Data for 2018

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2018

Name: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2018
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2018, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2018 covers 183 countries. Iceland is highest, at 481,967.3; Kuwait is lowest, at 0.0. The middle country reads 2,568.4. Against 2017, 182 values changed (30 up, 152 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita · Data for 2018

HighestIceland

481,967.3

LowestKuwait

0.0

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

183countries
1measure
2018the 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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	481,967.3
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	304,463.6
3	Suriname`SUR`South America	165,134.0
4	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	102,664.1
5	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	85,262.5
6	Canada`CAN`Northern America	76,876.1
7	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	74,130.4
8	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	71,913.8
9	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	66,726.5
10	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	63,037.6
11	Peru`PER`South America	51,445.9
12	Chile`CHL`South America	46,842.3
13	Colombia`COL`South America	43,753.7
14	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	40,487.9
15	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	40,447.1
16	Belize`BLZ`Central America	40,134.0
17	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	35,055.9
18	Panama`PAN`Central America	32,774.6
19	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	31,128.0
20	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	29,656.5
21	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	28,901.4
22	Brazil`BRA`South America	27,466.3
23	Uruguay`URY`South America	27,161.3
24	Venezuela`VEN`South America	27,006.5
25	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	26,711.4
26	Bolivia`BOL`South America	26,372.1
27	Ecuador`ECU`South America	25,947.9
28	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	24,407.5
29	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	22,792.3
30	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	21,179.3
31	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	19,709.0
32	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	19,414.8
33	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	19,399.8
34	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	19,184.2
35	Paraguay`PRY`South America	18,203.4
36	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	17,788.6
37	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	17,623.3
38	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	16,805.5
39	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	16,084.9
40	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	15,598.9
41	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	12,256.8
42	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	11,005.2
43	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	10,847.2
44	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	10,481.3
45	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	10,371.7
46	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	10,315.5
47	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	10,004.0
48	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	9,994.7
49	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	9,614.4
50	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	9,451.5
51	Honduras`HND`Central America	9,284.0
52	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	9,002.4
53	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	8,790.1
54	United States`USA`Northern America	8,577.6
55	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	8,323.9
56	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	7,593.0
57	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	7,478.0
58	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	7,410.4
59	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	7,058.5
60	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	6,818.3
61	Argentina`ARG`South America	6,539.0
62	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	6,482.4
63	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	6,438.3
64	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6,221.4
65	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	5,483.8
66	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5,404.0
67	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4,744.9
68	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	4,728.9
69	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	4,462.1
70	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	4,375.8
71	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	4,198.9
72	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	3,837.8
73	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	3,734.7
74	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,695.1
75	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3,602.2
76	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	3,456.4
77	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	3,398.9
78	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,395.4
79	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3,390.9
80	Mexico`MEX`Central America	3,283.2
81	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3,145.5
82	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	3,129.3
83	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,047.9
84	France`FRA`Western Europe	2,978.0
85	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2,935.1
86	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2,933.7
87	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2,858.6
88	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2,825.2
89	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2,797.8
90	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2,788.5
91	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	2,583.8
92	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	2,568.4
93	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,512.9
94	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,436.5
95	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,395.1
96	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	2,390.1
97	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2,377.0
98	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2,313.3
99	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,310.2
100	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2,258.5
101	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2,187.5
102	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2,179.5
103	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2,176.2
104	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,173.7
105	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,157.6
106	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2,005.3
107	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1,782.5
108	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1,728.7
109	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1,694.8
110	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1,644.9
111	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,621.2
112	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,555.2
113	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,541.9
114	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1,492.1
115	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,462.5
116	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,411.5
117	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1,290.6
118	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,283.2
119	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,257.1
120	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,250.2
121	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,237.1
122	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1,218.8
123	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1,204.0
124	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,186.5
125	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,082.9
126	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,078.4
127	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,051.9
128	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,050.1
129	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,043.9
130	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,035.6
131	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	989.0
132	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	953.1
133	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	938.3
134	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	928.4
135	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	877.0
136	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	874.2
137	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	871.3
138	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	871.1
139	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	848.3
140	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	831.8
141	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	816.4
142	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	815.5
143	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	809.2
144	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	802.1
145	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	764.3
146	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	760.7
147	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	642.1
148	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	638.4
149	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	618.1
150	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	613.8
151	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	611.6
152	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	598.4
153	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	584.3
154	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	571.9
155	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	510.6
156	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	504.7
157	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	412.3
158	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	388.3
159	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	364.3
160	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	356.6
161	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	304.5
162	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	285.0
163	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	279.9
164	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	264.6
165	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	242.4
166	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	211.1
167	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	177.7
168	Niger`NER`Western Africa	157.7
169	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	106.4
170	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	104.4
171	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	102.2
172	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	92.2
173	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	90.4
174	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	84.4
175	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	79.5
176	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	65.2
177	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	63.4
178	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	61.6
179	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	21.7
180	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	16.0
181	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	9.5
182	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.7
183	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.0

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland481,967.3
2Guyana304,463.6
3Suriname165,134.0
4Bhutan102,664.1
5Papua New Guinea85,262.5

Lowest

183Kuwait0.0
182Bahrain2.7
181Egypt9.5
180United Arab Emirates16.0
179Qatar21.7

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,568.4. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
182values changed, of 183 in both
30 · 152rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Venezuela26,337.0 → 27,006.5+669.5
Albania10,157.5 → 10,315.5+158.0
Bosnia and Herzegovina10,353.8 → 10,481.3+127.4
Croatia9,328.4 → 9,451.5+123.1
Puerto Rico2,081.6 → 2,157.6+76.0

Fell most

Iceland495,049.5 → 481,967.3−13,082.2
Guyana313,606.5 → 304,463.6−9,142.9
Solomon Islands65,191.5 → 63,037.6−2,154.0
Papua New Guinea87,267.1 → 85,262.5−2,004.6
Gabon76,035.1 → 74,130.4−1,904.7

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.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2018). Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freshwater-per-capita/2018

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07Questions

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2018: questions and answers

Which country has the highest renewable freshwater per person in Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2018?

Iceland, at 481,967.3, of the 183 countries in the file.

What year does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2018 describe?

2018.

How many countries does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2018 cover?

183.

Where can I download Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2018?

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