Lakes and rivers seasonal water area change (%) by country
Countries reporting
214
Highest
2,636.3%
Pitcairn
Lowest
-31.2%
Niue
Median
58.1%
Years covered
18
2005–2022
Data points
4,894
What the numbers show
Lakes and rivers seasonal water area change (%) is currently reported for 214 countries. The highest value is 2,636.3% in Pitcairn; the lowest is -31.2% in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 58.1%, and the mean is 99.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 84.
Over the past decade 200 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Guyana (up 92,800.4%), and the largest decrease in Uruguay (down 1,955.4%).
Lakes and rivers seasonal water area change: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pitcairn | 2,636.3% | 2022 | up 2,736.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Faroe Islands | 1,166.1% | 2022 | up 1,266.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Iceland | 929.3% | 2022 | up 2,287.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Christmas Island | 795.0% | 2022 | up 895.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Norfolk Island | 766.9% | 2022 | up 866.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Kiribati | 396.6% | 2022 | up 611.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Monaco | 388.0% | 2022 | up 816.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Gibraltar | 348.9% | 2022 | up 68,048.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Andorra | 257.1% | 2022 | up 36,970.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Marshall Islands | 241.7% | 2022 | up 576.9% | volatile |
| 11 | French Polynesia | 240.9% | 2022 | up 1,499.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Equatorial Guinea | 234.9% | 2022 | up 1,129.6% | volatile |
| 13 | Fiji | 200.9% | 2022 | up 2,236.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Northern Mariana Islands | 179.8% | 2022 | up 588.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Vanuatu | 179.2% | 2022 | up 585.8% | volatile |
| 16 | Mayotte | 174.7% | 2022 | up 528.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Dominica | 174.1% | 2022 | up 719.9% | volatile |
| 18 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 165.5% | 2022 | up 683.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Jordan | 163.9% | 2022 | up 627.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Tonga | 160.6% | 2022 | up 710.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Djibouti | 159.7% | 2022 | up 2,469.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Guam | 155.3% | 2022 | up 475.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Isle of Man | 154.3% | 2022 | up 1,949.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Naoero | 153.4% | 2022 | up 575.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Réunion | 153.0% | 2022 | up 502.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Malawi | 146.4% | 2022 | up 644.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Palau | 145.2% | 2022 | up 637.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Norway | 141.7% | 2022 | up 1,913.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Gabon | 141.1% | 2022 | up 806.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Tokelau | 138.3% | 2022 | up 1,107.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Liechtenstein | 136.6% | 2022 | up 457.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Ecuador | 134.7% | 2022 | up 507.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Ireland | 131.2% | 2022 | up 429.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Benin | 127.7% | 2022 | up 718.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Aruba | 127.0% | 2022 | up 2,462.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Comoros | 125.2% | 2022 | up 720.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Malta | 124.5% | 2022 | up 8,269.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Barbados | 122.8% | 2022 | up 1,391.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Greenland | 119.5% | 2022 | up 933.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Martinique | 118.5% | 2022 | up 9,071.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Burundi | 117.2% | 2022 | up 2,691.9% | volatile |
| 42 | Ghana | 115.5% | 2022 | up 1,323.8% | volatile |
