Reservoir minimum water area (square kilometres) by country
Countries reporting
153
Highest
87,014 kmsq
Russia
Lowest
0.0182 kmsq
Martinique
Median
218.6 kmsq
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
6,714
What the numbers show
Reservoir minimum water area (square kilometres) is currently reported for 153 countries. The highest value is 87,014 kmsq in Russia; the lowest is 0.0182 kmsq in Martinique.
The median across all reporting countries is 218.6 kmsq, and the mean is 2,854 kmsq.
Over the past decade 85 countries rose and 66 fell. The largest increase was in Eritrea (up 858.6%), and the largest decrease in Martinique (down 87.2%).
Reservoir minimum water area: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 87,014 kmsq | 2022 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 1 | Russian Federation | 87,014 kmsq | 2022 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 3 | United States | 48,440 kmsq | 2022 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 4 | United Republic of Tanzania | 34,923 kmsq | 2022 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 5 | Uganda | 28,446 kmsq | 2022 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 6 | Brazil | 23,887 kmsq | 2022 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 7 | China | 13,063 kmsq | 2022 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 8 | Finland | 7,276 kmsq | 2022 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 9 | India | 6,758 kmsq | 2022 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 6,123 kmsq | 2022 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 11 | Ghana | 5,430 kmsq | 2022 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 12 | Egypt | 4,460 kmsq | 2022 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 13 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 4,370 kmsq | 2022 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 14 | Australia and New Zealand | 4,285 kmsq | 2022 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 15 | Kenya | 3,849 kmsq | 2022 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 16 | Ukraine | 3,776 kmsq | 2022 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 17 | Mexico | 3,237 kmsq | 2022 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 18 | Argentina | 3,188 kmsq | 2022 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 19 | Australia | 3,175 kmsq | 2022 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 20 | Turkey | 3,170 kmsq | 2022 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 20 | Türkiye | 3,170 kmsq | 2022 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 22 | Zimbabwe | 3,021 kmsq | 2022 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 23 | Iraq | 2,929 kmsq | 2022 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 24 | Zambia | 2,461 kmsq | 2022 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 25 | Mozambique | 2,416 kmsq | 2022 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 26 | Paraguay | 2,089 kmsq | 2022 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 27 | Sudan | 1,922 kmsq | 2022 | up 76.1% | rising |
| 28 | Thailand | 1,860 kmsq | 2022 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 29 | Nigeria | 1,860 kmsq | 2022 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 30 | South Africa | 1,690 kmsq | 2022 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 31 | Norway | 1,686 kmsq | 2022 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 32 | Spain | 1,432 kmsq | 2022 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 33 | Malaysia | 1,380 kmsq | 2022 | up 104.9% | rising |
| 34 | Uruguay | 1,337 kmsq | 2022 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 35 | New Zealand | 1,110 kmsq | 2022 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 36 | Japan | 999.86 kmsq | 2022 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 37 | Vietnam | 971.58 kmsq | 2022 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 37 | Viet Nam | 971.58 kmsq | 2022 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 39 | Cameroon | 927.48 kmsq | 2022 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 40 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 802.17 kmsq | 2022 | up 54.0% | rising |
| 41 | Laos | 778.41 kmsq | 2022 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 41 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 778.41 kmsq | 2022 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 43 | Cote d'Ivoire | 748.22 kmsq | 2022 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 43 | Côte d'Ivoire | 748.22 kmsq | 2022 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 45 | Ethiopia | 716.85 kmsq | 2022 | up 66.1% | rising |
