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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Lakes and rivers seasonal water area change (%)
Source
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
Licence
UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested)
Coverage
272 places, 4,894 data points, 2005–2022
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