Lakes and rivers permanent water area change in Northern America
Northern America: Lakes and rivers permanent water area change was 0.7% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Lakes and rivers permanent water area change in Northern America, 2005–2022
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lakes and rivers permanent water area change in Northern America is 0.7%, measured in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.7% on the previous year and down 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lakes and rivers permanent water area change in Northern America peaked at 0.9% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2013.
Northern America ranks 27th of 34 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Lakes and rivers permanent water area change in Northern America, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0.3% | — |
| 2006 | 0.5% | +39.7% |
| 2007 | 0.6% | +19.9% |
| 2008 | 0.6% | +7.7% |
| 2009 | 0.8% | +23.0% |
| 2010 | 0.8% | +8.9% |
| 2011 | 0.8% | -5.7% |
| 2012 | 0.8% | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 0.3% | -63.5% |
| 2014 | 0.3% | +22.8% |
| 2015 | 0.4% | +21.2% |
| 2016 | 0.4% | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 0.4% | -14.5% |
| 2018 | 0.9% | +150.6% |
| 2019 | 0.7% | -16.7% |
| 2020 | 0.6% | -24.2% |
| 2021 | 0.7% | +18.0% |
| 2022 | 0.7% | +5.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.8% | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
More environment data for Northern America
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.23 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.25 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.466 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.49 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 43.74 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 92.54 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 14.64 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 37.99 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 75.85 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lakes and rivers permanent water area change in Northern America?
- Lakes and rivers permanent water area change in Northern America was 0.7% in 2022, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest lakes and rivers permanent water area change recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9% in 2018.
- What is the lowest lakes and rivers permanent water area change recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2013.
- How does Northern America rank for lakes and rivers permanent water area change?
- Northern America ranks 27th out of 34 groups with data for 2022.
- Is lakes and rivers permanent water area change rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern America 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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