Reservoir minimum water area in Sweden
Sweden: Reservoir minimum water area was 1.6% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Reservoir minimum water area in Sweden, 2000–2022
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
In 2022, reservoir minimum water area in Sweden stood at 1.6%. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, reservoir minimum water area in Sweden peaked at 1.6% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 2000.
Sweden ranks 4th 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 Sweden, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.7% | — |
| 2001 | 1.1% | +44.0% |
| 2002 | 1.4% | +30.5% |
| 2003 | 1.6% | +14.9% |
| 2004 | 1.6% | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 1.6% | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 1.6% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1.6% | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 1.6% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 1.6% | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 1.6% | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 1.6% | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 1.6% | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 1.6% | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 1.6% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 1.6% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1.6% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 1.6% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 1.6% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 1.6% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1.6% | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 1.6% | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 1.6% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.4% | 0.7% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 3 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is reservoir minimum water area in Sweden?
- Reservoir minimum water area in Sweden was 1.6% in 2022, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest reservoir minimum water area recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 1.6% in 2022.
- What is the lowest reservoir minimum water area recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 2000.
- How does Sweden rank for reservoir minimum water area?
- Sweden ranks 4th out of 193 countries with data for 2022.
- Is reservoir minimum water area rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden 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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