Level of water stress (freshwater withdrawal of available resources) in North America

23 countries in North America, 2022. Unit: % of available freshwater. World ranking →

First in the ranking
0.9 %
Panama
Median country
12.1 %
half above, half below
Range
0.9 to 87.5
Panama - Barbados

How to read it

Across 23 countries in North America, the highest value is in Barbados (87.5 %) and the lowest in Panama (0.9 %).

The median country is at 12.1 %: half are above, half below.

The level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources is the ratio between total freshwater withdrawn by all major sectors and total renewable freshwater resources, after taking into account environmental water requirements. Main sectors, as defined by ISIC standards, include agriculture; forestry and fishing; manufacturing; electricity industry; and services. This…

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Source: AQUASTAT - FAO's Global Information System on Water and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), uri… · via World Bank WDI (ER.H2O.FWST.ZS) · licence

Water stress over time

%

Ranking of countries

2022
In chart Share of the highest value
1Panama0.9
2Belize1.3
3Nicaragua2.2
4Canada3.7
5Honduras4.6
6Guatemala5.7
7Costa Rica5.9
8Grenada7.1
9Saint Vincent and the Grenadines7.9
10Antigua and Barbuda8.5
11Dominica10.0
12El Salvador12.1
13Jamaica12.4
14Haiti13.4
15Saint Lucia14.3
16Puerto Rico19.5
17Trinidad and Tobago20.3
18Cuba23.9
19United States28.2
20Dominican Republic39.6
21Mexico44.9
22Saint Kitts and Nevis50.8
23Barbados87.5
World Bank, WDI · ER.H2O.FWST.ZS · 2022 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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