WorldDataRank / Environment
Compare Freshwater Withdrawals across 20 selected countries in the Americas using World Bank data for 2022. Values are measured in % of internal freshwater resources.
Data year: 2022 Source: World Bank Last refreshed:
The latest sufficiently complete World Bank data for the selected countries is from 2022. Retrieval date and data year are different; no newer values are inferred.
Key findings
- Dominican Republic has the highest observed value at 30.4%.
- Bolivia has the lowest observed value at 0.1%.
- The median across 20 reporting countries is 2.6%.
- The difference between the highest and lowest values is 30.3 percentage points.
Comparison across selected countries in the Americas. Values in % of internal freshwater resources. Bar lengths start at zero; the table below provides the same observations.
Complete selected-country ranking
| Rank | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dominican Republic | 30.4% |
| 2 | Mexico | 22% |
| 3 | Cuba | 18.3% |
| 4 | United States | 15.8% |
| 5 | Argentina | 12.9% |
| 6 | El Salvador | 12.4% |
| 7 | Uruguay | 4.9% |
| 8 | Chile | 4% |
| 9 | Costa Rica | 3.1% |
| 10 | Guatemala | 3% |
| 11 | Ecuador | 2.2% |
| 12 | Paraguay | 2.1% |
| 13 | Honduras | 1.8% |
| 14 | Peru | 1.6% |
| 15 | Canada | 1.3% |
| 16 | Brazil | 1.2% |
| 17 | Colombia | 1.1% |
| 18 | Panama | 0.9% |
| 19 | Nicaragua | 0.8% |
| 20 | Bolivia | 0.1% |
What the data shows
The unweighted country mean is 7%, compared with a median of 2.6%. Each reporting country has equal weight; this is not a population-weighted or regional aggregate. The gap between the two highest observed values is 8.4 percentage points. These comparisons describe the observations and do not establish causes.
Methodology
- Provider
- World Bank
- Dataset
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (% of internal resources)
- Indicator ID
- ER.H2O.FWTL.ZS
- Data year
- 2022
- Units
- % of internal freshwater resources
- Coverage
- 20 of 20 selected countries in the Americas.
Source: World Bank: Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (% of internal resources) (2022)
Rankings use the cited source values without imputation or interpolation. Display rounding does not affect rank.
Technical details
- Coverage threshold
- Minimum 18 reporting countries.
- Countries included
- Dominican Republic, Mexico, Cuba, United States, Argentina, El Salvador, Uruguay, Chile, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Ecuador, Paraguay, Honduras, Peru, Canada, Brazil, Colombia, Panama, Nicaragua, Bolivia
- Countries excluded (missing observations; ISO3 codes)
- None
- Ranking direction
- descending
- Sorting
- Exact source values; equal values share competition rank. Ties display by ascending country ID, then record ID.
- Statistics
- Unweighted arithmetic mean, median, and highest minus lowest. Derived decimals use half-up rounding; source values remain exact.
Why a newer year was not selected
- 2026: 0 available observations; 18 required.
- 2025: 0 available observations; 18 required.
- 2024: 0 available observations; 18 required.
- 2023: 0 available observations; 18 required.
Caveats
This is a selected-country comparison, not a global ranking. Missing countries may affect the distribution. A higher value does not necessarily imply a better outcome. Source observations may be revised.