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Puerto Rico Environment - 2024


SOURCE: 2024 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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Environment - current issues

soil erosion; occasional droughts cause water shortages; industrial pollution

Climate

tropical marine, mild; little seasonal temperature variation

Land use

agricultural land: 22% (2018 est.)

arable land: 6.6% (2018 est.)

permanent crops: 5.6% (2018 est.)

permanent pasture: 9.8% (2018 est.)

forest: 63.2% (2018 est.)

other: 14.8% (2018 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 93.6% of total population (2023)

rate of urbanization: -0.12% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

Revenue from forest resources

0% of GDP (2018 est.)

Revenue from coal

0% of GDP (2018 est.)

Waste and recycling

municipal solid waste generated annually: 4,170,953 tons (2015 est.)

municipal solid waste recycled annually: 583,933 tons (2013 est.)

percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 14% (2013 est.)

Total water withdrawal

municipal: 800 million cubic meters (2020 est.)

industrial: 2.37 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)

agricultural: 110 million cubic meters (2020 est.)

Total renewable water resources

7.1 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Puerto Rico on this page is re-published from the 2024 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Puerto Rico 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Puerto Rico 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.

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