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Reservoir minimum water area (% of total land area) by country

Countries reporting
128
Highest
11.8%
Uganda
Lowest
0.0%
Libya
Median
0.1%
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
5,679

What the numbers show

Reservoir minimum water area (% of total land area) is currently reported for 128 countries. The highest value is 11.8% in Uganda; the lowest is 0.0% in Libya.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1%, and the mean is 0.3%.

Over the past decade 71 countries rose and 53 fell. The largest increase was in Eritrea (up 858.7%), and the largest decrease in Libya (down 30.0%).

Reservoir minimum water area: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Uganda 11.8% 2022 up 0.1% rising
2 Ghana 2.3% 2022 down 0.9% rising
3 Finland 2.1% 2022 up 2.3% rising
4 Sweden 1.6% 2022 up 0.8% rising
5 Singapore 0.8% 2022 down 1.9% rising
6 Zimbabwe 0.8% 2022 down 3.8% flat
7 Uruguay 0.8% 2022 down 1.0% flat
8 Iraq 0.7% 2022 down 1.1% falling
9 Kenya 0.7% 2022 up 1.1% rising
10 Azerbaijan 0.6% 2022 down 12.1% rising
11 Ukraine 0.6% 2022 down 0.7% rising
12 Paraguay 0.5% 2022 up 4.6% rising
13 Russian Federation 0.5% 2022 up 1.1% rising
14 Egypt 0.4% 2022 up 11.6% rising
15 Portugal 0.4% 2022 up 2.0% rising
16 Malaysia 0.4% 2022 up 104.9% rising
17 New Zealand 0.4% 2022 up 0.1% rising
18 Thailand 0.4% 2022 down 4.0% rising
19 Republic of Korea 0.3% 2022 up 4.8% rising
20 Zambia 0.3% 2022 down 6.0% falling
21 Panama 0.3% 2022 down 0.5% rising
22 El Salvador 0.3% 2022 down 9.8% falling
23 Tajikistan 0.3% 2022 up 9.0% rising
24 Mozambique 0.3% 2022 down 4.6% flat
25 Slovakia 0.3% 2022 down 0.3% rising
26 Spain 0.3% 2022 down 5.1% rising
27 Brazil 0.3% 2022 down 7.0% rising
28 Albania 0.3% 2022 up 11.9% rising
29 Norway 0.3% 2022 up 3.4% rising
30 Japan 0.3% 2022 down 0.7% flat
31 Switzerland 0.2% 2022 down 0.3% rising
32 Iceland 0.2% 2022 up 18.0% rising
33 Kazakhstan 0.2% 2022 up 0.6% flat
34 Eswatini 0.2% 2022 down 5.9% rising
35 Bulgaria 0.2% 2022 down 5.0% rising
36 Czechia 0.2% 2022 up 0.6% rising
37 Sri Lanka 0.2% 2022 down 4.5% rising
38 India 0.2% 2022 up 6.9% rising
39 Nigeria 0.2% 2022 up 9.8% rising
40 Greece 0.2% 2022 up 5.7% rising
41 Cameroon 0.2% 2022 up 13.7% rising
42 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.2% 2022 down 1.7% rising
43 Romania 0.2% 2022 up 0.6% rising
44 Ireland 0.2% 2022 up 49.0% rising
45 North Macedonia 0.2% 2022 down 4.4% rising
46 Serbia 0.2% 2022 up 0.3% rising
47 Mexico 0.2% 2022 down 7.3% rising
48 Costa Rica 0.2% 2022 up 4.3% rising
49 Montenegro 0.1% 2022 up 0.6% rising
50 Bangladesh 0.1% 2022 up 4.8% rising
51 South Africa 0.1% 2022 down 12.0% falling
52 Kyrgyzstan 0.1% 2022 down 0.6% falling
53 China 0.1% 2022 up 17.6% rising
54 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.1% 2022 up 38.2% rising
55 Italy 0.1% 2022 down 2.8% rising
56 Honduras 0.1% 2022 down 0.3% flat
57 Burkina Faso 0.1% 2022 up 18.6% rising
58 Latvia 0.1% 2022 up 1.0% rising
59 Argentina 0.1% 2022 down 1.6% rising
60 Dominican Republic 0.1% 2022 down 5.1% rising
