Reservoir minimum water area change (%) by country

Countries reporting
142
Highest
1,541.0%
United Arab Emirates
Lowest
-85.4%
Martinique
Median
8.3%
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
4,138

What the numbers show

Reservoir minimum water area change (%) is currently reported for 142 countries. The highest value is 1,541.0% in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is -85.4% in Martinique.

The median across all reporting countries is 8.3%, and the mean is 51.8%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 18.

Over the past decade 80 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Cambodia (up 7,736.1%), and the largest decrease in Democratic Republic of the Congo (down 6,116.7%).

Reservoir minimum water area change: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United Arab Emirates 1,541.0% 2022 up 1,641.0% volatile
2 Oman 1,459.3% 2022 up 1,559.3% volatile
3 Eritrea 529.8% 2022 up 1,644.3% volatile
4 Liberia 440.8% 2022 up 5,513.5% volatile
5 Rwanda 419.7% 2022 up 1,217.2% volatile
6 Cambodia 379.6% 2022 up 7,736.1% volatile
7 Saudi Arabia 318.4% 2022 up 1,079.7% volatile
8 Congo 186.7% 2022 up 4,090.0% volatile
9 Bhutan 120.4% 2022 up 77.5% volatile
10 Mongolia 119.2% 2022 up 554.3% volatile
11 Gabon 116.7% 2022 up 1,026.6% volatile
12 Belize 100.9% 2022 up 8.8% volatile
13 Botswana 90.5% 2022 up 1,888.4% volatile
14 Malaysia 89.9% 2022 up 1,334.3% volatile
15 Sudan 89.7% 2022 up 1,063.0% volatile
16 Suriname 84.9% 2022 up 2,840.0% volatile
17 Ethiopia 81.4% 2022 up 782.3% volatile
18 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 71.4% 2022 up 533.8% volatile
19 Jordan 64.9% 2022 up 66.7% volatile
20 Lao People's Democratic Republic 62.9% 2022 up 393.1% volatile
21 Fiji 58.9% 2022 up 269.0% volatile
22 Viet Nam 50.1% 2022 up 978.2% volatile
23 Guinea 48.4% 2022 up 187.6% volatile
24 Myanmar 41.1% 2022 up 67.5% volatile
25 Israel 40.1% 2022 up 8.2% volatile
26 Cyprus 35.4% 2022 up 1,200.9% volatile
27 Colombia 31.2% 2022 up 530.6% volatile
28 Portugal 28.1% 2022 up 9.8% volatile
29 China 26.4% 2022 up 251.3% volatile
30 Burkina Faso 26.1% 2022 up 313.8% volatile
31 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 25.5% 2022 up 375.8% volatile
32 Ireland 24.2% 2022 up 245.4% volatile
33 Angola 23.9% 2022 up 142.2% volatile
34 Iceland 23.5% 2022 up 397.7% volatile
35 Cameroon 23.3% 2022 up 177.1% volatile
36 Puerto Rico 21.6% 2022 up 96.2% volatile
37 Albania 20.8% 2022 up 160.4% volatile
38 Egypt 20.0% 2022 up 164.6% volatile
39 Türkiye 19.9% 2022 up 181.8% volatile
40 Togo 19.6% 2022 up 314.9% volatile
41 Nepal 19.5% 2022 up 291.1% volatile
42 Algeria 18.3% 2022 down 3.5% volatile
43 Nigeria 16.4% 2022 up 173.3% volatile
44 Slovenia 16.3% 2022 up 56.1% volatile
45 Greece 15.0% 2022 up 70.0% volatile
46 Benin 14.6% 2022 up 783.9% volatile
47 Eswatini 14.6% 2022 down 33.0% volatile
48 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 14.4% 2022 up 19.6% volatile
49 Serbia 14.2% 2022 up 2.2% volatile
50 India 13.3% 2022 up 121.8% volatile
51 Chile 13.3% 2022 up 150.5% volatile
52 Montenegro 12.7% 2022 up 5.6% volatile
53 Ecuador 12.2% 2022 down 20.8% volatile
54 North Macedonia 11.9% 2022 down 30.3% volatile
55 Croatia 11.7% 2022 up 7.0% volatile
56 France 11.5% 2022 up 21.9% volatile
57 United Republic of Tanzania 11.4% 2022 down 0.2% volatile
58 Italy 11.4% 2022 down 22.0% volatile
59 New Zealand 11.3% 2022 up 0.9% volatile
60 Bangladesh 11.0% 2022 up 86.7% volatile
61 Uganda 10.9% 2022 up 1.5% volatile
62 Slovakia 10.8% 2022 down 2.7% volatile
63 Lebanon 10.2% 2022 down 1.9% volatile
64 Kenya 9.9% 2022 up 13.1% volatile
65 Pakistan 9.9% 2022 up 22.5% volatile
66 Singapore 9.7% 2022 down 18.1% volatile
67 Romania 9.5% 2022 up 7.6% volatile
68 Mali 8.7% 2022 up 77.2% volatile
