Reservoir maximum water area in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Reservoir maximum water area was 0.3% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Reservoir maximum water area in Burkina Faso, 2000–2022
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 0.3% for reservoir maximum water area in 2022. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 22.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, reservoir maximum water area in Burkina Faso peaked at 0.3% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2000.
That places Burkina Faso 51st out of 222 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Reservoir maximum water area in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.1% | — |
| 2001 | 0.1% | +8.4% |
| 2002 | 0.2% | +29.1% |
| 2003 | 0.2% | +17.0% |
| 2004 | 0.2% | +8.4% |
| 2005 | 0.2% | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 0.2% | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 0.2% | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.2% | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 0.2% | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 0.2% | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 0.2% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.2% | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.2% | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 0.2% | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 0.2% | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 0.2% | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 0.2% | +5.7% |
| 2018 | 0.2% | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 0.2% | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 0.3% | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 0.3% | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 0.3% | +0.4% |
Burkina Faso compared with similar countries
- Burkina Faso's 0.3% is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.0%, 24.4× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Burkina Faso's 0.3% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0%, 14.0× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Reservoir maximum water area in Burkina Faso 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +29.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
More environment data for Burkina Faso
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.27 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.18 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.331 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.25 °C (2025)
- Cropland — Area, annual growth rate -0.0957 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cropland — Area, per unit of GDP 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cropland — Area, per capita 0.0004 1000 ha per person (2024)
- Arable land — Area, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arable land — Area, per unit of GDP 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is reservoir maximum water area in Burkina Faso?
- Reservoir maximum water area in Burkina Faso was 0.3% in 2022, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest reservoir maximum water area recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3% in 2022.
- What is the lowest reservoir maximum water area recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2000.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for reservoir maximum water area?
- Burkina Faso ranks 51st out of 222 countries with data for 2022.
- Is reservoir maximum water area rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Reservoir maximum water area (% of total land area). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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