Lakes and rivers permanent water area change in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Lakes and rivers permanent water area change was 9.4% in 2022. β² Rising
Lakes and rivers permanent water area change in Ethiopia, 2005β2022
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 9.4% 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 22.0% on the previous year and up 65.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lakes and rivers permanent water area change in Ethiopia peaked at 9.4% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 4.9%, in 2010.
Ethiopia ranks 118th of 209 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 | 5.8% | 5.0% | 7.2% | 5 |
| 2010s | 6.3% | 4.9% | 7.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.2% | 7.4% | 9.4% | 3 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lakes and rivers permanent water area change in Ethiopia?
- Lakes and rivers permanent water area change in Ethiopia was 9.4% in 2022, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest lakes and rivers permanent water area change recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 9.4% in 2022.
- What is the lowest lakes and rivers permanent water area change recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.9% in 2010.
- How does Ethiopia rank for lakes and rivers permanent water area change?
- Ethiopia ranks 118th out of 209 countries with data for 2022.
- Is lakes and rivers permanent water area change rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 65.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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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