69 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.7% 2022 down 17.7% volatile
70 Poland 8.5% 2022 down 12.0% volatile
71 Cuba 8.3% 2022 up 365.5% volatile
72 Tajikistan 8.3% 2022 up 1,283.7% volatile
73 Switzerland 8.2% 2022 down 3.2% volatile
74 Czechia 8.0% 2022 up 9.5% volatile
75 Sri Lanka 8.0% 2022 down 38.7% volatile
76 Nicaragua 7.9% 2022 up 531.5% volatile
77 Sierra Leone 7.8% 2022 down 1.9% volatile
78 Russian Federation 7.6% 2022 up 18.0% volatile
79 Hungary 7.4% 2022 down 38.5% volatile
80 Austria 7.2% 2022 up 14.6% volatile
81 Finland 7.2% 2022 up 50.7% volatile
82 Panama 7.1% 2022 down 7.2% volatile
83 Ghana 7.0% 2022 down 11.9% volatile
84 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 6.5% 2022 up 30.3% volatile
85 Republic of Korea 6.2% 2022 up 357.9% volatile
86 Sweden 6.2% 2022 up 15.6% volatile
87 Norway 6.0% 2022 up 136.8% volatile
88 Latvia 5.7% 2022 up 21.9% volatile
89 Greenland 5.6% 2022 up 451.5% volatile
90 Germany 5.6% 2022 down 6.0% volatile
91 Tunisia 5.5% 2022 down 53.5% volatile
92 Paraguay 5.5% 2022 up 566.8% volatile
93 French Guiana 5.2% 2022 down 30.1% volatile
94 Dominican Republic 5.2% 2022 down 52.1% volatile
95 Costa Rica 5.1% 2022 up 573.6% volatile
96 Thailand 5.0% 2022 down 46.5% volatile
97 Côte d'Ivoire 4.9% 2022 down 48.0% volatile
98 Mexico 4.6% 2022 down 64.1% volatile
99 Bulgaria 4.6% 2022 down 54.1% volatile
100 Syrian Arab Republic 4.2% 2022 down 23.2% volatile
101 Belgium 4.1% 2022 up 12.3% volatile
102 Indonesia 4.1% 2022 up 88.2% volatile
103 Spain 3.7% 2022 down 59.8% volatile
104 Lithuania 3.5% 2022 up 4.6% volatile
105 Honduras 3.5% 2022 down 9.0% volatile
106 Ukraine 2.8% 2022 down 19.9% volatile
107 Argentina 2.6% 2022 down 39.1% volatile
108 Peru 1.7% 2022 down 1.6% volatile
109 Melanesia 1.2% 2022 down 80.7% volatile
110 Afghanistan 1.0% 2022 down 77.6% volatile
111 Uzbekistan 0.8% 2022 down 49.6% volatile
112 Kazakhstan 0.7% 2022 up 1,402.0% volatile
113 Brazil 0.5% 2022 down 94.1% volatile
114 Luxembourg 0.1% 2022 down 96.6% volatile
115 Republic of Moldova 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
116 Mozambique -0.2% 2022 down 104.1% volatile
117 Japan -0.3% 2022 down 159.0% volatile
118 Georgia -0.4% 2022 down 105.5% volatile
119 Senegal -0.5% 2022 down 108.5% volatile
120 Turkmenistan -0.6% 2022 down 105.9% volatile
121 Australia and New Zealand -0.8% 2022 up 23.1% volatile
122 Philippines -1.3% 2022 down 121.2% volatile
123 Papua New Guinea -2.1% 2022 down 135.9% volatile
124 Mauritania -2.2% 2022 down 283.2% volatile
125 Kyrgyzstan -2.8% 2022 down 25.3% volatile
126 Madagascar -2.8% 2022 down 669.9% volatile
127 Zimbabwe -2.8% 2022 down 375.1% volatile
128 Azerbaijan -3.0% 2022 down 128.6% volatile
129 Morocco -3.4% 2022 down 126.2% volatile
130 Guatemala -3.5% 2022 down 410.0% volatile
131 Uruguay -3.6% 2022 down 37.1% volatile
132 Australia -4.5% 2022 up 6.2% volatile
133 Iraq -4.7% 2022 down 30.5% volatile
134 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) -4.9% 2022 down 144.1% volatile
135 Zambia -5.0% 2022 down 562.5% volatile
136 El Salvador -8.1% 2022 down 518.2% volatile
137 Libya -9.8% 2022 down 134.1% volatile
138 Democratic Republic of the Congo -10.2% 2022 down 6,116.7% volatile
139 Lesotho -12.5% 2022 down 165.1% volatile
140 Armenia -13.2% 2022 down 188.2% volatile
141 Namibia -23.1% 2022 down 387.7% volatile
142 Martinique -85.4% 2022 down 714.1% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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About this data

Indicator
Reservoir minimum water area change (%)
Unit
%
Source
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
Licence
UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested)
Coverage
180 places, 4,138 data points, 2000–2022
Last refreshed