Lakes and rivers permanent water area change in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan: Lakes and rivers permanent water area change was 0.4% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Lakes and rivers permanent water area change in Kyrgyzstan, 2005–2022
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Kyrgyzstan recorded 0.4% for lakes and rivers permanent water area change in 2022.
That represents a change of down 6.2% on the previous year and down 16.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lakes and rivers permanent water area change in Kyrgyzstan peaked at 0.5% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2018.
Kyrgyzstan ranks 179th of 216 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Lakes and rivers permanent water area change in Kyrgyzstan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0.3% | — |
| 2006 | 0.4% | +44.1% |
| 2007 | 0.5% | +31.3% |
| 2008 | 0.5% | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 0.5% | +3.6% |
| 2010 | 0.4% | -8.1% |
| 2011 | 0.4% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.5% | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.5% | +15.8% |
| 2014 | 0.5% | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.4% | -24.5% |
| 2016 | 0.2% | -39.1% |
| 2017 | 0.2% | -26.8% |
| 2018 | 0.2% | -4.2% |
| 2019 | 0.2% | +30.0% |
| 2020 | 0.3% | +43.8% |
| 2021 | 0.4% | +27.0% |
| 2022 | 0.4% | -6.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 3 |
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More environment data for Kyrgyzstan
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -6.71 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.581 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.97 °C (2025)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate 17.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per capita 0.0031 t per person (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate 22.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lakes and rivers permanent water area change in Kyrgyzstan?
- Lakes and rivers permanent water area change in Kyrgyzstan was 0.4% in 2022, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest lakes and rivers permanent water area change recorded in Kyrgyzstan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2014.
- What is the lowest lakes and rivers permanent water area change recorded in Kyrgyzstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2018.
- How does Kyrgyzstan rank for lakes and rivers permanent water area change?
- Kyrgyzstan ranks 179th out of 216 countries with data for 2022.
- Is lakes and rivers permanent water area change rising or falling in Kyrgyzstan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kyrgyzstan 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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