×
Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic Water Stats

Definitions

STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Drinking water > Population with improved drinking water sources > Rural 80.59 2011 132nd out of 190
Drinking water > Population with improved drinking water sources > Urban 82.05 2011 184th out of 198
Drinking water > Population with improved drinking water sources > Urban and rural 81.61 2011 151st out of 194
Drinking water > Population with improved sanitation > Rural 74.46 2011 105th out of 184
Net freshwater supplied by water supply industry 9.57 billion cubic metres 2002 1st out of 54
Net freshwater supplied by water supply industry per capita 1,071.47 cubic metres 2002 2nd out of 54
Net freshwater supplied by water supply industry to households 1.26 billion cubic metres 2002 4th out of 53
Net freshwater supplied by water supply industry to households per capita 140.59 cubic metres 2002 3rd out of 52
Percent of water resources used 26.06% 2005 24th out of 89
Population connected to wastewater collecting system 31.4% 2000 44th out of 50
Population connected to wastewater treatment 12% 2005 45th out of 53
Proportion of marine area under protection 28.58% 2012 23th out of 169

SOURCES: United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division Original html; http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=ENV&f=variableID%3a29, Net freshwater supplied by water supply industry; http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=ENV&f=variableID%3a29, Net freshwater supplied by water supply industry. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=ENV&f=variableID%3a38, Net freshwater supplied by water supply industry to: Households; http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=ENV&f=variableID%3a38, Net freshwater supplied by water supply industry to: Households. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables

Citation

Did you know

Dominican Republic Environment > Water Profiles (Subcategories)

Drinking water 4

Adblocker detected! Please consider reading this notice.

We've detected that you are using AdBlock Plus or some other adblocking software which is preventing the page from fully loading.

We don't have any banner, Flash, animation, obnoxious sound, or popup ad. We do not implement these annoying types of ads!

We need money to operate the site, and almost all of it comes from our online advertising.

Please add www.nationmaster.com to your ad blocking whitelist or disable your adblocking software.

×