Latin America and the Caribbean
Countries (and areas) in the region
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States Virgin Islands, Uruguay, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)Land
- Total area: ---
- Land area: 20,039,364 km2 (2017)
- Land use by sector: 38% agriculture, 46% forest and 16% other (2016)
People
- Total population: 644,137,666 people (2017)
- Population density: 32 people per km2 (2017)
- Urbanisation: 80 % lives in urban areas and 20 % lives in rural areas (2017)
Economy
- Total GDP: 9,372,518,640,456 USD per year (2017)
- GDP per capita: 14,550 USD per year (2017)
- Value added by sector: 5% from agriculture, 61% from services and 24% from industry (2017)
SDG 6 snapshot Latin America and the Caribbean
Drinking water
6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services in Latin America and the Caribbean, progress over time
6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services in Latin America and the Caribbean, by service level and location (2022)
Sanitation and hygiene
6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services in Latin America and the Caribbean, progress over time
6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services in Latin America and the Caribbean, by service level and location (2022)
6.2.1b Proportion of population with a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home in Latin America and the Caribbean, by service level and location (2022)
Water quality and wastewater
6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated > Domestic in Latin America and the Caribbean (2023)
6.3.2 Level 1 Proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality in Latin America and the Caribbean (2023)
Water use and scarcity
Water resources and withdrawal in Latin America and the Caribbean, total and per capita
Renewable water resources, regional average: 29,546 m3 per capita (2020)
Water withdrawal, regional average: 574 m3 per capita (2020)
Renewable water resources, water withdrawal and environmental flow requirements for all reporting countries (and areas) in the region ( - 2020):
6.4.2 Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources in Latin America and the Caribbean, change over time
6.4.1 Change in water-use efficiency over time in Latin America and the Caribbean, progress over time
Water-use efficiency and its components, by sector, for all reporting countries (and areas) in Latin America and the Caribbean (2021)
Water-use efficiency for ‘Agriculture, forestry and fishing’ only takes into account the proportion of gross value added that comes from irrigated agriculture, since that activity is associated with water withdrawal (other activities are rain-fed).
Water resources management
6.5.1 Degree of integrated water resources management implementation (0-100) in Latin America and the Caribbean, progress over time, by dimension
Degree of IWRM implementation (0-100): Very low (0-10) – Low (11-30) – Medium-low (31-50) – Medium-high (51-70) – High (71-90) – Very high (91-100)
6.5.2 Proportion of transboundary basin area with an operational arrangement for water cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean, progress over time, by component
Very low (0-10) – Low (11-30) – Medium-low (31-50) – Medium-high (51-70) – High (71-90) – Very high (91-100)