Lakes and rivers permanent water area change in Chile
Chile: Lakes and rivers permanent water area change was 7.0% in 2022. β² Rising
Lakes and rivers permanent water area change in Chile, 2005β2022
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
Chile recorded 7.0% for lakes and rivers permanent water area change in 2022. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.2% on the previous year and up 41.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lakes and rivers permanent water area change in Chile peaked at 7.0% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 4.6%, in 2013.
Chile ranks 140th of 232 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.6% | 4.9% | 6.1% | 5 |
| 2010s | 5.1% | 4.6% | 5.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.4% | 5.6% | 7.0% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Chile
- 137 Turks and Caicos Islands 7.8% compare
- 138 Suriname 7.4% compare
- 139 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 7.2% compare
- 141 Switzerland 7.0% compare
- 142 Viet Nam 7.0% compare
- 143 Poland 6.9% compare
More environment data for Chile
- Standard Deviation 0.266 Β°C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.82 Β°C (2025)
- Recovered paper β Production 144,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish β Production 5.62 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified β Import value 12,122 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified β Import quantity 4,915 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Export value 494,976 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Export quantity 515,059 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Import value 382,142 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Import quantity 434,449 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lakes and rivers permanent water area change in Chile?
- Lakes and rivers permanent water area change in Chile was 7.0% in 2022, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest lakes and rivers permanent water area change recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 7.0% in 2022.
- What is the lowest lakes and rivers permanent water area change recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.6% in 2013.
- How does Chile rank for lakes and rivers permanent water area change?
- Chile ranks 140th out of 232 countries with data for 2022.
- Is lakes and rivers permanent water area change rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Chile data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Lakes and rivers permanent water area change (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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