Reservoir maximum water area in Egypt
Egypt: Reservoir maximum water area was 0.5% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Latest (2022)
0.5%
Change on year
up 2.4%
World rank
23rd
of 222 countries
All-time high
0.5%
in 2003
All-time low
0.2%
in 2000
Years of data
23
2000–2022
Reservoir maximum water area in Egypt, 2000–2022
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2022, reservoir maximum water area in Egypt stood at 0.5%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, reservoir maximum water area in Egypt peaked at 0.5% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2000.
Egypt ranks 23rd of 222 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Reservoir maximum water area in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.2% | — |
| 2001 | 0.3% | +43.4% |
| 2002 | 0.4% | +32.7% |
| 2003 | 0.5% | +24.4% |
| 2004 | 0.5% | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 0.5% | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 0.5% | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 0.5% | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 0.5% | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 0.5% | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 0.5% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.5% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.5% | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 0.5% | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 0.5% | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 0.5% | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 0.5% | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 0.5% | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 0.5% | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.5% | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 0.5% | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 3 |
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More environment data for Egypt
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -20.54 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -13.21 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.361 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Sawnwood — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Production, per capita 0.0001 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood — Import quantity, annual growth rate -19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is reservoir maximum water area in Egypt?
- Reservoir maximum water area in Egypt was 0.5% in 2022, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest reservoir maximum water area recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2003.
- What is the lowest reservoir maximum water area recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2000.
- How does Egypt rank for reservoir maximum water area?
- Egypt ranks 23rd out of 222 countries with data for 2022.
- Is reservoir maximum water area rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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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