61 Lesotho 0.1% 2022 down 26.6% rising
62 Tunisia 0.1% 2022 down 5.6% rising
63 Sudan 0.1% 2022 up 76.1% rising
64 Poland 0.1% 2022 down 1.0% rising
65 Myanmar 0.1% 2022 up 13.3% rising
66 Togo 0.1% 2022 up 14.2% rising
67 Morocco 0.1% 2022 down 14.5% rising
68 Cambodia 0.1% 2022 up 404.6% volatile
69 Lithuania 0.1% 2022 up 0.2% rising
70 Austria 0.1% 2022 up 0.9% rising
71 Pakistan 0.1% 2022 up 1.7% rising
72 Ethiopia 0.1% 2022 up 66.1% rising
73 Puerto Rico 0.1% 2022 up 9.5% rising
74 Hungary 0.1% 2022 down 4.1% rising
75 France 0.1% 2022 up 1.9% rising
76 Australia and New Zealand 0.1% 2022 up 0.2% rising
77 Croatia 0.1% 2022 up 0.7% rising
78 Luxembourg 0.1% 2022 down 2.8% rising
79 Lebanon 0.1% 2022 down 0.2% rising
80 Georgia 0.1% 2022 down 7.2% rising
81 Armenia 0.0% 2022 down 24.4% rising
82 Mali 0.0% 2022 up 3.6% rising
83 Cyprus 0.0% 2022 up 39.9% rising
84 Cuba 0.0% 2022 up 11.9% rising
85 Germany 0.0% 2022 down 0.4% rising
86 Australia 0.0% 2022 up 0.3% flat
87 Uzbekistan 0.0% 2022 down 0.7% rising
88 Colombia 0.0% 2022 up 25.0% rising
89 Peru 0.0% 2022 down 0.0% flat
90 Eritrea 0.0% 2022 up 858.7% volatile
91 Chile 0.0% 2022 up 7.6% rising
92 Angola 0.0% 2022 up 12.8% rising
93 Ecuador 0.0% 2022 down 2.8% rising
94 Philippines 0.0% 2022 down 6.8% rising
95 Turkmenistan 0.0% 2022 down 9.6% rising
96 Belgium 0.0% 2022 up 0.4% rising
97 Nicaragua 0.0% 2022 up 6.6% rising
98 Fiji 0.0% 2022 up 37.0% rising
99 Belize 0.0% 2022 up 4.2% volatile
100 Botswana 0.0% 2022 up 100.5% rising
101 Guinea 0.0% 2022 up 27.0% rising
102 Senegal 0.0% 2022 down 6.4% flat
103 Indonesia 0.0% 2022 up 1.9% rising
104 Mauritania 0.0% 2022 down 3.4% rising
105 Slovenia 0.0% 2022 up 5.3% rising
106 Congo 0.0% 2022 up 200.3% volatile
107 Algeria 0.0% 2022 down 0.6% rising
108 Papua New Guinea 0.0% 2022 down 7.4% flat
109 Afghanistan 0.0% 2022 down 3.2% flat
110 Madagascar 0.0% 2022 down 3.2% flat
111 Rwanda 0.0% 2022 up 728.2% volatile
112 Guatemala 0.0% 2022 down 4.6% flat
113 Gabon 0.0% 2022 up 148.3% rising
114 Namibia 0.0% 2022 down 28.9% falling
115 Mongolia 0.0% 2022 up 84.7% volatile
116 Benin 0.0% 2022 up 18.3% rising
117 Greenland 0.0% 2022 up 4.6% rising
118 Liberia 0.0% 2022 up 411.8% volatile
119 Jordan 0.0% 2022 up 19.1% volatile
120 Saudi Arabia 0.0% 2022 up 541.7% volatile
121 Oman 0.0% 2022 — volatile
122 Sierra Leone 0.0% 2022 unchanged rising
123 Nepal 0.0% 2022 up 13.0% rising
124 Suriname 0.0% 2022 up 93.8% rising
125 Bhutan 0.0% 2022 up 30.0% volatile
126 Israel 0.0% 2022 unchanged volatile
127 United Arab Emirates 0.0% 2022 — volatile
128 Libya 0.0% 2022 down 30.0% rising

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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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Indicator
Reservoir minimum water area (% of total land area)
Source
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
Licence
UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested)
Coverage
247 places, 5,679 data points, 2000–2022
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