Lakes and rivers permanent water area in Eswatini
Eswatini: Lakes and rivers permanent water area was 0.0% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Lakes and rivers permanent water area in Eswatini, 2000–2022
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lakes and rivers permanent water area in Eswatini is 0.0%, measured in 2022.
The figure is up 20.9% on the previous year and down 31.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lakes and rivers permanent water area in Eswatini peaked at 0.1% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2020.
Eswatini ranks 196th of 221 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Lakes and rivers permanent water area in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.0% | — |
| 2001 | 0.1% | +16.9% |
| 2002 | 0.1% | +19.6% |
| 2003 | 0.1% | +3.8% |
| 2004 | 0.1% | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 0.1% | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 0.1% | -8.1% |
| 2007 | 0.1% | -6.2% |
| 2008 | 0.1% | -9.2% |
| 2009 | 0.1% | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 0.1% | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 0.1% | +7.7% |
| 2012 | 0.1% | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 0.1% | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 0.1% | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 0.1% | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 0.1% | -9.7% |
| 2017 | 0.1% | -13.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0% | -8.8% |
| 2019 | 0.0% | -11.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0% | -19.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0% | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 0.0% | +20.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3 |
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More environment data for Eswatini
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.321 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.02 °C (2025)
- Sawnwood — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export quantity, per capita 0.1639 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export value, annual growth rate -13.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export value, per capita 0.059 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Sawnwood, coniferous — Import quantity, annual growth rate -54.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood, coniferous — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lakes and rivers permanent water area in Eswatini?
- Lakes and rivers permanent water area in Eswatini was 0.0% in 2022, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest lakes and rivers permanent water area recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1% in 2003.
- What is the lowest lakes and rivers permanent water area recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2020.
- How does Eswatini rank for lakes and rivers permanent water area?
- Eswatini ranks 196th out of 221 countries with data for 2022.
- Is lakes and rivers permanent water area rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eswatini data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Lakes and rivers permanent water area (% of total land area). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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