FRESHWATER RESOURCES

Ann. Internal Renew.
Water Resources

Water Withdrawals

Sectoral Water
Withdrawals
(% of total)

Hydroelectric
Production
in Terajoules

Per Cap.
Cubic Met.

Total
Cubic Km.

% of Water
Resource*

Per Capita
Cubic Meters

Total
Cubic Km.

Domest.

Indust.

Agric.

1995

1987

1987

1987

1987

1987

1987

1981

1991

Argentina

994

28,739

27.60

2.8

1,042

9

18

73

52,794

59,152

Belize

16

74,419

0.02

0.1

109

10

0

90

Bolivia

300

40,464

1.24

0.4

186

10

5

85

4,158

4,554

Brazil

6,950

42,957

36.47

0.5

245

22

19

59

470,754

784,015

Chile

468

32,814

16.80

3.6

1,623

6

5

89

27,320

36,846

Colombia

1,070

30,483

5.34

0.5

174

41

16

43

51,631

99,814

Costa Rica

95

27,745

1.35

1.4

780

4

7

89

8,179

13,129

Cuba

35

3,125

8.10

23.5

870

9

2

89

216

306

Dominican Rep.

20

2,557

2.97

14.9

442

5

6

89

2,945

3,060

Ecuador

314

27,400

5.56

1.8

567

7

3

90

2,848

18,220

El Salvador

19

3,285

1.00

5.3

245

7

4

89

2,747

6,030

Guatemala

116

10,922

0.73

0.6

139

9

17

74

1,238

7,524

Guyana

241

288,623

1.46

0.6

1,812

1

0

99

18

18

Haiti

11

1,532

0.04

0.4

7

24

8

68

810

1,170

Honduras

63

11,216

1.52

2.1

279

4

5

91

2,956

3,186

Jamaica

8

3,392

0.32

3.9

159

7

7

86

450

468

Mexico

357

3,815

54.20

15.2

921

6

8

86

88,625

87,480

Nicaragua

175

39,477

0.89

0.5

367

25

21

54

1,786

947

Panama

144

54,732

1.30

0.9

744

12

11

77

4,802

7,330

Paraguay

314

63,306

0.43

0.1

110

15

7

78

2,549

107,194

Peru

40

1,682

6.10

15.3

301

19

9

72

28,789

40,770

Suriname

200

472,813

0.46

0.2

1,156

6

5

89

3,002

4,014

Trinidad & Tobago

5

3,905

0.15

2.9

148

27

38

35

United States 

2,478

9,413

467.00

18.8

1,868

13

45

42

945,428

1,037,632

Uruguay

124

38,920

0.65

0.5

241

6

3

91

9,166

22,003

Venezuela

1,317

60,291

4.10

0.3

387

43

11

46

54,324

123,480