| 43 | United States Virgin Islands | 114.9% | 2022 | up 2,882.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Bahrain | 113.0% | 2022 | up 1,122.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Cameroon | 111.3% | 2022 | up 845.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Curaçao | 110.5% | 2022 | up 540.1% | volatile |
| 47 | Uganda | 108.2% | 2022 | up 4,214.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Grenada | 106.1% | 2022 | up 1,689.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Libya | 104.6% | 2022 | up 2,511.6% | volatile |
| 50 | Bermuda | 102.8% | 2022 | up 636.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Niger | 100.4% | 2022 | up 571.4% | volatile |
| 52 | South Sudan | 99.5% | 2022 | up 846.5% | volatile |
| 53 | Somalia | 99.3% | 2022 | up 1,025.9% | volatile |
| 54 | Kuwait | 99.1% | 2022 | up 673.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Liberia | 98.4% | 2022 | up 1,041.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Ethiopia | 98.2% | 2022 | up 776.4% | volatile |
| 57 | Mauritius | 96.9% | 2022 | up 1,252.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Saint Lucia | 94.9% | 2022 | up 38,569.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Belgium | 94.7% | 2022 | up 3,052.3% | volatile |
| 60 | New Caledonia | 93.6% | 2022 | up 8,841.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Yemen | 92.8% | 2022 | up 1,228.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Angola | 91.3% | 2022 | up 659.2% | volatile |
| 63 | Togo | 89.8% | 2022 | up 8,323.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Italy | 89.3% | 2022 | up 3,042.8% | volatile |
| 65 | Rwanda | 89.2% | 2022 | up 5,488.1% | volatile |
| 66 | Guadeloupe | 89.2% | 2022 | up 2,403.3% | volatile |
| 67 | Jersey | 88.9% | 2022 | up 5,710.4% | volatile |
| 68 | Russian Federation | 87.9% | 2022 | up 1,526.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Nigeria | 87.6% | 2022 | up 946.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Switzerland | 87.6% | 2022 | up 1,143.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Seychelles | 87.4% | 2022 | up 760.0% | volatile |
| 72 | San Marino | 83.2% | 2022 | up 379.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Samoa | 82.3% | 2022 | up 324.2% | volatile |
| 74 | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 81.3% | 2022 | up 321.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Congo | 80.7% | 2022 | up 1,129.5% | volatile |
| 76 | British Virgin Islands | 80.5% | 2022 | up 661.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Mongolia | 80.0% | 2022 | up 2,015.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Iraq | 79.5% | 2022 | up 706.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Kyrgyzstan | 79.4% | 2022 | up 1,603.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Burkina Faso | 79.0% | 2022 | up 717.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Sierra Leone | 78.3% | 2022 | up 1,295.3% | volatile |
| 82 | French Guiana | 76.6% | 2022 | up 635.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Singapore | 74.0% | 2022 | up 1,159.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Guinea | 73.1% | 2022 | up 3,817.2% | volatile |
| 85 | Eritrea | 72.5% | 2022 | up 1,010.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 71.0% | 2022 | up 316.3% | volatile |
| 87 | Zambia | 70.3% | 2022 | up 149.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Egypt | 70.2% | 2022 | up 654.6% | volatile |
| 89 | Bhutan | 69.4% | 2022 | up 516.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Saudi Arabia | 67.9% | 2022 | up 1,271.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Kazakhstan | 66.8% | 2022 | up 372.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Malaysia | 66.8% | 2022 | up 2,083.3% | volatile |
| 93 | Brunei Darussalam | 66.7% | 2022 | up 1,163.4% | volatile |
| 94 | Qatar | 65.7% | 2022 | up 1,161.1% | volatile |
| 95 | Åland Islands | 64.2% | 2022 | up 2,507.5% | volatile |
| 96 | Luxembourg | 62.9% | 2022 | up 1,749.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Costa Rica | 62.7% | 2022 | up 468.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Portugal | 61.6% | 2022 | up 170.7% | volatile |
| 99 | Guyana | 61.2% | 2022 | up 92,800.4% | volatile |
| 100 | Tuvalu | 60.4% | 2022 | up 412.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Cyprus | 60.2% | 2022 | up 5,081.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Turkmenistan | 59.8% | 2022 | up 513.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Cayman Islands | 59.0% | 2022 | up 187.9% | volatile |
