Reservoir maximum water area in Cameroon
Cameroon: Reservoir maximum water area was 0.4% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Latest (2022)
0.4%
Change on year
down 0.6%
World rank
25th
of 193 countries
All-time high
0.4%
in 2021
All-time low
0.1%
in 2000
Years of data
23
2000–2022
Reservoir maximum water area in Cameroon, 2000–2022
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 0.4% for reservoir maximum water area in 2022.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 27.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, reservoir maximum water area in Cameroon peaked at 0.4% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2000.
That places Cameroon 25th out of 193 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 Cameroon, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.1% | — |
| 2001 | 0.2% | +65.4% |
| 2002 | 0.2% | +37.5% |
| 2003 | 0.3% | +26.5% |
| 2004 | 0.3% | +8.6% |
| 2005 | 0.3% | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 0.3% | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 0.3% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.3% | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 0.3% | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 0.3% | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 0.3% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.3% | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.3% | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.3% | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.3% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.3% | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 0.3% | +5.0% |
| 2018 | 0.3% | +5.2% |
| 2019 | 0.3% | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 0.4% | +5.3% |
| 2021 | 0.4% | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 0.4% | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 3 |
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More environment data for Cameroon
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -8.11 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.68 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.211 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.15 °C (2025)
- Plywood and LVL — Import quantity, annual growth rate 41.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Plywood and LVL — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Plywood and LVL — Import quantity, per capita 0.0001 m3 per person (2024)
- Plywood and LVL — Import value, annual growth rate -0.8272 % change on previous year (2024)
- Plywood and LVL — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is reservoir maximum water area in Cameroon?
- Reservoir maximum water area in Cameroon was 0.4% in 2022, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest reservoir maximum water area recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4% in 2021.
- What is the lowest reservoir maximum water area recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2000.
- How does Cameroon rank for reservoir maximum water area?
- Cameroon ranks 25th out of 193 countries with data for 2022.
- Is reservoir maximum water area rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon 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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