Data for 2012

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2012

Name: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2012
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2012, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2012 covers 183 countries. Iceland is highest, at 530,064.0; Kuwait is lowest, at 0.0. The middle country reads 2,657.5. Against 2011, 180 values changed (25 up, 155 down), 2 countries joined.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita · Data for 2012

HighestIceland

530,064.0

LowestKuwait

0.0

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

183countries
1measure
2012the year it describes
183distinct values13 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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	530,064.0
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	322,931.6
3	Suriname`SUR`South America	175,958.4
4	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	108,744.3
5	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	99,116.6
6	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	88,798.0
7	Canada`CAN`Northern America	82,100.9
8	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	77,928.1
9	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	76,117.3
10	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	74,181.6
11	Peru`PER`South America	55,532.3
12	Chile`CHL`South America	50,516.2
13	Colombia`COL`South America	46,920.3
14	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	46,831.0
15	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	45,734.7
16	Belize`BLZ`Central America	45,632.1
17	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	40,179.5
18	Panama`PAN`Central America	36,337.0
19	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	31,205.0
20	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	30,580.1
21	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	30,074.3
22	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	29,207.0
23	Bolivia`BOL`South America	28,861.3
24	Brazil`BRA`South America	28,754.1
25	Ecuador`ECU`South America	28,409.6
26	Uruguay`URY`South America	27,642.9
27	Venezuela`VEN`South America	27,238.4
28	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	26,470.5
29	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	24,423.5
30	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	24,228.5
31	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	21,642.1
32	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	20,958.8
33	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	20,693.0
34	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	20,121.4
35	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	20,100.8
36	Paraguay`PRY`South America	19,840.6
37	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	19,763.7
38	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	19,553.1
39	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	17,963.4
40	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	15,589.2
41	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	14,363.4
42	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	13,119.0
43	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	12,285.9
44	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	12,254.8
45	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	11,507.7
46	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	10,653.3
47	Honduras`HND`Central America	10,402.7
48	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	9,688.6
49	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	9,672.7
50	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	9,609.2
51	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	9,403.3
52	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	9,075.6
53	United States`USA`Northern America	8,964.8
54	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	8,849.0
55	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	8,657.0
56	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	8,327.1
57	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	8,069.5
58	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	7,988.6
59	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	7,918.6
60	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	7,238.6
61	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	7,236.7
62	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	7,198.1
63	Argentina`ARG`South America	6,925.7
64	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6,524.3
65	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	5,878.3
66	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	5,377.6
67	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5,251.2
68	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	5,172.1
69	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5,052.0
70	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	4,781.6
71	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	4,121.2
72	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	4,107.6
73	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	4,015.4
74	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	3,903.8
75	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	3,718.3
76	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,613.9
77	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3,599.1
78	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3,538.4
79	Mexico`MEX`Central America	3,501.2
80	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,372.5
81	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3,369.1
82	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	3,274.4
83	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3,233.3
84	France`FRA`Western Europe	3,046.1
85	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,032.0
86	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	3,019.6
87	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2,893.6
88	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2,876.0
89	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,874.4
90	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	2,806.8
91	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2,798.2
92	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	2,657.5
93	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,570.8
94	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,556.4
95	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,494.2
96	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	2,417.2
97	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2,377.4
98	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2,349.0
99	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2,333.6
100	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2,330.1
101	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2,275.9
102	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,268.1
103	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,190.5
104	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2,112.9
105	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2,077.2
106	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1,939.3
107	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,938.3
108	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1,883.4
109	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1,864.3
110	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1,773.4
111	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,773.1
112	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,760.5
113	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1,738.3
114	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,728.4
115	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1,619.0
116	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,542.9
117	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,468.4
118	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,408.2
119	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1,330.4
120	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,291.8
121	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,291.7
122	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,273.5
123	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,254.3
124	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,251.1
125	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1,192.4
126	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1,167.4
127	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,138.2
128	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,135.8
129	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,135.4
130	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,133.4
131	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,130.9
132	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,080.4
133	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,073.0
134	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1,045.9
135	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,027.4
136	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	998.9
137	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	990.6
138	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	974.0
139	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	922.0
140	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	919.7
141	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	916.8
142	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	887.3
143	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	877.2
144	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	873.0
145	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	869.4
146	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	833.0
147	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	727.9
148	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	677.1
149	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	669.3
150	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	656.5
151	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	604.8
152	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	595.9
153	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	586.0
154	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	566.4
155	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	558.4
156	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	510.3
157	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	481.5
158	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	471.7
159	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	394.7
160	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	381.0
161	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	313.4
162	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	310.3
163	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	298.8
164	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	288.9
165	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	264.8
166	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	241.9
167	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	204.0
168	Niger`NER`Western Africa	196.2
169	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	120.2
170	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	113.3
171	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	112.9
172	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	110.5
173	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	108.3
174	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	94.8
175	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	91.7
176	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	89.9
177	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	77.6
178	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	73.9
179	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	32.5
180	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	20.3
181	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	10.7
182	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	3.3
183	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.0

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland530,064.0
2Guyana322,931.6
3Suriname175,958.4
4Bhutan108,744.3
5Papua New Guinea99,116.6

Lowest

183Kuwait0.0
182Bahrain3.3
181Egypt10.7
180United Arab Emirates20.3
179Qatar32.5

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,657.5. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
180values changed, of 181 in both
25 · 155rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Bosnia and Herzegovina9,487.4 → 9,672.7+185.3
Albania9,259.3 → 9,403.3+144.0
Georgia15,474.8 → 15,589.2+114.4
Latvia8,224.5 → 8,327.1+102.6
Lithuania5,105.5 → 5,172.1+66.6

Fell most

Gabon92,032.2 → 88,798.0−3,234.2
Solomon Islands80,839.9 → 77,928.1−2,911.8
Iceland532,892.0 → 530,064.0−2,828.0
Papua New Guinea101,916.9 → 99,116.6−2,800.3
Suriname177,971.4 → 175,958.4−2,013.1

+ Sudan

+ South Sudan

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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05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2012). Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freshwater-per-capita/2012

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07Questions

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2012: questions and answers

Which country has the highest renewable freshwater per person in Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2012?

Iceland, at 530,064.0, of the 183 countries in the file.

What year does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2012 describe?

2012.

How many countries does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2012 cover?

183.

Where can I download Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2012?

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