| 46 | Syria | 634.26 kmsq | 2022 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 46 | Syrian Arab Republic | 634.26 kmsq | 2022 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 48 | Myanmar | 617.87 kmsq | 2022 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 49 | Mali | 601.46 kmsq | 2022 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 50 | Azerbaijan | 544.51 kmsq | 2022 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 51 | Pakistan | 510.29 kmsq | 2022 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 52 | Romania | 442.82 kmsq | 2022 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 53 | Tajikistan | 429.92 kmsq | 2022 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 54 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 425.6 kmsq | 2022 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 55 | Peru | 407.38 kmsq | 2022 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 56 | Portugal | 396.9 kmsq | 2022 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 57 | Morocco | 383.78 kmsq | 2022 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 58 | Italy | 377.23 kmsq | 2022 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 59 | Colombia | 376.34 kmsq | 2022 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 60 | Angola | 340.8 kmsq | 2022 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 61 | South Korea | 333.62 kmsq | 2022 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 61 | Republic of Korea | 333.62 kmsq | 2022 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 63 | Burkina Faso | 330.07 kmsq | 2022 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 64 | United Kingdom | 329.12 kmsq | 2022 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 64 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 329.12 kmsq | 2022 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 66 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 320.37 kmsq | 2022 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 67 | France | 307.07 kmsq | 2022 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 68 | Poland | 288.91 kmsq | 2022 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 69 | Kyrgyzstan | 273.17 kmsq | 2022 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 70 | Greece | 264.06 kmsq | 2022 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 71 | Indonesia | 260.85 kmsq | 2022 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 72 | Bulgaria | 242.88 kmsq | 2022 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 73 | Panama | 240.46 kmsq | 2022 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 74 | Iceland | 233.32 kmsq | 2022 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 75 | French Guiana | 230.24 kmsq | 2022 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 76 | Algeria | 223.24 kmsq | 2022 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 77 | Chile | 218.6 kmsq | 2022 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 78 | Bangladesh | 216.71 kmsq | 2022 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 79 | Tunisia | 169.4 kmsq | 2022 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 80 | Czechia | 166.94 kmsq | 2022 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 81 | Uzbekistan | 162.36 kmsq | 2022 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 82 | Germany | 151.31 kmsq | 2022 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 83 | Serbia | 147.19 kmsq | 2022 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 84 | Slovakia | 145.92 kmsq | 2022 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 85 | Cambodia | 145.52 kmsq | 2022 | up 404.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Honduras | 139.02 kmsq | 2022 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 87 | Sri Lanka | 136.16 kmsq | 2022 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 88 | Turkmenistan | 129.53 kmsq | 2022 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 89 | Ireland | 129.46 kmsq | 2022 | up 49.0% | rising |
| 90 | Mauritania | 123.77 kmsq | 2022 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 91 | Caribbean | 108.32 kmsq | 2022 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 92 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 98.38 kmsq | 2022 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 93 | Switzerland | 96.43 kmsq | 2022 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 94 | Botswana | 87.37 kmsq | 2022 | up 100.6% | rising |
| 95 | Costa Rica | 83.39 kmsq | 2022 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 96 | Albania | 80.17 kmsq | 2022 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 97 | Philippines | 79.65 kmsq | 2022 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 98 | Latvia | 76.76 kmsq | 2022 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 99 | Ecuador | 69.08 kmsq | 2022 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 100 | El Salvador | 66.51 kmsq | 2022 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 101 | Moldova | 62.04 kmsq | 2022 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 101 | Republic of Moldova | 62.04 kmsq | 2022 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 103 | Austria | 56.37 kmsq | 2022 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 104 | Hungary | 55.57 kmsq | 2022 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 105 | Dominican Republic | 53.73 kmsq | 2022 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 106 | Afghanistan | 53.1 kmsq | 2022 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 107 | Lithuania | 51.63 kmsq | 2022 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 108 | Togo | 49.73 kmsq | 2022 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 109 | Cuba | 49.21 kmsq | 2022 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 110 | Mongolia | 49.17 kmsq | 2022 | up 85.