Data for 2015

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2015

Name: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2015
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2015, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2015 covers 183 countries. Iceland is highest, at 513,882.4; Kuwait is lowest, at 0.0. The middle country reads 2,594.4. Against 2014, 182 values changed (26 up, 156 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita · Data for 2015

HighestIceland

513,882.4

LowestKuwait

0.0

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

183countries
1measure
2015the year it describes
183distinct 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, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	513,882.4
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	317,614.7
3	Suriname`SUR`South America	170,212.2
4	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	105,317.5
5	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	91,613.6
6	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	80,353.2
7	Canada`CAN`Northern America	79,821.9
8	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	73,622.8
9	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	70,942.0
10	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	69,907.6
11	Peru`PER`South America	53,878.2
12	Chile`CHL`South America	49,036.9
13	Colombia`COL`South America	45,667.5
14	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	43,550.1
15	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	42,923.7
16	Belize`BLZ`Central America	42,825.1
17	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	37,579.7
18	Panama`PAN`Central America	34,494.6
19	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	31,080.6
20	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	30,458.0
21	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	29,811.8
22	Brazil`BRA`South America	28,069.8
23	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	27,993.2
24	Bolivia`BOL`South America	27,554.1
25	Uruguay`URY`South America	27,375.2
26	Ecuador`ECU`South America	27,197.5
27	Venezuela`VEN`South America	26,329.6
28	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	25,402.4
29	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	23,453.5
30	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	22,734.8
31	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	20,658.4
32	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	20,132.1
33	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	19,628.5
34	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	19,527.2
35	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	19,206.1
36	Paraguay`PRY`South America	18,996.3
37	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	18,570.2
38	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	17,882.7
39	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	17,450.4
40	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	15,604.2
41	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	13,253.8
42	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	11,992.9
43	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	11,497.0
44	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	11,106.2
45	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	10,884.2
46	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	10,421.2
47	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	10,089.4
48	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	9,848.8
49	Honduras`HND`Central America	9,814.6
50	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	9,662.4
51	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	9,080.6
52	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	9,047.6
53	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	8,956.3
54	United States`USA`Northern America	8,756.6
55	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	8,566.3
56	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	8,100.9
57	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	7,719.3
58	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	7,710.9
59	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	7,341.6
60	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	7,123.4
61	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	6,837.1
62	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	6,816.7
63	Argentina`ARG`South America	6,716.2
64	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6,363.8
65	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5,360.0
66	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	5,310.7
67	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	5,256.1
68	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	4,890.5
69	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4,877.8
70	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	4,548.3
71	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	4,372.8
72	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	3,872.1
73	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	3,861.9
74	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	3,778.1
75	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,668.6
76	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3,593.7
77	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	3,558.4
78	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3,382.1
79	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,380.9
80	Mexico`MEX`Central America	3,378.1
81	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3,227.0
82	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3,182.7
83	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	3,043.6
84	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,030.1
85	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	3,006.8
86	France`FRA`Western Europe	3,005.3
87	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2,902.1
88	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2,845.1
89	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2,840.5
90	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2,823.6
91	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	2,619.7
92	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	2,594.4
93	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,527.6
94	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,517.9
95	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,485.0
96	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2,395.4
97	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	2,340.7
98	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2,323.1
99	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2,310.1
100	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,282.8
101	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2,252.1
102	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2,227.8
103	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,178.4
104	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2,138.7
105	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2,038.5
106	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,008.4
107	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1,816.5
108	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,767.9
109	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1,755.6
110	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1,744.0
111	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1,715.2
112	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,651.3
113	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,626.2
114	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,614.7
115	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1,555.3
116	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,411.0
117	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,393.7
118	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,348.6
119	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1,309.9
120	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,271.2
121	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,246.9
122	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,236.0
123	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1,203.5
124	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1,184.9
125	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,174.6
126	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,159.1
127	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,089.3
128	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,088.8
129	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,064.4
130	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,055.9
131	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,055.7
132	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,039.1
133	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,024.1
134	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	944.7
135	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	937.2
136	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	934.9
137	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	912.9
138	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	910.6
139	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	906.6
140	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	901.6
141	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	851.4
142	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	841.0
143	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	838.0
144	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	816.1
145	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	789.8
146	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	741.6
147	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	665.7
148	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	658.8
149	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	649.4
150	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	639.6
151	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	612.4
152	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	585.5
153	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	581.6
154	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	571.2
155	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	531.4
156	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	509.7
157	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	439.6
158	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	434.6
159	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	367.9
160	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	367.2
161	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	334.5
162	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	294.0
163	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	286.7
164	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	281.0
165	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	253.1
166	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	226.0
167	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	190.2
168	Niger`NER`Western Africa	175.5
169	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	113.7
170	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	108.4
171	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	107.2
172	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	100.9
173	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	99.9
174	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	89.5
175	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	80.5
176	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	71.5
177	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	70.1
178	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	67.4
179	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	23.9
180	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	17.6
181	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	10.0
182	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.9
183	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.0

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland513,882.4
2Guyana317,614.7
3Suriname170,212.2
4Bhutan105,317.5
5Papua New Guinea91,613.6

Lowest

183Kuwait0.0
182Bahrain2.9
181Egypt10.0
180United Arab Emirates17.6
179Qatar23.9

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,594.4. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
182values changed, of 183 in both
26 · 156rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Albania9,698.0 → 9,848.8+150.8
Bosnia and Herzegovina9,958.4 → 10,089.4+131.0
Croatia8,972.8 → 9,080.6+107.8
Andorra4,280.1 → 4,372.8+92.7
Latvia8,496.4 → 8,566.3+69.8

Fell most

Iceland519,264.7 → 513,882.4−5,382.3
Solomon Islands72,458.1 → 69,907.6−2,550.5
Gabon82,895.3 → 80,353.2−2,542.1
Papua New Guinea93,976.1 → 91,613.6−2,362.6
Guyana319,531.6 → 317,614.7−1,916.9

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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Every one of the 183 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2015). Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freshwater-per-capita/2015

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07Questions

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2015: questions and answers

Which country has the highest renewable freshwater per person in Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2015?

Iceland, at 513,882.4, of the 183 countries in the file.

What year does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2015 describe?

2015.

How many countries does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2015 cover?

183.

Where can I download Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2015?

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