Reservoir minimum water area in Egypt
Egypt: Reservoir minimum water area was 0.4% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Reservoir minimum water area in Egypt, 2000–2022
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for reservoir minimum water area in Egypt is 0.4%, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
The figure is up 3.6% on the previous year and up 11.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, reservoir minimum water area in Egypt peaked at 0.4% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2000.
Egypt ranks 18th 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 minimum water area in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.2% | — |
| 2001 | 0.2% | +42.6% |
| 2002 | 0.3% | +33.4% |
| 2003 | 0.4% | +25.0% |
| 2004 | 0.4% | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 0.4% | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 0.4% | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 0.4% | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 0.4% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.4% | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 0.4% | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.4% | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 0.4% | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 0.4% | -2.8% |
| 2014 | 0.4% | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 0.4% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.4% | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 0.4% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.4% | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 0.4% | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 0.4% | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 0.4% | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 0.4% | +3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 16 United States of America 0.5% compare
- 17 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.5% compare
- 19 Portugal 0.4% compare
- 20 Malaysia 0.4% compare
- 21 New Zealand 0.4% compare
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 — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export quantity, per capita 0.0002 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export value, annual growth rate 69.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export value, per capita 0 1000 USD per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is reservoir minimum water area in Egypt?
- Reservoir minimum water area in Egypt was 0.4% in 2022, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest reservoir minimum water area recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4% in 2022.
- What is the lowest reservoir minimum water area recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2000.
- How does Egypt rank for reservoir minimum water area?
- Egypt ranks 18th out of 222 countries with data for 2022.
- Is reservoir minimum water area rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.6%. 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 minimum water area (% of total land area). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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