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Croatia | 47 kmsq | 2022 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 112 | North Macedonia | 44.88 kmsq | 2022 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 113 | Madagascar | 44.08 kmsq | 2022 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 114 | Melanesia | 41.69 kmsq | 2022 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 115 | Namibia | 38.81 kmsq | 2022 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 116 | Eswatini | 38.26 kmsq | 2022 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 117 | Papua New Guinea | 38.14 kmsq | 2022 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 118 | Guinea | 36.08 kmsq | 2022 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 119 | Eritrea | 35.57 kmsq | 2022 | up 858.6% | volatile |
| 120 | Georgia | 35.01 kmsq | 2022 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 121 | Congo | 32.97 kmsq | 2022 | up 200.7% | volatile |
| 122 | Lesotho | 32.25 kmsq | 2022 | down 26.6% | rising |
| 123 | Nicaragua | 32.14 kmsq | 2022 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 124 | Senegal | 28.37 kmsq | 2022 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 125 | Montenegro | 20.47 kmsq | 2022 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 126 | Saudi Arabia | 16.52 kmsq | 2022 | up 519.9% | volatile |
| 127 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 16.21 kmsq | 2022 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 128 | Armenia | 14.7 kmsq | 2022 | down 24.4% | rising |
| 129 | Gabon | 13.36 kmsq | 2022 | up 147.9% | rising |
| 130 | Belgium | 7.72 kmsq | 2022 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 131 | Guatemala | 5.68 kmsq | 2022 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 132 | Singapore | 5.65 kmsq | 2022 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 133 | Puerto Rico | 5.36 kmsq | 2022 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 134 | Lebanon | 5.28 kmsq | 2022 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 135 | Cyprus | 4.36 kmsq | 2022 | up 39.9% | rising |
| 136 | Belize | 4.17 kmsq | 2022 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Greenland | 3.74 kmsq | 2022 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 138 | Fiji | 3.54 kmsq | 2022 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 139 | Slovenia | 2.42 kmsq | 2022 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 140 | Oman | 2.19 kmsq | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Rwanda | 1.85 kmsq | 2022 | up 732.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Luxembourg | 1.38 kmsq | 2022 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 143 | Libya | 1.18 kmsq | 2022 | down 29.9% | rising |
| 144 | Benin | 1.11 kmsq | 2022 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 145 | Liberia | 0.9647 kmsq | 2022 | up 401.4% | volatile |
| 146 | Nepal | 0.7632 kmsq | 2022 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 147 | Jordan | 0.7215 kmsq | 2022 | up 18.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Suriname | 0.5022 kmsq | 2022 | up 90.8% | rising |
| 149 | Sierra Leone | 0.4819 kmsq | 2022 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 150 | United Arab Emirates | 0.1993 kmsq | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 151 | Bhutan | 0.1011 kmsq | 2022 | up 31.3% | volatile |
| 152 | Israel | 0.0492 kmsq | 2022 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 153 | Martinique | 0.0182 kmsq | 2022 | down 87.2% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 437,050 kmsq
- Developed regions (Europe, Cyprus, Israel, Northern America, Japan, Australia & New Zealand) 258,153 kmsq
- Europe and Northern America 252,868 kmsq
- Developing regions 178,897 kmsq
- Americas 178,607 kmsq
- Northern America 138,501 kmsq
- Europe 114,367 kmsq
- Africa 95,808 kmsq
- Eastern Europe 92,245 kmsq
- Sub-Saharan Africa 88,648 kmsq
- Eastern Africa 75,916 kmsq
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 74,646 kmsq
- United States of America 48,440 kmsq
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 46,508 kmsq
- Asia 43,924 kmsq
- Latin America and the Caribbean 40,106 kmsq
- South America 36,189 kmsq
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 20,971 kmsq
- Northern Europe 18,373 kmsq
- Central and Southern Asia 15,596 kmsq
- Eastern Asia 14,871 kmsq
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 14,516 kmsq
- Western Africa 9,210 kmsq
- Southern Asia 8,478 kmsq
- Western Asia 7,357 kmsq
- Northern Africa 7,160 kmsq
- Central Asia 7,118 kmsq
- South-Eastern Asia 6,100 kmsq
- Oceania 4,327 kmsq
- Central America 3,808 kmsq
- Southern Europe 2,910 kmsq
- Southern Africa 1,887 kmsq
- Middle Africa 1,635 kmsq
- Western Europe 838.95 kmsq
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 160.32 kmsq
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 41.69 kmsq