Puerto Rico (US)
Capital: San Juan · High income · Pop. 3.2 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In Puerto Rico (US), 98.94% of the population uses safely managed drinking water — an improved source, located on premises, available when needed, and free from contamination (2024 estimate). That leaves roughly 33,955 people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 32.51% use safely managed sanitation services and 100% have at least a basic service (2024).
Puerto Rico (US) has about 2,205 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 3% of Puerto Rico (US)'s water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Puerto Rico (US) have safe drinking water?
98.94% of Puerto Rico (US)'s population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 33,955 people do not.
Does Puerto Rico (US) have enough freshwater?
Puerto Rico (US) has roughly 2,205 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 12% of it annually (low-medium stress).