Lakes and rivers permanent water area change in World
World: Lakes and rivers permanent water area change was 4.4% in 2022. β² Rising
Lakes and rivers permanent water area change in World, 2005β2022
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2022, lakes and rivers permanent water area change in World stood at 4.4%. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 64.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lakes and rivers permanent water area change in World peaked at 4.4% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2.2%, in 2013.
That places World 26th out of 42 groups with data for 2022, putting it 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 | 2.4% | 2.2% | 2.8% | 5 |
| 2010s | 2.9% | 2.2% | 4.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.3% | 4.2% | 4.4% | 3 |
Countries ranked near World
- 23 Guam 118.7% compare
- 24 Marshall Islands 108.9% compare
- 25 Micronesia (Federated States of) 103.6% compare
- 26 RΓ©union 77.4% compare
- 27 Burkina Faso 68.2% compare
- 28 Kuwait 66.4% compare
- 29 Eritrea 64.3% compare
More environment data for World
- Standard Deviation 0.208 Β°C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.88 Β°C (2025)
- Recovered paper β Production 241.28 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish β Production 431.35 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified β Import value 4.18 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified β Import quantity 1.50 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Export value 68.53 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Export quantity 76.62 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Import value 71.11 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Import quantity 77.03 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lakes and rivers permanent water area change in World?
- Lakes and rivers permanent water area change in World was 4.4% in 2022, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest lakes and rivers permanent water area change recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 4.4% in 2022.
- What is the lowest lakes and rivers permanent water area change recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.2% in 2013.
- How does World rank for lakes and rivers permanent water area change?
- World ranks 26th out of 42 groups with data for 2022.
- Is lakes and rivers permanent water area change rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 64.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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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