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Change in maximum river flow
Compare change in maximum river flow across 186 countries using official UN SDG Global Database observations for 2024.
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Key Insights
Global Average
7.6%
Median: 6.0%
Countries Covered
186
with available data
Highest
United Arab Emirates
146.4%
Lowest
Morocco
-79.9%
Top 5 Countries
1United Arab Emirates146.4%
2South Africa111.3%
3Lesotho83.8%
4Burkina Faso82.2%
5Eswatini70.7%
By Region
Oceania12.3%(2 countries)
Africa9.6%(9 countries)
Other9.5%(106 countries)
North America8.2%(4 countries)
Asia8.0%(26 countries)
Key Findings
- •186 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite fixed-year observation.
- •United Arab Emirates has the highest published value (146.407 %).
- •Morocco has the lowest published value (-79.9303 %).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (-79.9%)High (146.4%)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 7.6%)
Oceania (2)
Africa (9)
Other (106)
North America (4)
Asia (26)
Europe (32)
South America (7)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
Change in maximum river flow (%).
Values use UN SDG series EN_RVR_MXRVFLC, release 2026.Q2.G.01, one fixed 2024 reference year, unit Percentage, and the fixed selection Reporting Type: Global. Aggregates, missing/non-finite values, other dimensions, other attributes, and non-ISO geographies are excluded; MapTheory does not impute missing countries.
Methodology
UN SDG series EN_RVR_MXRVFLC; year 2024; unit PERCENT; dimensions {"Reporting Type": "G"}; attributes {"Nature": "E", "Units": "PERCENT"} Official UN SDG metadata for indicator 6.6.1.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 146.4% |
| 2 | South Africa | 111.3% |
| 3 | Lesotho | 83.8% |
| 4 | Burkina Faso | 82.2% |
| 5 | Eswatini | 70.7% |
| 6 | Botswana | 66.2% |
| 7 | Zambia | 63.8% |
| 8 | Namibia | 61.9% |
| 9 | Ghana | 61.8% |
| 10 | Mongolia | 53.4% |
| 11 | Senegal | 49.7% |
| 12 | Suriname | 48.6% |
| 13 | Somalia | 48.4% |
| 14 | Mozambique | 47.5% |
| 15 | Gabon | 46.9% |
| 16 | Republic of The Gambia | 46.9% |
| 17 | Cyprus | 46.2% |
| 18 | Mauritania | 45.7% |
| 19 | United Republic of Tanzania | 44.3% |
| 20 | Nicaragua | 43.2% |
| 21 | Fiji | 40.6% |
| 22 | Vanuatu | 40.6% |
| 23 | Niger | 40.5% |
| 24 | Zimbabwe | 39.1% |
| 25 | Honduras | 38.8% |
| 26 | Malawi | 35.3% |
| 27 | Mali | 34.3% |
| 28 | Benin | 31.6% |
| 29 | South Korea | 30.1% |
| 30 | Sao Tome and Principe | 29.8% |
| 31 | Togo | 28.9% |
| 32 | Guyana | 27.5% |
| 33 | Libya | 27.5% |
| 34 | North Korea | 27.5% |
| 35 | Macao | 26.7% |
| 36 | Burundi | 26.1% |
| 37 | Angola | 25.9% |
| 38 | Barbados | 25.7% |
| 39 | Hong Kong | 24.5% |
| 40 | Guinea | 24.0% |
| 41 | Guinea-Bissau | 23.7% |
| 42 | Kuwait | 23.4% |
| 43 | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.7% |
| 44 | Saudi Arabia | 21.6% |
| 45 | Equatorial Guinea | 21.5% |
| 46 | South Sudan | 21.4% |
| 47 | Finland | 21.2% |
| 48 | Uganda | 21.0% |
| 49 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 21.0% |
| 50 | Cote d'Ivoire | 20.6% |
| 51 | Timor-Leste | 20.0% |
| 52 | Solomon Islands | 19.1% |
| 53 | Bahamas | 18.8% |
| 54 | Belgium | 18.3% |
| 55 | Rwanda | 17.9% |
| 56 | Australia | 17.3% |
| 57 | Sierra Leone | 16.9% |