| 104 | France | 59.0% | 2022 | up 1,708.3% | volatile |
| 105 | Estonia | 58.5% | 2022 | up 1,010.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Oman | 58.4% | 2022 | up 8,854.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Chad | 58.3% | 2022 | up 403.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Botswana | 57.9% | 2022 | up 515.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Tunisia | 57.5% | 2022 | up 80.2% | volatile |
| 110 | Denmark | 57.3% | 2022 | up 962.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Suriname | 57.0% | 2022 | up 4,605.4% | volatile |
| 112 | Austria | 55.6% | 2022 | up 342.8% | volatile |
| 113 | Finland | 55.2% | 2022 | up 1,356.1% | volatile |
| 114 | Spain | 54.5% | 2022 | up 113.9% | volatile |
| 115 | Indonesia | 53.4% | 2022 | up 22,020.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Kenya | 52.7% | 2022 | up 247.3% | volatile |
| 117 | Germany | 51.8% | 2022 | up 1,840.9% | volatile |
| 118 | Cook Islands | 51.7% | 2022 | up 249.3% | volatile |
| 119 | Chile | 51.0% | 2022 | up 2,027.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Antigua and Barbuda | 50.9% | 2022 | up 353.6% | volatile |
| 121 | Papua New Guinea | 50.9% | 2022 | up 3,146.2% | volatile |
| 122 | Saint Martin (French part) | 50.8% | 2022 | up 8,802.4% | volatile |
| 123 | Mali | 50.6% | 2022 | up 179.6% | volatile |
| 124 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 50.5% | 2022 | up 334.9% | volatile |
| 125 | Bailiwick of Guernsey | 50.2% | 2022 | up 472.6% | volatile |
| 126 | Dominican Republic | 50.2% | 2022 | up 344.6% | volatile |
| 127 | Anguilla | 49.7% | 2022 | up 1,403.5% | volatile |
| 128 | Poland | 49.1% | 2022 | up 666.8% | volatile |
| 129 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 48.6% | 2022 | up 350.7% | volatile |
| 130 | Puerto Rico | 46.6% | 2022 | up 679.1% | volatile |
| 131 | Guinea-Bissau | 46.5% | 2022 | up 374.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Nicaragua | 45.0% | 2022 | up 396.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Panama | 44.8% | 2022 | up 465.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Tajikistan | 44.5% | 2022 | up 851.6% | volatile |
| 135 | Albania | 44.5% | 2022 | up 145.9% | volatile |
| 136 | Czechia | 44.1% | 2022 | up 190.7% | volatile |
| 137 | Sri Lanka | 43.7% | 2022 | up 174.3% | rising |
| 138 | Philippines | 43.5% | 2022 | up 1,328.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Western Sahara | 43.4% | 2022 | up 279.8% | volatile |
| 140 | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | 43.1% | 2022 | up 1,295.5% | volatile |
| 141 | Georgia | 42.6% | 2022 | up 459.2% | volatile |
| 142 | Bulgaria | 42.2% | 2022 | up 242.7% | volatile |
| 143 | Japan | 41.9% | 2022 | up 523.6% | volatile |
| 144 | Central African Republic | 41.2% | 2022 | up 2,570.7% | volatile |
| 145 | North Macedonia | 41.0% | 2022 | up 74.8% | volatile |
| 146 | Namibia | 40.6% | 2022 | up 28.9% | volatile |
| 147 | Saint Barthélemy | 40.0% | 2022 | up 302.9% | volatile |
| 148 | Greece | 38.6% | 2022 | up 130.9% | rising |
| 149 | Slovenia | 38.1% | 2022 | up 163.9% | volatile |
| 150 | Mauritania | 37.9% | 2022 | up 396.6% | volatile |
| 151 | Lithuania | 37.6% | 2022 | up 232.7% | volatile |
| 152 | Latvia | 37.5% | 2022 | up 227.4% | volatile |
| 153 | Armenia | 36.8% | 2022 | up 140.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Israel | 36.4% | 2022 | up 4,664.9% | volatile |
| 155 | Mozambique | 36.3% | 2022 | up 1,168.5% | volatile |
| 156 | China | 36.2% | 2022 | up 5,542.9% | volatile |
| 157 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 35.8% | 2022 | up 149.4% | volatile |
| 158 | Peru | 35.4% | 2022 | up 1,257.1% | volatile |
| 159 | Guatemala | 35.3% | 2022 | up 821.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Morocco | 34.8% | 2022 | up 43.9% | volatile |
| 161 | Uzbekistan | 34.7% | 2022 | up 256.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Senegal | 34.1% | 2022 | up 108.7% | volatile |
| 163 | Myanmar | 33.6% | 2022 | up 252.3% | volatile |
| 164 | Zimbabwe | 32.9% | 2022 | up 1,550.8% | volatile |
| 165 | India | 32.4% | 2022 | up 197.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Nepal | 31.8% | 2022 | up 495.4% | volatile |
| 167 | Honduras | 31.8% | 2022 | up 390.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Croatia | 30.9% | 2022 | up 941.1% | volatile |
| 169 | Gambia | 30.3% | 2022 | up 145.9% | volatile |
