Reservoir minimum water area in Ghana
Ghana: Reservoir minimum water area was 2.3% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Latest (2022)
2.3%
Change on year
up 2.6%
World rank
2nd
of 193 countries
All-time high
2.4%
in 2014
All-time low
1.0%
in 2000
Years of data
23
2000–2022
Reservoir minimum water area in Ghana, 2000–2022
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
The most recent figure for reservoir minimum water area in Ghana is 2.3%, measured in 2022.
That represents a change of up 2.6% on the previous year and down 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, reservoir minimum water area in Ghana peaked at 2.4% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1.0%, in 2000.
Ghana ranks 2nd of 193 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 Ghana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.0% | — |
| 2001 | 1.4% | +41.1% |
| 2002 | 1.9% | +32.2% |
| 2003 | 2.2% | +19.0% |
| 2004 | 2.2% | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 2.2% | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 2.2% | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 2.1% | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 2.1% | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 2.2% | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 2.2% | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 2.2% | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 2.3% | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 2.4% | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 2.4% | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 2.4% | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 2.4% | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 2.3% | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 2.3% | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 2.2% | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 2.2% | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 2.2% | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 2.3% | +2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.9% | 1.0% | 2.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.3% | 2.2% | 2.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.2% | 2.2% | 2.3% | 3 |
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More environment data for Ghana
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -13.57 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -11.89 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.26 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.34 °C (2025)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export quantity, annual growth rate -5.57 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export quantity, per capita 0.0058 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export value, annual growth rate 0.5634 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is reservoir minimum water area in Ghana?
- Reservoir minimum water area in Ghana was 2.3% in 2022, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest reservoir minimum water area recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 2.4% in 2014.
- What is the lowest reservoir minimum water area recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.0% in 2000.
- How does Ghana rank for reservoir minimum water area?
- Ghana ranks 2nd out of 193 countries with data for 2022.
- Is reservoir minimum water area rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana 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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