Lakes and rivers seasonal water area in Nigeria
Nigeria: Lakes and rivers seasonal water area was 0.6% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Lakes and rivers seasonal water area in Nigeria, 2000–2022
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 0.6% for lakes and rivers seasonal water area in 2022. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.9% on the previous year and up 109.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lakes and rivers seasonal water area in Nigeria peaked at 0.6% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2000.
Nigeria ranks 66th of 221 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Lakes and rivers seasonal water area in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.1% | — |
| 2001 | 0.2% | +48.9% |
| 2002 | 0.3% | +38.1% |
| 2003 | 0.3% | +27.3% |
| 2004 | 0.3% | +8.1% |
| 2005 | 0.3% | -10.4% |
| 2006 | 0.3% | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 0.3% | -6.0% |
| 2008 | 0.3% | -4.7% |
| 2009 | 0.3% | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.3% | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 0.3% | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 0.3% | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 0.3% | +6.7% |
| 2014 | 0.3% | +8.6% |
| 2015 | 0.4% | +14.2% |
| 2016 | 0.4% | +9.3% |
| 2017 | 0.5% | +12.2% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 0.5% | +6.4% |
| 2020 | 0.6% | +7.1% |
| 2021 | 0.6% | +5.6% |
| 2022 | 0.6% | +2.9% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 0.6% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.3%, 2.0× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 0.6% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.3%, 2.3× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lakes and rivers seasonal water area in Nigeria 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 | +48.9% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
More environment data for Nigeria
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -5.73 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.07 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.281 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.15 °C (2025)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity, gaps filled 1.42 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use, gaps filled 356,171 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use, annual growth rate 51.74 % change on previous year (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled 80 t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity, annual growth rate 73.91 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lakes and rivers seasonal water area in Nigeria?
- Lakes and rivers seasonal water area in Nigeria was 0.6% in 2022, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest lakes and rivers seasonal water area recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2022.
- What is the lowest lakes and rivers seasonal water area recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2000.
- How does Nigeria rank for lakes and rivers seasonal water area?
- Nigeria ranks 66th out of 221 countries with data for 2022.
- Is lakes and rivers seasonal water area rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 109.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Lakes and rivers seasonal water area (% of total land area). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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