Inland waters — Area, annual growth rate in Europe
Europe: Inland waters — Area, annual growth rate was -0.0137 % change on previous year in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
-0.0137 % change on previous year
Change on year
down 111.2%
Rank
27th
of 33 groups
All-time high
39.08 % change on previous year
in 1992
All-time low
-0.7773 % change on previous year
in 1999
Years of data
63
1962–2024
Inland waters — Area, annual growth rate in Europe, 1962–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in % change on previous year.
Analysis
The most recent figure for inland waters — area, annual growth rate in Europe is -0.0137 % change on previous year, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 111.2% on the previous year and up 82.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland waters — area, annual growth rate in Europe peaked at 39.08 % change on previous year in 1992 and was at its lowest, -0.7773 % change on previous year, in 1999.
That places Europe 27th out of 33 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Inland waters — Area, annual growth rate in Europe, year by year
| Year | % change on previous year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 0.0031 % change on previous year | — |
| 1963 | -0.0015 % change on previous year | -150.0% |
| 1964 | 0 % change on previous year | -100.0% |
| 1965 | 0.0015 % change on previous year | — |
| 1966 | 0.0015 % change on previous year | -0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.0015 % change on previous year | -0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.0015 % change on previous year | -0.0% |
| 1969 | 0 % change on previous year | -100.0% |
| 1970 | 0.0015 % change on previous year | — |
| 1971 | 0.0015 % change on previous year | -0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.0015 % change on previous year | -0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.0031 % change on previous year | +100.0% |
| 1974 | 0.0061 % change on previous year | +100.0% |
| 1975 | 0.0213 % change on previous year | +250.0% |
| 1976 | 0.0152 % change on previous year | -28.6% |
| 1977 | 0.0046 % change on previous year | -70.0% |
| 1978 | 0.003 % change on previous year | -33.3% |
| 1979 | 0.0076 % change on previous year | +150.0% |
| 1980 | 0.0152 % change on previous year | +100.0% |
| 1981 | 0.0046 % change on previous year | -70.0% |
| 1982 | -0.0015 % change on previous year | -133.3% |
| 1983 | 0.0122 % change on previous year | -900.0% |
| 1984 | 0.0046 % change on previous year | -62.5% |
| 1985 | 0.003 % change on previous year | -33.3% |
| 1986 | 0.0015 % change on previous year | -50.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0015 % change on previous year | -0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.003 % change on previous year | +100.0% |
| 1989 | 0.1508 % change on previous year | +4849.8% |
| 1990 | 0.0015 % change on previous year | -99.0% |
| 1991 | -0.0167 % change on previous year | -1200.0% |
| 1992 | 39.08 % change on previous year | -233656.6% |
| 1993 | 0.4185 % change on previous year | -98.9% |
| 1994 | 0.5277 % change on previous year | +26.1% |
| 1995 | 0.3282 % change on previous year | -37.8% |
| 1996 | 0.046 % change on previous year | -86.0% |
| 1997 | -0.0648 % change on previous year | -240.8% |
| 1998 | -0.2855 % change on previous year | +340.8% |
| 1999 | -0.7773 % change on previous year | +172.2% |
| 2000 | 0.6278 % change on previous year | -180.8% |
| 2001 | 0.159 % change on previous year | -74.7% |
| 2002 | 0.1112 % change on previous year | -30.1% |
| 2003 | -0.0114 % change on previous year | -110.2% |
| 2004 | -0.0279 % change on previous year | +145.7% |
| 2005 | 0.153 % change on previous year | -647.8% |
| 2006 | 0.6086 % change on previous year | +297.8% |
| 2007 | 0.0295 % change on previous year | -95.1% |
| 2008 | 0.1561 % change on previous year | +428.2% |
| 2009 | -0.0869 % change on previous year | -155.7% |
| 2010 | -0.1093 % change on previous year | +25.8% |
| 2011 | 0.0092 % change on previous year | -108.5% |
| 2012 | 0.0249 % change on previous year | +169.7% |
| 2013 | -0.111 % change on previous year | -545.1% |
| 2014 | -0.0785 % change on previous year | -29.3% |
| 2015 | -0.0454 % change on previous year | -42.1% |
| 2016 | -0.0516 % change on previous year | +13.6% |
| 2017 | 0.0822 % change on previous year | -259.4% |
| 2018 | -0.0704 % change on previous year | -185.6% |
| 2019 | 0.0123 % change on previous year | -117.4% |
| 2020 | 0.0174 % change on previous year | +42.1% |
| 2021 | -0.0087 % change on previous year | -150.0% |
| 2022 | 0.011 % change on previous year | -225.9% |
| 2023 | 0.1215 % change on previous year | +1005.8% |
| 2024 | -0.0137 % change on previous year | -111.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Inland waters — Area, annual growth rate in Europe changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +233656.6% | -0.0167 % change on previous year | 39.08 % change on previous year |
| 1989 | +4849.8% | 0.003 % change on previous year | 0.1508 % change on previous year |
| 1991 | -1200.0% | 0.0015 % change on previous year | -0.0167 % change on previous year |
| 2023 | +1005.8% | 0.011 % change on previous year | 0.1215 % change on previous year |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.001 % change on previous year | -0.0015 % change on previous year | 0.0031 % change on previous year | 8 |
| 1970s | 0.0066 % change on previous year | 0.0015 % change on previous year | 0.0213 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0195 % change on previous year | -0.0015 % change on previous year | 0.1508 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.93 % change on previous year | -0.7773 % change on previous year | 39.08 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1719 % change on previous year | -0.0869 % change on previous year | 0.6278 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.0337 % change on previous year | -0.111 % change on previous year | 0.0822 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0255 % change on previous year | -0.0137 % change on previous year | 0.1215 % change on previous year | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 24 India 0.001 % change on previous year compare
- 25 Belgium 0.0006 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Afghanistan 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Albania 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 United Arab Emirates 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Argentina 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Australia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Austria 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Azerbaijan 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Burundi 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Benin 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Burkina Faso 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Bangladesh 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Belize 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Brazil 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Bhutan 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Botswana 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Canada 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Switzerland 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 China 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Congo 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Colombia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Costa Rica 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Cayman Islands 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Cyprus 