Data for 2011

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2011

Name: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2011
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2011, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2011 covers 181 countries. Iceland is highest, at 532,892.0; Kuwait is lowest, at 0.0. The middle country reads 2,787.2. Against 2010, 180 values changed (26 up, 154 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita · Data for 2011

HighestIceland

532,892.0

LowestKuwait

0.0

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

181countries
1measure
2011the 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, 2011, 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, 2011: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	532,892.0
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	322,990.1
3	Suriname`SUR`South America	177,971.4
4	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	109,955.6
5	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	101,916.9
6	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	92,032.2
7	Canada`CAN`Northern America	82,995.5
8	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	80,839.9
9	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	77,123.6
10	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	74,589.4
11	Peru`PER`South America	55,999.0
12	Chile`CHL`South America	51,003.3
13	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	48,159.1
14	Colombia`COL`South America	47,393.2
15	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	47,380.1
16	Belize`BLZ`Central America	46,624.2
17	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	41,072.1
18	Panama`PAN`Central America	36,983.8
19	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	31,270.9
20	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	30,887.0
21	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	30,150.0
22	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	29,626.9
23	Bolivia`BOL`South America	29,326.7
24	Brazil`BRA`South America	28,988.4
25	Ecuador`ECU`South America	28,865.6
26	Uruguay`URY`South America	27,714.1
27	Venezuela`VEN`South America	27,582.5
28	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	26,844.6
29	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	25,049.9
30	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	24,512.8
31	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	22,023.3
32	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	21,282.5
33	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	21,207.1
34	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	20,936.8
35	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	20,291.5
36	Paraguay`PRY`South America	20,121.7
37	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	19,888.9
38	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	19,857.9
39	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	18,096.7
40	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	15,474.8
41	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	14,766.3
42	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	13,493.3
43	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	12,703.0
44	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	12,489.6
45	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	11,742.6
46	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	10,698.5
47	Honduras`HND`Central America	10,615.2
48	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	9,949.8
49	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	9,574.8
50	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	9,487.4
51	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	9,259.3
52	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	9,094.7
53	United States`USA`Northern America	9,036.7
54	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	8,821.6
55	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	8,807.1
56	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	8,224.5
57	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	8,191.5
58	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	8,110.1
59	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	8,092.0
60	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	7,399.5
61	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	7,382.3
62	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	7,216.6
63	Argentina`ARG`South America	6,997.3
64	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6,554.1
65	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	6,111.1
66	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	5,554.9
67	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5,222.9
68	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5,105.9
69	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	5,105.5
70	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	4,875.4
71	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	4,241.2
72	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	4,062.7
73	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	4,057.4
74	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	3,920.7
75	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	3,770.7
76	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3,643.2
77	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,599.3
78	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3,593.5
79	Mexico`MEX`Central America	3,549.0
80	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,373.0
81	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3,363.8
82	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	3,343.5
83	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3,253.4
84	France`FRA`Western Europe	3,060.9
85	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	3,058.3
86	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,040.3
87	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2,896.3
88	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2,891.5
89	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	2,870.0
90	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,857.8
91	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2,787.2
92	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	2,669.5
93	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,596.8
94	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,566.4
95	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,513.2
96	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2,379.0
97	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2,362.8
98	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2,361.7
99	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2,334.0
100	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2,292.2
101	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,265.3
102	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,196.6
103	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2,103.5
104	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2,091.3
105	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,990.9
106	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1,929.2
107	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1,922.3
108	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1,883.1
109	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,824.9
110	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,796.3
111	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1,784.5
112	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,769.1
113	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1,746.2
114	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1,639.4
115	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,606.6
116	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,512.3
117	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,408.2
118	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1,332.9
119	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,311.9
120	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,309.7
121	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,298.6
122	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,289.5
123	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,252.8
124	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1,189.9
125	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,176.0
126	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,169.3
127	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1,161.7
128	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,161.1
129	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,157.4
130	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,146.5
131	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1,094.5
132	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,087.1
133	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,077.1
134	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,057.3
135	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,035.2
136	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,020.4
137	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	990.3
138	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	941.9
139	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	933.8
140	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	914.5
141	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	901.8
142	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	898.5
143	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	884.7
144	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	881.1
145	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	845.4
146	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	750.2
147	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	683.6
148	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	680.3
149	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	659.0
150	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	602.3
151	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	601.7
152	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	586.6
153	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	566.9
154	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	566.3
155	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	511.9
156	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	485.9
157	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	484.1
158	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	455.0
159	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	385.4
160	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	316.3
161	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	311.7
162	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	304.8
163	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	289.7
164	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	269.9
165	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	247.2
166	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	209.1
167	Niger`NER`Western Africa	203.8
168	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	121.3
169	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	115.7
170	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	114.2
171	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	110.4
172	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	96.6
173	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	95.6
174	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	91.2
175	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	80.3
176	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	76.1
177	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	34.5
178	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	21.1
179	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	11.0
180	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	3.3
181	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.0

02In 2011

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland532,892.0
2Guyana322,990.1
3Suriname177,971.4
4Bhutan109,955.6
5Papua New Guinea101,916.9

Lowest

181Kuwait0.0
180Bahrain3.3
179Egypt11.0
178United Arab Emirates21.1
177Qatar34.5

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,787.2. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
180values changed, of 181 in both
26 · 154rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Guyana321,652.4 → 322,990.1+1,337.6
Bosnia and Herzegovina9,314.0 → 9,487.4+173.4
Latvia8,076.1 → 8,224.5+148.4
Andorra3,910.5 → 4,057.4+147.0
Georgia15,351.1 → 15,474.8+123.6

Fell most

Gabon95,355.5 → 92,032.2−3,323.3
Solomon Islands83,870.0 → 80,839.9−3,030.1
Papua New Guinea104,931.9 → 101,916.9−3,015.0
Suriname180,025.2 → 177,971.4−2,053.8
Liberia49,274.6 → 47,380.1−1,894.4

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.

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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 2011.
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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) (2011). Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freshwater-per-capita/2011

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07Questions

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2011: questions and answers

Which country has the highest renewable freshwater per person in Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2011?

Iceland, at 532,892.0, of the 181 countries in the file.

What year does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2011 describe?

2011.

How many countries does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2011 cover?

181.

Where can I download Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2011?

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