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Table A3.3 Water Use IndicatorsTotal Water Withdrawals (2) Sectoral Withdrawals (%) (3)COUNTRY/SUBREGION Mm 3 As % of Total Per Capita Water Agriculture Industry DomesticRenewable Withdrawals 2004Water Resources (m 3 /person/year) (2)1064th World Water ForumCanada 45,974 1.3% 1,494 12 69 20Mexico 78,219 17.1% 798 77 5 17United States 479,293 15.6% 1,698 41 46 13NORTH AMERICA 603,486 9.4% 1,468 44 42 14Belize 125 0.7% 500 0 89 11Costa Rica 2,677 2.4% 703 53 17 29El Salvador 1,273 5.1% 205 59 16 25Guatemala 2,005 1.8% 176 80 13 6Honduras 860 0.9% 133 81 11 8Nicaragua 1,300 0.7% 256 83 3 14Panama 824 0.6% 289 28 5 66CENTRAL AMERICA 9,064 1.3% 252 64 14 22Antigua and BarbudaArubaBahamas, TheBarbadosBermudaCayman IslandsCuba 8,204 21.5% 733 69 12 29DominicaDominican Republic 3,386 16.1% 405 66 2 32GrenadaHaiti 985 7.0% 124 94 1 5Jamaica 409 4.4% 159 49 17 34Netherlands AntillesPuerto RicoSt. Kitts and NevisSt. LuciaSt. Vincent and the GrenadinesTrinidad and Tobago 305 8.0% 237 6 27 67Virgin Islands (U.S.)THE CARIBBEAN 13,289 15.5% 362 64 9 27Argentina 29,072 3.6% 790 74 9 16Bolivia 1,387 0.2% 167 83 3 13Brazil 59,298 0.7% 349 62 18 20Chile 12,539 1.4% 824 64 25 11Colombia 10,711 0.5% 253 46 5 50Ecuador 16,980 3.9% 1,367 82 5 12Guyana 1,642 0.7% 2,163 97 1 2Paraguay 489 0.1% 93 72 9 20Peru 20,132 1.1% 776 82 10 8Suriname 665 0.5% 1,565 93 3 4Uruguay 3,146 2.3% 947 96 1 2Venezuela, RB 8,368 0.7% 344 47 7 45SOUTH AMERICA 164,429 1.0% 476 68 13 19THE AMERICAS 790,268 3.2% 953 50 35 15THE WORLD 3,802,320 8.7% 628AMERICAS as percentage of world’s value 20.78% 151.76%LAC as percentage of world’s value 6.97% 81.77%Sources (2) World Resources Institute 2005; (3) UNDP 2005; (5) PAHO 2001; (6) FAO 2000