Data for 2016

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2016

Name: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2016
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2016, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2016 covers 183 countries. Iceland is highest, at 506,798.6; Kuwait is lowest, at 0.0. The middle country reads 2,525.4. Against 2015, 182 values changed (26 up, 156 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita · Data for 2016

HighestIceland

506,798.6

LowestKuwait

0.0

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

183countries
1measure
2016the 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	506,798.6
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	315,631.8
3	Suriname`SUR`South America	168,437.0
4	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	104,296.8
5	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	89,380.2
6	Canada`CAN`Northern America	78,923.8
7	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	78,083.9
8	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	72,977.1
9	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	69,366.4
10	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	67,484.0
11	Peru`PER`South America	53,164.4
12	Chile`CHL`South America	48,447.4
13	Colombia`COL`South America	45,217.4
14	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	42,508.1
15	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	42,055.6
16	Belize`BLZ`Central America	41,842.0
17	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	36,753.0
18	Panama`PAN`Central America	33,903.5
19	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	31,060.8
20	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	29,913.0
21	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	29,734.8
22	Brazil`BRA`South America	27,856.8
23	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	27,559.0
24	Uruguay`URY`South America	27,283.9
25	Bolivia`BOL`South America	27,146.6
26	Ecuador`ECU`South America	26,803.8
27	Venezuela`VEN`South America	26,165.5
28	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	25,063.1
29	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	23,217.6
30	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	22,205.8
31	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	20,338.2
32	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	19,880.1
33	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	19,473.5
34	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	19,471.2
35	Paraguay`PRY`South America	18,722.6
36	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	18,719.4
37	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	18,244.9
38	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	17,239.3
39	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	17,232.5
40	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	15,594.9
41	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	12,911.9
42	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	11,639.7
43	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	11,266.3
44	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	10,719.8
45	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	10,702.6
46	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	10,288.2
47	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	10,221.7
48	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	10,002.0
49	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	9,659.6
50	Honduras`HND`Central America	9,632.0
51	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	9,179.7
52	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	9,041.0
53	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	8,734.1
54	United States`USA`Northern America	8,688.1
55	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	8,644.9
56	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	7,923.5
57	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	7,628.5
58	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	7,607.5
59	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	7,158.0
60	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	7,089.8
61	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	6,712.3
62	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	6,688.0
63	Argentina`ARG`South America	6,651.4
64	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6,295.3
65	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5,382.3
66	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	5,373.0
67	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	5,071.4
68	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4,824.8
69	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	4,741.5
70	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	4,487.7
71	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	4,372.3
72	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	3,851.7
73	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	3,823.6
74	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,680.2
75	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	3,669.0
76	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3,590.5
77	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	3,504.2
78	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3,383.8
79	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,383.7
80	Mexico`MEX`Central America	3,345.6
81	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3,168.4
82	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3,126.4
83	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	3,046.1
84	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,035.8
85	France`FRA`Western Europe	2,997.4
86	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2,956.6
87	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2,873.3
88	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2,863.3
89	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2,836.3
90	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2,832.7
91	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	2,607.2
92	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	2,525.4
93	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,520.6
94	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,489.5
95	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,454.9
96	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	2,400.7
97	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2,393.6
98	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2,320.1
99	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2,296.6
100	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,292.2
101	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2,227.2
102	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2,210.2
103	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,176.9
104	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2,151.0
105	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,040.0
106	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2,026.9
107	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1,803.9
108	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1,737.2
109	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1,718.2
110	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,716.1
111	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1,708.0
112	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,617.8
113	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,597.0
114	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,560.6
115	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1,533.2
116	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,411.6
117	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,358.8
118	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,313.6
119	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1,299.4
120	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,266.2
121	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,244.5
122	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,218.9
123	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1,207.9
124	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1,191.1
125	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,143.2
126	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,130.8
127	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,075.9
128	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,073.9
129	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,059.0
130	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,047.5
131	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,032.1
132	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,005.2
133	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	992.4
134	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	940.3
135	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	919.3
136	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	915.0
137	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	896.9
138	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	896.1
139	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	895.1
140	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	880.5
141	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	839.7
142	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	831.6
143	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	828.0
144	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	797.0
145	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	782.4
146	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	759.1
147	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	652.9
148	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	646.5
149	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	645.9
150	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	630.5
151	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	614.8
152	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	585.3
153	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	578.0
154	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	577.9
155	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	522.3
156	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	509.8
157	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	430.0
158	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	418.2
159	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	371.6
160	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	363.9
161	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	318.8
162	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	289.1
163	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	286.1
164	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	275.3
165	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	249.8
166	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	220.9
167	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	185.9
168	Niger`NER`Western Africa	169.2
169	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	111.1
170	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	107.0
171	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	105.5
172	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	97.9
173	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	96.9
174	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	87.8
175	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	77.5
176	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	68.2
177	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	67.7
178	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	65.4
179	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	22.6
180	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	16.8
181	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	9.8
182	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.8
183	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.0

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland506,798.6
2Guyana315,631.8
3Suriname168,437.0
4Bhutan104,296.8
5Papua New Guinea89,380.2

Lowest

183Kuwait0.0
182Bahrain2.8
181Egypt9.8
180United Arab Emirates16.8
179Qatar22.6

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,525.4. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 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

Albania9,848.8 → 10,002.0+153.2
Bosnia and Herzegovina10,089.4 → 10,221.7+132.3
Croatia9,080.6 → 9,179.7+99.2
Latvia8,566.3 → 8,644.9+78.6
Lithuania5,310.7 → 5,373.0+62.4

Fell most

Iceland513,882.4 → 506,798.6−7,083.8
Solomon Islands69,907.6 → 67,484.0−2,423.6
Gabon80,353.2 → 78,083.9−2,269.3
Papua New Guinea91,613.6 → 89,380.2−2,233.4
Guyana317,614.7 → 315,631.8−1,982.9

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) (2016). Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freshwater-per-capita/2016

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07Questions

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2016: questions and answers

Which country has the highest renewable freshwater per person in Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2016?

Iceland, at 506,798.6, of the 183 countries in the file.

What year does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2016 describe?

2016.

How many countries does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2016 cover?

183.

Where can I download Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2016?

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