Data for 2019

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2019

Name: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2019
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2019, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2019 covers 183 countries. Iceland is highest, at 471,485; Kuwait is lowest, at 0. The middle country reads 2,512. Against 2018, 182 values changed (29 up, 153 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita · Data for 2019

HighestIceland

471,485

LowestKuwait

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

183countries
1measure
2019the 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	471,485
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	298,391
3	Suriname`SUR`South America	163,429
4	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	101,984
5	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	83,359
6	Canada`CAN`Northern America	75,761
7	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	72,320
8	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	71,430
9	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	65,791
10	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	61,389
11	Peru`PER`South America	50,571
12	Chile`CHL`South America	46,099
13	Colombia`COL`South America	42,979
14	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	39,653
15	Belize`BLZ`Central America	39,551
16	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	39,525
17	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	34,248
18	Panama`PAN`Central America	32,257
19	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	31,206
20	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	29,645
21	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	28,515
22	Venezuela`VEN`South America	27,818
23	Brazil`BRA`South America	27,288
24	Uruguay`URY`South America	27,140
25	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	26,307
26	Bolivia`BOL`South America	26,004
27	Ecuador`ECU`South America	25,513
28	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	24,093
29	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	22,602
30	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	20,693
31	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	19,420
32	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	19,378
33	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	19,201
34	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	19,050
35	Paraguay`PRY`South America	17,958
36	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	17,344
37	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	17,339
38	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	16,636
39	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	15,626
40	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	15,567
41	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	11,942
42	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	10,703
43	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	10,650
44	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	10,611
45	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	10,476
46	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	10,216
47	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	9,846
48	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	9,683
49	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	9,579
50	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	9,546
51	Honduras`HND`Central America	9,117
52	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	8,940
53	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	8,851
54	United States`USA`Northern America	8,534
55	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	8,131
56	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	7,425
57	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	7,408
58	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	7,317
59	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	6,975
60	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	6,659
61	Argentina`ARG`South America	6,493
62	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	6,385
63	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	6,315
64	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6,194
65	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	5,500
66	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5,410
67	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4,711
68	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	4,571
69	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	4,332
70	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	4,323
71	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	4,127
72	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	3,833
73	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	3,699
74	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,694
75	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3,609
76	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,403
77	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3,396
78	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	3,356
79	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	3,350
80	Mexico`MEX`Central America	3,252
81	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	3,174
82	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3,139
83	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,055
84	France`FRA`Western Europe	2,968
85	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2,946
86	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2,878
87	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2,848
88	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2,815
89	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2,749
90	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2,725
91	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	2,573
92	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,512
93	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	2,494
94	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,422
95	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,367
96	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2,360
97	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	2,324
98	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,315
99	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2,310
100	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2,238
101	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2,188
102	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2,176
103	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,173
104	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2,157
105	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,150
106	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,998
107	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1,774
108	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1,724
109	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1,689
110	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1,613
111	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,578
112	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,526
113	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,509
114	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1,476
115	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,420
116	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,412
117	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1,288
118	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,253
119	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,246
120	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,232
121	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1,226
122	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,221
123	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1,210
124	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,171
125	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,055
126	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,054
127	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,044
128	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,041
129	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,032
130	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,029
131	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	969
132	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	960
133	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	907
134	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	899
135	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	864
136	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	863
137	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	855
138	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	848
139	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	828
140	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	821
141	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	810
142	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	809
143	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	803
144	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	801
145	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	752
146	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	744
147	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	637
148	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	634
149	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	619
150	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	608
151	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	606
152	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	596
153	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	584
154	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	569
155	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	511
156	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	496
157	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	404
158	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	374
159	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	353
160	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	350
161	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	305
162	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	284
163	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	276
164	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	260
165	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	238
166	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	206
167	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	173
168	Niger`NER`Western Africa	153
169	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	105
170	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	101
171	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	100
172	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	90
173	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	88
174	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	83
175	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	80
176	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	64
177	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	62
178	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	60
179	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	21
180	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	16
181	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	9
182	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	3
183	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland471,485
2Guyana298,391
3Suriname163,429
4Bhutan101,984
5Papua New Guinea83,359

Lowest

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,512. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
182values changed, of 183 in both
29 · 153rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Venezuela27,007 → 27,818+811
Albania10,315 → 10,476+160
Bosnia and Herzegovina10,481 → 10,611+130
Croatia9,452 → 9,546+94
Fiji31,128 → 31,206+78

Fell most

Iceland481,967 → 471,485−10,482
Guyana304,464 → 298,391−6,073
Papua New Guinea85,263 → 83,359−1,903
Gabon74,130 → 72,320−1,811
Suriname165,134 → 163,429−1,705

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.

How values are stored

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 2019.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 183 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2019). Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freshwater-per-capita/2019

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07Questions

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2019: questions and answers

Which country has the highest renewable freshwater per person in Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2019?

Iceland, at 471,485, of the 183 countries in the file.

What year does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2019 describe?

2019.

How many countries does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2019 cover?

183.

Where can I download Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2019?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2019 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2022.

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