Reservoir maximum water area in Norway
Norway: Reservoir maximum water area was 0.3% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Latest (2022)
0.3%
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
35th
of 193 countries
All-time high
0.3%
in 2021
All-time low
0.1%
in 2000
Years of data
23
2000–2022
Reservoir maximum water area in Norway, 2000–2022
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Norway recorded 0.3% for reservoir maximum water area in 2022.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, reservoir maximum water area in Norway peaked at 0.3% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2000.
That places Norway 35th 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 Norway, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.1% | — |
| 2001 | 0.2% | +43.5% |
| 2002 | 0.2% | +29.7% |
| 2003 | 0.3% | +15.7% |
| 2004 | 0.3% | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.3% | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.3% | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.3% | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.3% | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 0.3% | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.3% | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.3% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.3% | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 0.3% | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 0.3% | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 0.3% | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.3% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.3% | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 0.3% | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.3% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.3% | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.3% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 3 |
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More environment data for Norway
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.9857 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.8118 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.738 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.52 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Import quantity, annual growth rate 6.79 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import quantity, per capita 0.0968 m3 per person (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import value, annual growth rate -5.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is reservoir maximum water area in Norway?
- Reservoir maximum water area in Norway was 0.3% in 2022, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest reservoir maximum water area recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3% in 2021.
- What is the lowest reservoir maximum water area recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2000.
- How does Norway rank for reservoir maximum water area?
- Norway ranks 35th out of 193 countries with data for 2022.
- Is reservoir maximum water area rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Norway 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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