Lakes and rivers permanent water area in Madagascar
Madagascar: Lakes and rivers permanent water area was 0.3% in 2022. ▬ Flat
Lakes and rivers permanent water area in Madagascar, 2000–2022
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 0.3% for lakes and rivers permanent water area in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.2% on the previous year and down 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lakes and rivers permanent water area in Madagascar peaked at 0.4% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2022.
Madagascar ranks 126th of 221 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Lakes and rivers permanent water area in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.3% | — |
| 2001 | 0.3% | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 0.3% | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 0.3% | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.3% | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 0.3% | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 0.3% | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 0.3% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.4% | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.4% | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.4% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.3% | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 0.3% | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 0.3% | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 0.3% | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 0.3% | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 0.3% | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.3% | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 0.3% | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 0.3% | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.3% | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 0.3% | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 0.3% | -3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 123 Paraguay 0.3% compare
- 124 Tuvalu 0.3% compare
- 125 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.3% compare
- 127 Marshall Islands 0.3% compare
- 128 Mexico 0.3% compare
- 129 Puerto Rico 0.3% compare
More environment data for Madagascar
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.297 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.17 °C (2025)
- Sawnwood — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export quantity, per capita 0.001 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export value, annual growth rate -4.81 % 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 0.0002 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Sawnwood, coniferous — Import quantity, annual growth rate -3.9 % 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 Madagascar?
- Lakes and rivers permanent water area in Madagascar was 0.3% in 2022, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest lakes and rivers permanent water area recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4% in 2008.
- What is the lowest lakes and rivers permanent water area recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2022.
- How does Madagascar rank for lakes and rivers permanent water area?
- Madagascar ranks 126th out of 221 countries with data for 2022.
- Is lakes and rivers permanent water area rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Madagascar 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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