Lakes and rivers permanent water area in Mongolia
Mongolia: Lakes and rivers permanent water area was 0.9% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Lakes and rivers permanent water area in Mongolia, 2000–2022
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lakes and rivers permanent water area in Mongolia is 0.9%, measured in 2022.
That represents a change of down 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lakes and rivers permanent water area in Mongolia peaked at 0.9% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2000.
That places Mongolia 52nd out of 192 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Lakes and rivers permanent water area in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.5% | — |
| 2001 | 0.6% | +30.3% |
| 2002 | 0.7% | +13.5% |
| 2003 | 0.9% | +25.3% |
| 2004 | 0.9% | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 0.9% | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 0.9% | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.9% | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.9% | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.9% | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.9% | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.9% | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.9% | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.9% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.9% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.9% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9% | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.9% | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.9% | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9% | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 3 |
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More environment data for Mongolia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -5.5 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.27 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.602 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.37 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Import quantity, annual growth rate 33.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import quantity, per capita 0.0567 m3 per person (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import value, annual growth rate 44.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood-based panels — 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 in Mongolia?
- Lakes and rivers permanent water area in Mongolia was 0.9% in 2022, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest lakes and rivers permanent water area recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9% in 2005.
- What is the lowest lakes and rivers permanent water area recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2000.
- How does Mongolia rank for lakes and rivers permanent water area?
- Mongolia ranks 52nd out of 192 countries with data for 2022.
- Is lakes and rivers permanent water area rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mongolia 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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