Inland waters — Area, annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in Inland waters — Area. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
What the numbers show
Inland waters — Area, annual growth rate is currently reported for 103 countries. The highest value is 25.91 % change on previous year in Uzbekistan; the lowest is -100 % change on previous year in New Caledonia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 % change on previous year, and the mean is -1.19 % change on previous year.
Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Poland (up 786.9%), and the largest decrease in Mongolia (down 748.1%).
Inland waters — Area, annual growth rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 25.91 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 2 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 20 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 3 | Poland | 2.74 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 786.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Republic of Moldova | 2.5 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 5 | Lebanon | 0.9091 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 6 | Slovenia | 0.8759 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Chile | 0.7715 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 94.8% | volatile |
| 8 | Czechia | 0.6901 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 9 | North Macedonia | 0.6122 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 10 | Republic of Korea | 0.3509 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 11 | Spain | 0.2728 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 12 | Namibia | 0.2 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 13 | Belarus | 0.1507 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 110.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Serbia | 0.1444 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 15 | Bulgaria | 0.1313 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 16 | Germany | 0.1264 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 46.5% | volatile |
| 17 | Cameroon | 0.0733 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 18 | Cuba | 0.0658 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 98.1% | volatile |
| 19 | French Guiana | 0.0633 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 20 | Norway | 0.0495 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 49.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Nepal | 0.0261 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 22 | Malawi | 0.0165 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 23 | Armenia | 0.0026 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 24 | India | 0.001 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Belgium | 0.0006 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Afghanistan | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Albania | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | United Arab Emirates | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Australia | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Azerbaijan | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Burkina Faso | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Bangladesh | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Belize | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Bhutan | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Canada | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Switzerland | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 26 | China | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Colombia | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Dominican Republic | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Ecuador | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Eritrea | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Estonia | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Ethiopia | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Gambia | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Guyana | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Hungary | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Iraq | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Iceland | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Italy | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Jordan | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Japan | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Kenya | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Sri Lanka | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Lithuania | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Luxembourg | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Latvia | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Morocco | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Madagascar | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Mexico | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Myanmar | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Panama | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Peru | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Philippines | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Paraguay | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Romania | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Rwanda | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | El Salvador | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Slovakia | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Sweden | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Chad | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Turkmenistan | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Uganda | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Ukraine | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Guadeloupe | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Martinique | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Czechoslovakia | 0 % change on previous year | 1992 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Russian Federation | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Viet Nam | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Australia and New Zealand | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Réunion | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 158 | OECD | -0.002 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 103.1% | volatile |
| 159 | Nigeria | -0.0154 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 160 | Mongolia | -0.0189 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 748.1% | volatile |
| 161 | Bahamas | -0.0517 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Guatemala | -0.0578 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 163 | Finland | -0.0579 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 164 | Guinea-Bissau | -0.0624 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 165 | Uruguay | -0.0833 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 166 | Cambodia | -0.1106 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 167 | Montenegro | -1.14 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 168 | Guinea | -2.14 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 169 | Polynesia | -2.5 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 170 | Tonga | -3.33 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 171 | Melanesia | -6.7 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 172 | Denmark | -13.7 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 173 | Solomon Islands | -49.67 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 174 | New Caledonia | -100 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Central Asia 4.04 % change on previous year
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 0.8471 % change on previous year
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 0.5428 % change on previous year
- Asia 0.2497 % change on previous year
- Southern Europe 0.0886 % change on previous year
- Western Europe 0.0397 % change on previous year
- South America 0.0346 % change on previous year
- Eastern Europe 0.0329 % change on previous year
- Latin America and the Caribbean 0.032 % change on previous year
- World 0.0314 % change on previous year
- Caribbean 0.0181 % change on previous year
- Central America 0.0106 % change on previous year
- Southern Africa 0.009 % change on previous year
- Western Asia 0.0079 % change on previous year
- Americas 0.0056 % change on previous year
- Eastern Asia 0.0046 % change on previous year
- Eastern Africa 0.002 % change on previous year
- Middle Africa 0.0017 % change on previous year
- Southern Asia 0.0008 % change on previous year
- Northern America 0 % change on previous year
- Northern Africa 0 % change on previous year
- United States of America 0 % change on previous year
- Africa -0.0005 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa -0.0005 % change on previous year
- South-Eastern Asia -0.0051 % change on previous year
- Western Africa -0.0121 % change on previous year
- Europe -0.0137 % change on previous year
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) -0.0836 % change on previous year
- European Union (27) -0.1108 % change on previous year
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) -0.1118 % change on previous year
- Northern Europe -0.3702 % change on previous year
- Oceania -1.16 % change on previous year
- Small island developing States (SIDS) -2 % change on previous year
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Inland waters — Area. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Inland waters — Area Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Inland waters — Area. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.