Inland waters — Area, annual growth rate in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa: Inland waters — Area, annual growth rate was -0.0005 % change on previous year in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
-0.0005 % change on previous year
Change on year
down 101.5%
Rank
24th
of 33 groups
All-time high
0.8192 % change on previous year
in 2015
All-time low
-21.52 % change on previous year
in 2004
Years of data
63
1962–2024
Inland waters — Area, annual growth rate in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1962–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in % change on previous year.
Analysis
The most recent figure for inland waters — area, annual growth rate in Sub-Saharan Africa is -0.0005 % change on previous year, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 101.5% on the previous year and down 97.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland waters — area, annual growth rate in Sub-Saharan Africa peaked at 0.8192 % change on previous year in 2015 and was at its lowest, -21.52 % change on previous year, in 2004.
Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 24th of 33 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Inland waters — Area, annual growth rate in Sub-Saharan Africa, year by year
| Year | % change on previous year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 1963 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 1964 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 1965 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 1966 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 1967 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 1968 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 1969 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 1970 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 1971 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 1972 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 1973 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 1974 | 0.0762 % change on previous year | — |
| 1975 | 0.0761 % change on previous year | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 0 % change on previous year | -100.0% |
| 1977 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 1978 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 1979 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 1980 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 1981 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 1982 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 1983 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 1984 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 1985 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 1986 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 1987 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 1988 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 1989 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 1990 | 0.0006 % change on previous year | — |
| 1991 | 0 % change on previous year | -100.0% |
| 1992 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 1993 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 1994 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 1995 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 1996 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 1997 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 1998 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 1999 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 2000 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 2001 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 2002 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 2003 | 0 % change on previous year | — |
| 2004 | -21.52 % change on previous year | — |
| 2005 | -0.0228 % change on previous year | -99.9% |
| 2006 | -0.0063 % change on previous year | -72.3% |
| 2007 | 0.0061 % change on previous year | -196.2% |
| 2008 | 0.007 % change on previous year | +16.0% |
| 2009 | -0.0024 % change on previous year | -134.5% |
| 2010 | -0.1728 % change on previous year | +7030.2% |
| 2011 | 0.0199 % change on previous year | -111.5% |
| 2012 | 0.4862 % change on previous year | +2342.2% |
| 2013 | -0.0046 % change on previous year | -100.9% |
| 2014 | -0.0002 % change on previous year | -94.7% |
| 2015 | 0.8192 % change on previous year | -339201.1% |
| 2016 | -0.0134 % change on previous year | -101.6% |
| 2017 | 0.1495 % change on previous year | -1214.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0029 % change on previous year | -98.1% |
| 2019 | 0.173 % change on previous year | +5924.8% |
| 2020 | -0.2365 % change on previous year | -236.7% |
| 2021 | 0.4477 % change on previous year | -289.3% |
| 2022 | 0.0398 % change on previous year | -91.1% |
| 2023 | 0.0317 % change on previous year | -20.4% |
| 2024 | -0.0005 % change on previous year | -101.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Inland waters — Area, annual growth rate in Sub-Saharan Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +339201.1% | -0.0002 % change on previous year | 0.8192 % change on previous year |
| 2010 | -7030.2% | -0.0024 % change on previous year | -0.1728 % change on previous year |
| 2019 | +5924.8% | 0.0029 % change on previous year | 0.173 % change on previous year |
| 2012 | +2342.2% | 0.0199 % change on previous year | 0.4862 % change on previous year |
| 2017 | +1214.4% | -0.0134 % change on previous year | 0.1495 % change on previous year |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 % change on previous year | 0 % change on previous year | 0 % change on previous year | 8 |
| 1970s | 0.0152 % change on previous year | 0 % change on previous year | 0.0762 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 1980s | 0 % change on previous year | 0 % change on previous year | 0 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0001 % change on previous year | 0 % change on previous year | 0.0006 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 2000s | -2.15 % change on previous year | -21.52 % change on previous year | 0.007 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.146 % change on previous year | -0.1728 % change on previous year | 0.8192 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0565 % change on previous year | -0.2365 % change on previous year | 0.4477 % change on previous year | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa
- 21 Nepal 0.0261 % change on previous year compare
- 22 Malawi 0.0165 % change on previous year compare
- 23 Armenia 0.0026 % change on previous year compare
- 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 Sub-Saharan Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.36 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.11 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.223 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.21 °C (2025)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 305.43 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Aquaculture production 904,662 metric tons (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 2.29 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) 2.96 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 72.81 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland waters — area, annual growth rate in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Inland waters — area, annual growth rate in Sub-Saharan Africa was -0.0005 % change on previous year in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest inland waters — area, annual growth rate recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8192 % change on previous year in 2015.
- What is the lowest inland waters — area, annual growth rate recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was -21.52 % change on previous year in 2004.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa rank for inland waters — area, annual growth rate?
- Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 24th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is inland waters — area, annual growth rate rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 97.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa 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.