Lakes and rivers permanent water area in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Lakes and rivers permanent water area was 0.0% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Lakes and rivers permanent water area in Northern Africa, 2000–2022
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lakes and rivers permanent water area in Northern Africa is 0.0%, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.6% on the previous year and up 35.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lakes and rivers permanent water area in Northern Africa peaked at 0.0% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2000.
Northern Africa ranks 37th of 37 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Lakes and rivers permanent water area in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.0% | — |
| 2001 | 0.0% | +65.1% |
| 2002 | 0.0% | +48.1% |
| 2003 | 0.0% | +32.7% |
| 2004 | 0.0% | +12.5% |
| 2005 | 0.0% | +5.2% |
| 2006 | 0.0% | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.0% | -3.7% |
| 2008 | 0.0% | +6.2% |
| 2009 | 0.0% | -4.7% |
| 2010 | 0.0% | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.0% | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 0.0% | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 0.0% | -3.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0% | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 0.0% | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 0.0% | +5.8% |
| 2019 | 0.0% | +5.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0% | +5.7% |
| 2021 | 0.0% | +5.3% |
| 2022 | 0.0% | +10.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lakes and rivers permanent water area in Northern Africa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +65.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
More environment data for Northern Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -13.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -20 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.281 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.61 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 701,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 864,000 t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 27.72 % (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 4.57 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 0.84 kg/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lakes and rivers permanent water area in Northern Africa?
- Lakes and rivers permanent water area in Northern Africa 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 Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 2022.
- What is the lowest lakes and rivers permanent water area recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2000.
- How does Northern Africa rank for lakes and rivers permanent water area?
- Northern Africa ranks 37th out of 37 groups with data for 2022.
- Is lakes and rivers permanent water area rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern Africa 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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