Jamaica
Capital: Kingston · Upper middle income · Pop. 2.8 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT)
Sanitation tracks closely: 73.61% use safely managed sanitation services and 91.63% have at least a basic service (2024).
Jamaica has about 3,812 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year. It withdraws the equivalent of 12% of those internal resources annually (low-medium water stress).
Agriculture accounts for about 17% of Jamaica's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Jamaica have safe drinking water?
Comprehensive safely-managed drinking-water data is not available for Jamaica; basic-service estimates may exist.
Does Jamaica have enough freshwater?
Jamaica has roughly 3,812 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 12% of it annually (low-medium stress).