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Djibouti 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Dominican Republic 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Ecuador 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Egypt 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Eritrea 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Estonia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Ethiopia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 France 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Gabon 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Georgia 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Ghana 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Gambia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Greece 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Guyana 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Honduras 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Croatia 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Haiti 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Hungary 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Indonesia 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Ireland 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Iraq 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Iceland 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Israel 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Italy 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Jamaica 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Jordan 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Japan 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Kazakhstan 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Kenya 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Kyrgyzstan 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Liberia 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Saint Lucia 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Sri Lanka 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Lithuania 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Luxembourg 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Latvia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Morocco 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Madagascar 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Mexico 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Mali 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Myanmar 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Mozambique 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Mauritius 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Malaysia 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Niger 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Nicaragua 0 % change on previous year
- 26 New Zealand 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Pakistan 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Panama 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Peru 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Philippines 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Papua New Guinea 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Portugal 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Paraguay 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Romania 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Rwanda 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Sudan 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Senegal 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Singapore 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Sierra Leone 0 % change on previous year
- 26 El Salvador 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Somalia 0 % change on previous year
- 26 South Sudan 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Suriname 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Slovakia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Sweden 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Eswatini 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Chad 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Togo 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Thailand 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Tajikistan 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Turkmenistan 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Tunisia 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Uganda 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Ukraine 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Samoa 0 % change on previous year
- 26 South Africa 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Zambia 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Zimbabwe 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Guadeloupe 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Martinique 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 USSR 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Serbia and Montenegro 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Czechoslovakia 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Sudan (former) 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Russian Federation 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Syrian Arab Republic 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Viet Nam 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Türkiye 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Belgium-Luxembourg 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Australia and New Zealand 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 China, mainland 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Côte d'Ivoire 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0 % change on previous year
- 26 United Republic of Tanzania 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Brunei Darussalam 0 % change on previous year
- 26 China, Taiwan Province of 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Ethiopia PDR 0 % change on previous year
- 26 Réunion 0 % change on previous year compare
- 26 Yugoslav SFR 0 % change on previous year
More environment data for Europe
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.33 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.75 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.435 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.71 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 57.94 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 101.18 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 49.53 kg/ha (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export value 16.44 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 11.92 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland waters — area, annual growth rate in Europe?
- Inland waters — area, annual growth rate in Europe was -0.0137 % change on previous year in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest inland waters — area, annual growth rate recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 39.08 % change on previous year in 1992.
- What is the lowest inland waters — area, annual growth rate recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.7773 % change on previous year in 1999.
- How does Europe rank for inland waters — area, annual growth rate?
- Europe ranks 27th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is inland waters — area, annual growth rate rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 82.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Europe data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Inland waters — Area, annual growth rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
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.