What is the difference in municipal water withdrawal between Panama and Puerto Rico?

36.90 million cubic meters, with Puerto Rico ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Panama and Puerto Rico?

24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – AQUASTAT (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Municipal water withdrawal. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Panama vs Puerto Rico: Municipal water withdrawal

Panama

759.10 million cubic meters

in 2023

Puerto Rico

796.00 million cubic meters

in 2023

Panama rank

67th

Puerto Rico rank

64th

Municipal water withdrawal over time

Panama
Puerto Rico

How they compare

Puerto Rico currently reports 796.00 million cubic meters against 759.10 million cubic meters in Panama, a difference of 36.90 million cubic meters.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Puerto Rico ahead.

Panama ranks 67th and Puerto Rico ranks 64th of 183 countries.

Puerto Rico has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Panama	Puerto Rico	Difference	Ahead
2000s	309.66 million cubic meters	852.54 million cubic meters	542.88 million cubic meters	Puerto Rico
2010s	719.12 million cubic meters	838.78 million cubic meters	119.66 million cubic meters	Puerto Rico
2020s	759.10 million cubic meters	796.00 million cubic meters	36.90 million cubic meters	Puerto Rico

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher municipal water withdrawal, Panama or Puerto Rico?: Puerto Rico, at 796.00 million cubic meters against 759.10 million cubic meters in Panama as of 2023.
What is the difference in municipal water withdrawal between Panama and Puerto Rico?: 36.90 million cubic meters, with Puerto Rico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Panama and Puerto Rico?: 24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
How do Panama and Puerto Rico rank globally for municipal water withdrawal?: Panama ranks 67th and Puerto Rico ranks 64th of 183 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – AQUASTAT (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Municipal water withdrawal. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Municipal water withdrawal
Unit: cubic meters
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – AQUASTAT (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 183 places, 6,389 data points, 1965–2023
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Water withdrawn each year for direct use by the population, usually measured as the total supplied by the public distribution network.