Data for 2021

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2021

Name: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2021
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2021, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2021 covers 183 countries. Iceland is highest, at 456,351.3; Kuwait is lowest, at 0.0. The middle country reads 2,498.5. Against 2020, 182 values changed (33 up, 149 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita · Data for 2021

HighestIceland

456,351.3

LowestKuwait

0.0

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

183countries
1measure
2021the 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, 2021, 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, 2021: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	456,351.3
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	295,530.7
3	Suriname`SUR`South America	160,221.1
4	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	100,587.8
5	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	79,996.8
6	Canada`CAN`Northern America	74,529.6
7	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	70,631.9
8	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	69,002.6
9	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	64,311.8
10	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	58,616.0
11	Peru`PER`South America	49,493.5
12	Chile`CHL`South America	45,486.5
13	Colombia`COL`South America	41,904.2
14	Belize`BLZ`Central America	38,599.1
15	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	38,027.7
16	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	37,677.0
17	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	32,693.8
18	Panama`PAN`Central America	31,435.5
19	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	31,143.9
20	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	29,790.0
21	Venezuela`VEN`South America	28,507.9
22	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	27,581.6
23	Uruguay`URY`South America	27,144.0
24	Brazil`BRA`South America	27,015.0
25	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	25,546.1
26	Bolivia`BOL`South America	25,424.4
27	Ecuador`ECU`South America	25,019.2
28	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	23,508.8
29	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	22,332.1
30	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	19,766.3
31	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	19,310.5
32	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	19,154.8
33	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	18,816.9
34	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	18,783.6
35	Paraguay`PRY`South America	17,504.0
36	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	16,918.3
37	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	16,483.7
38	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	16,417.3
39	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	15,674.3
40	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	14,782.9
41	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	11,350.2
42	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	10,940.2
43	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	10,804.2
44	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	10,284.5
45	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	10,142.8
46	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	9,821.5
47	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	9,719.0
48	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	9,587.9
49	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	9,549.7
50	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	9,077.3
51	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	8,989.2
52	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	8,856.4
53	Honduras`HND`Central America	8,810.6
54	United States`USA`Northern America	8,485.4
55	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	7,771.4
56	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	7,294.1
57	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	7,141.8
58	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	7,104.9
59	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	6,724.3
60	Argentina`ARG`South America	6,444.2
61	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	6,367.1
62	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	6,205.0
63	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6,141.3
64	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	6,084.6
65	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	5,505.0
66	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5,487.2
67	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4,641.3
68	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	4,285.8
69	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	4,235.2
70	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	4,091.1
71	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	4,027.4
72	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	3,814.0
73	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,667.3
74	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3,654.9
75	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	3,632.9
76	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,427.4
77	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3,421.3
78	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	3,259.3
79	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	3,227.1
80	Mexico`MEX`Central America	3,204.1
81	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	3,163.3
82	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3,130.0
83	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,086.3
84	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2,976.1
85	France`FRA`Western Europe	2,948.0
86	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2,939.4
87	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2,807.9
88	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2,697.6
89	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2,679.9
90	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2,592.5
91	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	2,554.1
92	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,498.5
93	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	2,392.8
94	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,383.1
95	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2,343.8
96	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,315.4
97	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2,313.1
98	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,312.6
99	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2,216.3
100	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	2,191.7
101	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2,188.0
102	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,176.1
103	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2,172.4
104	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2,164.9
105	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2,112.6
106	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,991.6
107	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1,766.0
108	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1,714.0
109	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1,680.5
110	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1,562.3
111	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,498.2
112	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,466.7
113	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1,452.7
114	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,449.4
115	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,449.1
116	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,336.9
117	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1,286.1
118	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,252.7
119	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,251.7
120	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1,243.8
121	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1,230.1
122	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,178.7
123	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,164.6
124	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,143.5
125	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,035.7
126	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,024.5
127	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,022.5
128	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,011.3
129	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	999.4
130	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	998.9
131	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	972.4
132	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	931.8
133	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	854.0
134	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	849.5
135	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	841.4
136	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	839.4
137	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	835.8
138	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	817.3
139	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	805.1
140	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	800.5
141	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	784.8
142	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	776.1
143	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	775.9
144	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	767.9
145	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	728.4
146	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	711.3
147	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	627.4
148	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	626.3
149	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	624.1
150	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	623.0
151	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	592.1
152	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	580.7
153	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	568.3
154	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	563.1
155	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	513.2
156	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	477.2
157	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	389.0
158	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	348.2
159	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	347.4
160	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	329.7
161	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	311.1
162	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	283.5
163	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	267.6
164	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	251.3
165	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	229.7
166	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	198.1
167	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	164.9
168	Niger`NER`Western Africa	142.8
169	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	110.0
170	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	98.1
171	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	97.5
172	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	84.5
173	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	83.2
174	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	80.0
175	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	78.0
176	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	61.6
177	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	58.1
178	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	56.5
179	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	22.4
180	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	15.7
181	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	9.0
182	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.7
183	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.0

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland456,351.3
2Guyana295,530.7
3Suriname160,221.1
4Bhutan100,587.8
5Papua New Guinea79,996.8

Lowest

183Kuwait0.0
182Bahrain2.7
181Egypt9.0
180United Arab Emirates15.7
179Qatar22.4

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,498.5. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
182values changed, of 183 in both
33 · 149rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Venezuela28,301.1 → 28,507.9+206.7
Bosnia and Herzegovina10,759.7 → 10,940.2+180.5
Albania10,638.8 → 10,804.2+165.4
Russia29,687.7 → 29,790.0+102.2
Croatia9,631.6 → 9,719.0+87.5

Fell most

Iceland463,894.0 → 456,351.3−7,542.7
Guyana298,459.0 → 295,530.7−2,928.3
Gabon70,612.4 → 69,002.6−1,609.8
Papua New Guinea81,603.6 → 79,996.8−1,606.7
Suriname161,681.0 → 160,221.1−1,459.8

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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One year of the 2026 release
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 183 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2021). Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freshwater-per-capita/2021

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07Questions

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2021: questions and answers

Which country has the highest renewable freshwater per person in Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2021?

Iceland, at 456,351.3, of the 183 countries in the file.

What year does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2021 describe?

2021.

How many countries does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2021 cover?

183.

Where can I download Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 2021?

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