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Inland waters — Area, per square kilometre by country

Inland waters — Area divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
138
Highest
0.0387 1000 ha per square kilometre
Bahamas
Lowest
0 1000 ha per square kilometre
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Median
0.0019 1000 ha per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
7,913

What the numbers show

Inland waters — Area, per square kilometre is currently reported for 138 countries. The highest value is 0.0387 1000 ha per square kilometre in Bahamas; the lowest is 0 1000 ha per square kilometre in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0019 1000 ha per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0034 1000 ha per square kilometre.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,979.

Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 35 fell. The largest increase was in Dominican Republic (up 87.0%), and the largest decrease in Guyana (down 80.3%).

Inland waters — Area, per square kilometre: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bahamas 0.0387 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
2 Guinea-Bissau 0.0285 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
3 Malawi 0.0257 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
4 Uganda 0.0236 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 15.3% rising
5 Liberia 0.0156 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
6 Bangladesh 0.0135 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 3.7% flat
7 Canada 0.0123 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 21.1% rising
8 Gambia 0.0116 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.4% flat
9 Finland 0.0114 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.1% flat
10 India 0.0106 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
11 Cayman Islands 0.01 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
12 Sweden 0.0099 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.2% flat
13 Burundi 0.0084 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
14 Nicaragua 0.0083 1000 ha per square kilometre 2022 unchanged flat
15 Denmark 0.0073 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
16 Rwanda 0.0068 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.1% flat
17 Estonia 0.0061 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 42.0% falling
18 Sri Lanka 0.0061 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 31.1% rising
19 Cuba 0.0059 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 7.9% rising
20 Norway 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.9% flat
21 Armenia 0.0055 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 22.5% rising
22 Tunisia 0.0053 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
23 Ghana 0.0048 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.0% flat
24 Azerbaijan 0.0048 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.2% rising
25 Switzerland 0.0045 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.1% flat
26 Togo 0.0044 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
27 Lithuania 0.0043 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 2.6% flat
28 Kyrgyzstan 0.0042 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.0% flat
29 Ukraine 0.0042 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.3% flat
30 Tonga 0.0042 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
31 Gabon 0.0039 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
32 Latvia 0.0038 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.1% flat
33 Japan 0.0037 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.0% rising
34 Myanmar 0.0037 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 1.8% flat
35 Romania 0.0036 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.5% rising
36 Pakistan 0.0033 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
37 Montenegro 0.0033 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 21.7% rising
38 Solomon Islands 0.0032 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.4% flat
39 Ecuador 0.0032 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
40 Colombia 0.0028 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 3.5% flat
41 Paraguay 0.0027 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 14.0% flat
42 Nepal 0.0027 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged falling
43 Botswana 0.0026 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
44 Cambodia 0.0026 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
45 Poland 0.0025 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 18.4% flat
46 Greece 0.0024 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
47 Belarus 0.0023 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 1.0% flat
48 Germany 0.0023 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 6.6% rising
49 Bulgaria 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.1% volatile
50 Czechia 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 4.0% rising
51 Papua New Guinea 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
52 Senegal 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
53 Iceland 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 21.5% falling
54 Lebanon 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
55 Italy 0.0021 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.0% falling
56 Indonesia 0.0021 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.8% falling
57 Suriname 0.0021 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
58 Ireland 0.002 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
59 Israel 0.002 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
60 Slovakia 0.002 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.2% flat
61 Chad 0.002 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
62 North Macedonia 0.0019 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
63 Chile 0.0019 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 14.8% rising
64 Hungary 0.0019 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 29.8% falling
65 France 0.0019 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
66 Brazil 0.0019 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
67 Uzbekistan 0.0019 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 1.6% volatile
68 Turkmenistan 0.0019 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 51.7% falling
69 China 0.0019 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.0% flat
70 Tajikistan 0.0019 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.8% flat
71 Guyana 0.0018 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 80.3% falling
72 Benin 0.0018 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
73 Kenya 0.0017 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 11.7% flat
74 New Zealand 0.0017 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
75 Mozambique 0.0017 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
76 Austria 0.0016 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
77 Somalia 0.0016 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
78 New Caledonia 0.0016 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 14.3% rising
79 Saint Lucia 0.0016 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
80 Mali 0.0016 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
81 Guatemala 0.0016 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
82 Argentina 0.0016 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
83 El Salvador 0.0015 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
84 Panama 0.0015 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 5.8% flat
85 Jamaica 0.0015 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
86 Portugal 0.0015 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.0% flat
87 Nigeria 0.0014 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
88 Dominican Republic 0.0014 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 87.0% rising
89 Singapore 0.0014 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 1.5% falling
90 Spain 0.0013 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 9.7% flat
91 Zambia 0.0012 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
92 Albania 0.0012 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 75.6% falling
93 Croatia 0.0011 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.0% flat
94 Serbia 0.0011 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 4.0% flat
95 Zimbabwe 0.001 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
96 Madagascar 0.0009 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
97 Kazakhstan 0.0009 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
98 Eswatini 0.0009 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
99 Haiti 0.0007 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
100 Uruguay 0.0007 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
101 Eritrea 0.0007 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 1.1% volatile
102 Malaysia 0.0007 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
103 Belize 0.0007 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 2.5% flat
104 Mexico 0.0007 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 35.2% falling
105 Ethiopia 0.0007 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 10.6% volatile
106 Slovenia 0.0007 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 9.1% flat
107 Australia 0.0006 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 16.6% falling
108 Philippines 0.0006 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
109 Luxembourg 0.0006 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.3% flat
110 Bhutan 0.0006 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 17.0% rising
111 Egypt 0.0006 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
112 Jordan 0.0006 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 3.7% flat
113 Cameroon 0.0006 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
114 Honduras 0.0005 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
115 Sudan 0.0005 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
116 Belgium 0.0005 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.5% falling
117 Mauritius 0.0005 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
118 South Africa 0.0005 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
119 Thailand 0.0004 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
120 Peru 0.0004 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.1% flat
121 Mongolia 0.0004 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 18.3% falling
122 Samoa 0.0004 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 1.8% flat
123 South Sudan 0.0003 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
124 Georgia 0.0003 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
125 United Arab Emirates 0.0003 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 1.1% falling
126 Burkina Faso 0.0002 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 3.2% flat
127 Iraq 0.0002 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.4% flat
128 Sierra Leone 0.0002 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
129 Congo 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
130 Namibia 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
131 Cyprus 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
132 Afghanistan 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 1.6% flat
133 Djibouti 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
134 Costa Rica 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
135 Guinea 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
136 Morocco 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
137 Niger 0 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
138 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Inland waters — Area divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Inland waters — Area ÷ Land area (sq. km)

Computed from

  • Inland waters — Area Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
  • Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

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Indicator
Inland waters — Area, per square kilometre
Unit
1000 ha per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
141 places, 7,913 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Inland waters — Area divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.