Jamaica Water


Water Precipitation in Jamaica

Water Precipitation in depth
2,051 mm/year
Long-term average annual precipitation in depth (mm/year 2017)
Water precipitation in volume
22.5 billion m³/year
Long-term average annual precipitation in volume (billion m³/year 2017)

Water Resources in Jamaica

Renewable Water Resources
11 billion m³/year
Total Renewable Water Resources (2017)
Water Resources per Capita
3,744 m³/person/year
Renewable Water per Inhabitant (2017)



Water Use in Jamaica

Total, by Sector, and by Year

Notes: Years with missing data left empty.
Water use can include water used and then returned to its source (renewable resource).



People with no access to a safe drinking water source in Jamaica

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Don’t have access to safe drinking water
173,757 people

6.2%  of the population of Jamaica (2015)



See also

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