Reservoir minimum water area in Botswana
Botswana: Reservoir minimum water area was 0.0% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Reservoir minimum water area in Botswana, 2000–2022
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
In 2022, reservoir minimum water area in Botswana stood at 0.0%. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.5% on the previous year and up 100.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, reservoir minimum water area in Botswana peaked at 0.0% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2000.
That places Botswana 100th out of 193 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Reservoir minimum water area in Botswana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.0% | — |
| 2001 | 0.0% | +10.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0% | +6.8% |
| 2003 | 0.0% | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 0.0% | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 0.0% | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 0.0% | -6.3% |
| 2007 | 0.0% | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.0% | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0% | +6.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0% | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0% | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 0.0% | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 0.0% | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0% | +5.7% |
| 2015 | 0.0% | +12.8% |
| 2016 | 0.0% | +9.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0% | +8.7% |
| 2018 | 0.0% | +17.9% |
| 2019 | 0.0% | +8.8% |
| 2020 | 0.0% | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 0.0% | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 0.0% | +5.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3 |
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More environment data for Botswana
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 6.04 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 6.49 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.381 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.443 °C (2025)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate -21.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per capita 0.0085 t per person (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate 0.335 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is reservoir minimum water area in Botswana?
- Reservoir minimum water area in Botswana was 0.0% in 2022, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest reservoir minimum water area recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 2022.
- What is the lowest reservoir minimum water area recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2000.
- How does Botswana rank for reservoir minimum water area?
- Botswana ranks 100th out of 193 countries with data for 2022.
- Is reservoir minimum water area rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 100.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Botswana data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Reservoir minimum water area (% of total land area). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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