Freshwater Resources
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Annual Internal |
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Renewable Water Resources |
Annual Withdrawls |
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Total |
1996 Per Capita |
Year of |
Total |
% of Water |
Per Capita |
Sectoral Withdrawls (%) |
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|
(cubic km) |
(cubic m) |
Data |
(cubic km) |
Resources |
(cubic m) |
Domestic |
Industrial |
Agricultural |
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Belize |
16.0 |
69,565 |
1987 |
0.02 |
0 |
109 |
10 |
0 |
90 |
|
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Cuba |
34.5 |
3,104 |
1975 |
8.10 |
23 |
870 |
9 |
2 |
89 |
|
|
Dominican Republic |
20.0 |
2,430 |
1987 |
2.97 |
15 |
446 |
5 |
6 |
89 |
|
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Guyana |
241.0 |
271,542 |
1992 |
1.46 |
1 |
1819 |
1 |
0 |
99 |
|
|
Haiti |
11.0 |
1,460 |
1987 |
0.04 |
0 |
7 |
24 |
8 |
68 |
|
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Jamaica |
8.3 |
3,269 |
1975 |
0.32 |
4 |
159 |
7 |
7 |
86 |
|
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Suriname |
200.0 |
452,489 |
1987 |
0.46 |
0 |
1192 |
6 |
5 |
89 |
|
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Trinidad and Tobago |
5.1 |
3,869 |
1975 |
0.15 |
3 |
148 |
27 |
38 |
35 |
|
|
Caribbean |
536 |
16,344 |
13.52 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
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Costa Rica |
95.0 |
26,027 |
1970 |
1.35 |
1 |
780 |
4 |
7 |
89 |
|
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El Salvador |
19.0 |
3,128 |
1975 |
1.00 |
5 |
244 |
7 |
4 |
89 |
|
|
Guatemala |
116.0 |
10,033 |
1970 |
0.73 |
1 |
139 |
9 |
17 |
74 |
|
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Honduras |
55.4 |
9,015 |
1992 |
1.52 |
3 |
294 |
4 |
5 |
91 |
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Nicaragua |
175.0 |
39,203 |
1975 |
0.89 |
1 |
368 |
25 |
21 |
54 |
|
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Panama |
144.0 |
52,042 |
1975 |
1.30 |
1 |
754 |
12 |
11 |
77 |
|
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Central America |
604 |
17,443 |
6.79 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
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Argentina |
694.0 |
19,212 |
1976 |
27.60 |
4 |
1043 |
9 |
18 |
73 |
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Bolivia |
300.0 |
37,703 |
1987 |
1.24 |
0 |
201 |
10 |
5 |
85 |
|
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Brazil |
5190.0 |
31,424 |
1990 |
36.47 |
1 |
246 |
22 |
19 |
59 |
|
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Chile |
468.0 |
31,570 |
1975 |
16.80 |
4 |
1625 |
6 |
5 |
89 |
|
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Colombia |
1070.0 |
28,393 |
1987 |
5.34 |
0 |
174 |
41 |
16 |
43 |
|
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Ecuador |
314.0 |
25,791 |
1987 |
5.56 |
2 |
581 |
7 |
3 |
90 |
|
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Paraguay |
94.0 |
18,001 |
1987 |
0.43 |
0 |
112 |
15 |
7 |
78 |
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Peru |
40.0 |
1,613 |
1987 |
6.10 |
15 |
300 |
19 |
9 |
72 |
|
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Uruguay |
59.0 |
18,215 |
1965 |
0.65 |
1 |
241 |
6 |
3 |
91 |
|
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Venezuela |
856.0 |
36,830 |
1970 |
4.10 |
0 |
382 |
43 |
11 |
46 |
|
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South America |
9,085 |
22,152 |
104.29 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
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Mexico |
357.4 |
3,729 |
1991 |
77.62 |
22 |
915 |
6 |
8 |
86 |
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|
LAC |
10,582 |
21,441 |
202.22 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
Source: The World Resources Institute (WRI), World Resources, A Guide to the Global Environment, 1998-99, Washington, D.C., 1998.
Definitions: Annual internal renewable water resources refer to the average annual flow of rivers and recharge of groundwater generated from endogenous precipitation. Annual withdrawals as a percentage of water resources refer t o total water withdrawals, not counting evaporative losses from storage basins, as a percentage of internal renewable water resources. Water withdrawals also include water from nonrenewable groundwater sources and river flows from other countries< I>. Sectoral withdrawals are classified as domestic (drinking water, homes, commercial establishments, public services, and municipal use); industrial; and agricultural (irrigation and livestock).
U.S. Agency for International
Development
Washington D.C., 1998