| 170 | Paraguay | 30.2% | 2022 | up 326.8% | volatile |
| 171 | Colombia | 30.0% | 2022 | up 173.4% | volatile |
| 172 | Ukraine | 29.5% | 2022 | up 168.7% | volatile |
| 173 | Canada | 29.2% | 2022 | up 554.4% | volatile |
| 174 | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 28.1% | 2022 | up 509.9% | volatile |
| 175 | Thailand | 26.5% | 2022 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 176 | Lebanon | 26.4% | 2022 | up 578.0% | volatile |
| 177 | South Africa | 25.8% | 2022 | up 4,145.6% | volatile |
| 178 | Pakistan | 24.7% | 2022 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 179 | Montenegro | 24.2% | 2022 | up 109.7% | rising |
| 180 | Eswatini | 23.9% | 2022 | up 295.8% | volatile |
| 181 | Algeria | 22.6% | 2022 | down 20.4% | volatile |
| 182 | Serbia | 22.4% | 2022 | up 365.0% | volatile |
| 183 | New Zealand | 22.4% | 2022 | up 210.4% | rising |
| 184 | Madagascar | 22.2% | 2022 | up 393.8% | volatile |
| 185 | Slovakia | 20.6% | 2022 | up 311.0% | volatile |
| 186 | Cuba | 16.4% | 2022 | up 399.1% | volatile |
| 187 | Afghanistan | 15.8% | 2022 | down 22.3% | volatile |
| 188 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 15.0% | 2022 | up 71.9% | rising |
| 189 | Lesotho | 14.0% | 2022 | up 527.4% | volatile |
| 190 | Haiti | 13.9% | 2022 | up 23.4% | volatile |
| 191 | Bahamas | 13.4% | 2022 | up 299.9% | volatile |
| 192 | Mexico | 9.8% | 2022 | up 1,049.8% | volatile |
| 193 | Bangladesh | 9.7% | 2022 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 194 | Belize | 9.5% | 2022 | up 148.2% | volatile |
| 195 | Romania | 9.5% | 2022 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 196 | Brazil | 8.3% | 2022 | up 198.9% | volatile |
| 197 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 7.5% | 2022 | up 161.9% | volatile |
| 198 | Republic of Korea | 7.1% | 2022 | up 196.3% | volatile |
| 199 | Sudan | 7.0% | 2022 | down 28.5% | volatile |
| 200 | Azerbaijan | 6.6% | 2022 | down 66.4% | volatile |
| 201 | Cambodia | 5.6% | 2022 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 202 | Sint Maarten | 5.6% | 2022 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 203 | El Salvador | 3.5% | 2022 | up 170.3% | volatile |
| 204 | Argentina | 3.5% | 2022 | up 126.0% | volatile |
| 205 | Jamaica | 2.1% | 2022 | up 164.7% | volatile |
| 206 | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.3% | 2022 | up 99.1% | volatile |
| 207 | American Samoa | -6.0% | 2022 | up 66.8% | volatile |
| 208 | Australia and New Zealand | -6.9% | 2022 | down 146.6% | volatile |
| 209 | Australia | -7.2% | 2022 | down 148.1% | volatile |
| 210 | Hungary | -7.2% | 2022 | down 126.3% | volatile |
| 211 | Solomon Islands | -9.2% | 2022 | down 112.4% | volatile |
| 212 | Uruguay | -16.6% | 2022 | down 1,955.4% | volatile |
| 213 | Montserrat | -18.0% | 2022 | down 254.2% | volatile |
| 214 | Niue | -31.2% | 2022 | down 131.7% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Wallis and Futuna Islands 389.9%
- Cabo Verde 184.6%
- Micronesia 216.6%
- Côte d'Ivoire 92.8%
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 213.0%
- Eastern Europe 85.0%
- Polynesia 184.0%
- Europe 84.0%
- Northern Europe 80.5%
- Middle Africa 70.2%
- Western Europe 65.7%
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 59.5%
- China, Macao Special Administrative Region 65.5%
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 59.0%
- Western Africa 63.2%
- Melanesia 52.3%
- Central Asia 60.9%
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 51.6%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 60.2%
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 50.7%
- Africa 59.4%
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 49.5%
- Eastern Africa 59.3%
- United Republic of Tanzania 47.0%
- Northern Africa 57.6%
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 46.3%
- Western Asia 56.9%
- Developed regions (Europe, Cyprus, Israel, Northern America, Japan, Australia & New Zealand) 41.8%
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 55.0%
- Türkiye 37.0%
- Southern Europe 54.1%
- Asia 36.9%
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 53.6%
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 36.8%
- Europe and Northern America 52.8%
- Developing regions 34.5%
- China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 49.6%
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 34.0%
- Southern Africa 44.2%
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 32.1%