Data for 2020

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2020

Name: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2020
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2020, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2020 covers 183 countries. Iceland is highest, at 463,894.0; Kuwait is lowest, at 0.0. The middle country reads 2,506.9. Against 2019, 182 values changed (31 up, 151 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita · Data for 2020

HighestIceland

463,894.0

LowestKuwait

0.0

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

183countries
1measure
2020the 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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	463,894.0
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	298,459.0
3	Suriname`SUR`South America	161,681.0
4	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	101,297.9
5	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	81,603.6
6	Canada`CAN`Northern America	74,943.5
7	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	71,010.6
8	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	70,612.4
9	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	64,466.5
10	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	60,040.5
11	Peru`PER`South America	49,971.7
12	Chile`CHL`South America	45,687.7
13	Colombia`COL`South America	42,366.2
14	Belize`BLZ`Central America	39,046.9
15	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	38,839.0
16	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	38,590.0
17	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	33,460.7
18	Panama`PAN`Central America	31,817.3
19	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	31,203.4
20	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	29,687.7
21	Venezuela`VEN`South America	28,301.1
22	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	28,050.6
23	Brazil`BRA`South America	27,130.2
24	Uruguay`URY`South America	27,125.9
25	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	25,917.0
26	Bolivia`BOL`South America	25,684.9
27	Ecuador`ECU`South America	25,213.6
28	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	23,793.4
29	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	22,445.9
30	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	20,221.0
31	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	19,350.6
32	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	19,181.8
33	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	18,998.5
34	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	18,914.9
35	Paraguay`PRY`South America	17,717.2
36	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	17,114.4
37	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	16,902.0
38	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	16,516.2
39	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	15,614.9
40	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	15,147.4
41	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	11,639.3
42	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	10,759.7
43	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	10,638.8
44	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	10,459.2
45	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	10,415.7
46	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	10,026.0
47	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	9,722.7
48	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	9,631.6
49	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	9,559.8
50	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	9,376.0
51	Honduras`HND`Central America	8,958.8
52	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	8,913.7
53	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	8,880.2
54	United States`USA`Northern America	8,498.8
55	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	7,947.3
56	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	7,345.7
57	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	7,274.1
58	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	7,210.6
59	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	6,842.4
60	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	6,509.2
61	Argentina`ARG`South America	6,461.3
62	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	6,291.3
63	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	6,195.1
64	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6,168.1
65	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	5,501.1
66	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5,421.3
67	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4,676.9
68	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	4,424.4
69	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	4,273.7
70	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	4,207.9
71	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	4,078.6
72	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	3,823.4
73	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,690.4
74	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	3,664.6
75	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3,624.8
76	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,410.8
77	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3,405.6
78	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	3,303.0
79	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	3,258.2
80	Mexico`MEX`Central America	3,225.6
81	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	3,205.8
82	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3,133.8
83	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,070.4
84	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2,959.8
85	France`FRA`Western Europe	2,958.5
86	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2,909.3
87	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2,809.6
88	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2,763.2
89	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2,722.3
90	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2,657.4
91	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	2,563.5
92	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,506.9
93	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	2,430.3
94	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,408.9
95	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2,348.0
96	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,339.3
97	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,316.1
98	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2,308.2
99	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	2,257.4
100	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2,213.4
101	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2,199.8
102	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,173.0
103	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2,172.6
104	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,163.6
105	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2,134.8
106	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,993.4
107	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1,768.3
108	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1,719.1
109	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1,683.0
110	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1,586.2
111	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,536.7
112	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,496.0
113	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,476.6
114	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1,464.8
115	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,428.7
116	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,377.7
117	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1,286.7
118	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,251.1
119	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1,233.2
120	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,229.2
121	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1,218.6
122	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,206.8
123	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,192.5
124	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,156.8
125	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,040.0
126	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,032.7
127	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,030.9
128	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,028.9
129	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,025.9
130	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,014.4
131	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	965.9
132	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	950.2
133	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	877.2
134	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	870.8
135	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	858.9
136	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	850.7
137	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	841.8
138	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	835.8
139	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	826.3
140	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	804.0
141	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	797.3
142	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	792.7
143	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	789.6
144	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	788.1
145	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	739.7
146	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	727.1
147	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	631.4
148	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	630.7
149	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	620.4
150	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	614.8
151	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	599.0
152	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	582.9
153	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	582.0
154	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	566.2
155	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	512.1
156	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	486.5
157	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	396.4
158	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	360.3
159	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	350.3
160	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	338.8
161	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	309.6
162	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	284.0
163	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	271.4
164	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	255.4
165	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	234.0
166	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	202.2
167	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	169.1
168	Niger`NER`Western Africa	147.6
169	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	105.5
170	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	99.4
171	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	98.0
172	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	87.0
173	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	85.5
174	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	81.4
175	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	76.1
176	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	62.8
177	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	59.7
178	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	58.1
179	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	20.0
180	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	16.0
181	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	9.1
182	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.7
183	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.0

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland463,894.0
2Guyana298,459.0
3Suriname161,681.0
4Bhutan101,297.9
5Papua New Guinea81,603.6

Lowest

183Kuwait0.0
182Bahrain2.7
181Egypt9.1
180United Arab Emirates16.0
179Qatar20.0

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,506.9. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
182values changed, of 183 in both
31 · 151rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Venezuela27,818.0 → 28,301.1+483.1
Albania10,475.9 → 10,638.8+162.9
Bosnia and Herzegovina10,611.2 → 10,759.7+148.5
Croatia9,545.8 → 9,631.6+85.8
Guyana298,391.0 → 298,459.0+68.0

Fell most

Iceland471,484.9 → 463,894.0−7,590.8
Papua New Guinea83,359.3 → 81,603.6−1,755.7
Suriname163,428.9 → 161,681.0−1,747.9
Gabon72,319.8 → 70,612.4−1,707.4
Solomon Islands61,388.7 → 60,040.5−1,348.2

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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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2020). Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freshwater-per-capita/2020

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07Questions

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2020: questions and answers

Which country has the highest renewable freshwater per person in Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2020?

Iceland, at 463,894.0, of the 183 countries in the file.

What year does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2020 describe?

2020.

How many countries does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2020 cover?

183.

Where can I download Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2020?

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