Freshwater withdrawal — all countries

Freshwater withdrawal — Jamaica

Freshwater withdrawal in Jamaica in 2022 — 1.34 km³. Ranked 105 in the world out of 179. Since 1993, the indicator has risen by 44.5%.

2022 1 km³ +0% vs 2021
World rank 105of 179
Period maximum 2 km³2014
Period minimum 1 km³2015

Trend over time

1993–2022 · km³ per year

Freshwater withdrawal — Jamaica, 1993–202211112199319961999200220052008201120142017202020221993: 0.93 km³1994: 0.96 km³1995: 0.99 km³1996: 1.02 km³1997: 1.05 km³1998: 1.08 km³1999: 1.11 km³2000: 1.14 km³2001: 1.16 km³2002: 1.19 km³2003: 1.22 km³2004: 1.25 km³2005: 1.28 km³2006: 1.31 km³2007: 1.34 km³2008: 1.37 km³2009: 1.4 km³2010: 1.43 km³2011: 1.46 km³2012: 1.49 km³2013: 1.52 km³2014: 1.55 km³2015: 0.83 km³2016: 1.35 km³2017: 1.34 km³2018: 1.32 km³2019: 1.31 km³2020: 1.2 km³2021: 1.34 km³2022: 1.34 km³
Change over the period: +0 (+44.5%) Average annual rate: 1.28 %

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Jamaica

Jamaica 1 km³
World 3,853 km³
Upper-middle-income countries computed 1,368 km³
Freshwater withdrawal — Jamaica, by year Jamaica All countries CSV XLSX
Year km³ Change Change, %
2022 1 +0 +0%
2021 1 +0 +12.1%
2020 1 −0 −8.59%
2019 1 −0 −1.06%
2018 1 −0 −1.05%
2017 1 −0 −1.04%
2016 1 +1 +62.65%
2015 1 −1 −46.45%
2014 2 +0 +1.95%
2013 2 +0 +1.99%
2012 1 +0 +2.03%
2011 1 +0 +2.07%
2010 1 +0 +2.11%
2009 1 +0 +2.16%
2008 1 +0 +2.21%
2007 1 +0 +2.26%
2006 1 +0 +2.31%
2005 1 +0 +2.36%
2004 1 +0 +2.42%
2003 1 +0 +2.48%
2002 1 +0 +2.55%
2001 1 +0 +2.61%
2000 1 +0 +2.68%
1999 1 +0 +2.76%
1998 1 +0 +2.83%
1997 1 +0 +2.92%
1996 1 +0 +3%
1995 1 +0 +3.1%
1994 1 +0 +3.2%
1993 1

About the indicator

Annual freshwater withdrawal for all uses: irrigation, industry, municipal supply. More than two-thirds of global withdrawal goes to agriculture, so the volume is tied more closely to the area under irrigation than to the number of residents or the size of industry. Withdrawal is not consumption: part of the water returns to water bodies, though usually in worse condition.

Important: Withdrawal, not consumptive use. It can exceed a country's own renewable resources: the country then takes water from across the border, from non-renewable groundwater, or desalinates it.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.