.4
3	Suriname`SUR`South America	180,025.2
4	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	111,169.4
5	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	104,931.9
6	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	95,355.5
7	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	83,870.0
8	Canada`CAN`Northern America	83,809.0
9	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	78,130.6
10	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	75,160.3
11	Peru`PER`South America	56,418.9
12	Chile`CHL`South America	51,509.0
13	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	49,750.2
14	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	49,274.6
15	Colombia`COL`South America	47,903.7
16	Belize`BLZ`Central America	47,651.0
17	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	41,973.1
18	Panama`PAN`Central America	37,646.0
19	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	31,382.2
20	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	31,359.2
21	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	30,185.6
22	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	30,059.1
23	Bolivia`BOL`South America	29,806.5
24	Ecuador`ECU`South America	29,343.3
25	Brazil`BRA`South America	29,225.3
26	Venezuela`VEN`South America	27,938.7
27	Uruguay`URY`South America	27,783.0
28	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	27,226.4
29	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	25,712.3
30	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	24,802.7
31	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	22,331.4
32	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	21,865.6
33	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	21,739.0
34	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	21,665.3
35	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	20,455.1
36	Paraguay`PRY`South America	20,390.5
37	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	20,240.2
38	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	19,950.2
39	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	18,233.9
40	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	15,351.1
41	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	15,191.6
42	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	13,880.4
43	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	13,126.6
44	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	12,707.1
45	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	11,991.1
46	Honduras`HND`Central America	10,836.9
47	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	10,745.2
48	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	10,214.9
49	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	9,545.8
50	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	9,314.0
51	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	9,234.4
52	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	9,113.6
53	United States`USA`Northern America	9,108.6
54	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	8,950.0
55	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	8,776.8
56	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	8,316.8
57	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	8,293.1
58	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	8,195.9
59	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	8,076.1
60	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	7,573.7
61	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	7,531.0
62	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	7,248.9
63	Argentina`ARG`South America	7,072.2
64	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6,576.3
65	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	6,353.3
66	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	5,742.7
67	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5,215.2
68	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5,163.0
69	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	4,991.5
70	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	4,972.1
71	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	4,361.0
72	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	4,109.8
73	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	3,937.7
74	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	3,910.5
75	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	3,822.0
76	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3,762.9
77	Mexico`MEX`Central America	3,599.6
78	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,594.0
79	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3,585.0
80	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	3,416.9
81	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,374.2
82	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3,357.5
83	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3,273.7
84	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	3,103.5
85	France`FRA`Western Europe	3,075.7
86	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,050.8
87	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	2,919.7
88	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2,914.1
89	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2,904.5
90	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,839.5
91	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2,774.5
92	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	2,681.4
93	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,619.9
94	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,575.7
95	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,528.8
96	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2,393.0
97	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2,387.4
98	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2,374.8
99	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2,337.0
100	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2,310.2
101	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,252.7
102	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,200.1
103	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2,102.8
104	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2,093.2
105	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,041.9
106	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1,972.6
107	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1,906.3
108	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1,904.9
109	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,876.7
110	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,832.5
111	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,818.0
112	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1,792.3
113	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1,755.4
114	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,667.0
115	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1,659.8
116	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,557.1
117	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,408.9
118	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,347.5
119	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,326.8
120	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,326.2
121	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,308.7
122	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1,308.4
123	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,255.4
124	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,218.3
125	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,204.0
126	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,189.4
127	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1,186.1
128	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,180.5
129	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,162.9
130	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1,153.0
131	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1,133.8
132	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,101.4
133	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,088.6
134	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,081.5
135	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,072.9
136	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,051.3
137	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	995.7
138	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	952.1
139	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	950.7
140	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	920.8
141	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	917.9
142	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	909.4
143	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	896.3
144	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	893.2
145	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	855.9
146	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	772.7
147	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	691.6
148	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	689.9
149	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	662.0
150	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	609.5
151	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	600.0
152	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	588.5
153	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	575.6
154	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	566.0
155	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	512.3
156	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	507.7
157	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	497.6
158	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	489.3
159	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	389.7
160	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	322.5
161	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	317.2
162	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	310.8
163	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	290.7
164	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	276.1
165	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	252.5
166	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	214.5
167	Niger`NER`Western Africa	211.5
168	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	121.8
169	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	118.2
170	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	118.0
171	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	107.7
172	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	100.1
173	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	98.4
174	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	93.5
175	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	83.2
176	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	78.5
177	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	34.6
178	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	21.8
179	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	11.2
180	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	3.3
181	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.0

02In 2010

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland534,522.3
2Guyana321,652.4
3Suriname180,025.2
4Bhutan111,169.4
5Papua New Guinea104,931.9

Lowest

181Kuwait0.0
180Bahrain3.3
179Egypt11.2
178United Arab Emirates21.8
177Qatar34.6

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,774.5. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
180values changed, of 181 in both
27 · 153rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Guyana320,438.7 → 321,652.4+1,213.7
Iceland533,753.6 → 534,522.3+768.6
Central African Republic31,132.4 → 31,382.2+249.8
Latvia7,909.7 → 8,076.1+166.4
Bosnia and Herzegovina9,150.0 → 9,314.0+164.0

Fell most

Gabon98,702.7 → 95,355.5−3,347.1
Papua New Guinea108,149.2 → 104,931.9−3,217.3
Solomon Islands86,270.0 → 83,870.0−2,400.0
Suriname182,129.9 → 180,025.2−2,104.7
Republic of the Congo51,854.4 → 49,750.2−2,104.1

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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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) (2010). Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freshwater-per-capita/2010

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07Questions

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2010: questions and answers

Which country has the highest renewable freshwater per person in Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2010?

Iceland, at 534,522.3, of the 181 countries in the file.

What year does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2010 describe?

2010.

How many countries does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2010 cover?

181.

Where can I download Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2010?

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