Puerto Rico Environment - 2021

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Environment - current issues

soil erosion; occasional droughts cause water shortages; industrial pollution

Total water withdrawal

municipal: 796 million cubic meters (2017 est.)

industrial: 2.365 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)

agricultural: 113.5 million cubic meters (2017 est.)

Total renewable water resources

7.1 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)

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.)

Revenue from forest resources

forest revenues: 0% of GDP (2018 est.)

Revenue from coal

coal revenues: 0% of GDP (2018 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 93.6% of total population (2021)

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

total population growth rate v. urban population growth rate, 2000-2030

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.)

NOTE: The information regarding Puerto Rico on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Puerto Rico 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Puerto Rico 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.