| 58 | United States of America | 16.5% |
| 59 | Nigeria | 16.1% |
| 60 | Singapore | 15.2% |
| 61 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 14.8% |
| 62 | Netherlands | 14.1% |
| 63 | Palau | 13.6% |
| 64 | People's Republic of China | 12.7% |
| 65 | Bhutan | 12.4% |
| 66 | Montenegro | 12.2% |
| 67 | Liberia | 12.1% |
| 68 | Peru | 12.1% |
| 69 | Ecuador | 11.9% |
| 70 | Luxembourg | 11.7% |
| 71 | El Salvador | 11.4% |
| 72 | Canada | 11.2% |
| 73 | Republic of the Congo | 10.6% |
| 74 | Denmark | 10.4% |
| 75 | Japan | 10.4% |
| 76 | Kenya | 10.3% |
| 77 | Ireland | 10.1% |
| 78 | Cameroon | 10.0% |
| 79 | Marshall Islands | 9.8% |
| 80 | United Kingdom | 9.2% |
| 81 | France | 9.1% |
| 82 | Belarus | 8.3% |
| 83 | Philippines | 8.1% |
| 84 | Latvia | 7.8% |
| 85 | Albania | 7.6% |
| 86 | New Zealand | 7.3% |
| 87 | Papua New Guinea | 7.0% |
| 88 | India | 6.9% |
| 89 | Iraq | 6.8% |
| 90 | Nepal | 6.6% |
| 91 | Iceland | 6.2% |
| 92 | Guatemala | 6.2% |
| 93 | Malaysia | 6.1% |
| 94 | Germany | 5.9% |
| 95 | Syrian Arab Republic | 5.7% |
| 96 | Brazil | 5.7% |
| 97 | Norway | 5.1% |
| 98 | Sweden | 4.8% |
| 99 | Pakistan | 4.8% |
| 100 | Jamaica | 4.7% |
| 101 | Costa Rica | 4.4% |
| 102 | Ethiopia | 4.2% |
| 103 | Indonesia | 3.9% |
| 104 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 3.5% |
| 105 | Yemen | 3.4% |
| 106 | Sudan | 2.9% |
| 107 | Chad | 2.4% |
| 108 | Brunei Darussalam | 2.1% |
| 109 | Lebanon | 1.9% |
| 110 | Russian Federation | 0.9% |
| 111 | Eritrea | 0.8% |
| 112 | Slovenia | 0.6% |
| 113 | Sri Lanka | 0.5% |
| 114 | Egypt | 0.4% |
| 115 | Liechtenstein | 0.2% |
| 116 | Israel | 0.2% |
| 117 | Kiribati | -0.6% |
| 118 | Estonia | -0.9% |
| 119 | Colombia | -1.0% |
| 120 | Portugal | -1.0% |
| 121 | Mexico | -1.1% |
| 122 | Lithuania | -1.2% |
| 123 | Austria | -2.1% |
| 124 | Poland | -2.2% |
| 125 | Czech Republic | -2.3% |
| 126 | Vietnam | -2.5% |
| 127 | Ukraine | -2.6% |
| 128 | Switzerland | -3.2% |
| 129 | Bangladesh | -4.2% |
| 130 | Central African Republic | -4.7% |
| 131 | Cambodia | -4.7% |
| 132 | Malta | -5.2% |
| 133 | Grenada | -5.3% |
| 134 | Afghanistan | -6.0% |
| 135 | Croatia | -6.4% |
| 136 | Türkiye | -6.5% |
| 137 | Bolivia | -6.9% |
| 138 | Slovakia | -7.2% |
| 139 | Hungary | -8.1% |
| 140 | Panama | -8.7% |
| 141 | Chile | -8.8% |
| 142 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -8.8% |
| 143 | Kyrgyzstan | -9.4% |
| 144 | Spain | -9.5% |
| 145 | Tajikistan | -9.6% |
| 146 | Oman | -10.3% |
| 147 | Belize | -10.9% |
| 148 | Kazakhstan | -11.0% |
| 149 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -11.9% |
| 150 | Italy | -12.0% |
| 151 | Uruguay | -12.4% |
| 152 | Georgia | -12.4% |
| 153 | Djibouti | -12.5% |
| 154 | Jordan | -13.0% |
| 155 | Greece | -13.2% |
| 156 | Uzbekistan | -13.5% |
| 157 | Serbia | -13.5% |
| 158 | Turkmenistan | -13.8% |
| 159 | Venezuela | -14.3% |
| 160 | The Republic of North Macedonia | -14.6% |
| 161 | Myanmar | -15.1% |
| 162 | Bulgaria | -16.1% |
| 163 | Romania | -16.2% |
| 164 | Cuba | -17.9% |
| 165 | Azerbaijan | -18.6% |
| 166 | Armenia | -18.8% |
| 167 | Paraguay | -18.8% |
| 168 | Thailand | -19.4% |
| 169 | Moldova, Republic of | -20.7% |
| 170 | Madagascar | -20.8% |
| 171 | Andorra | -20.9% |
| 172 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | -22.0% |
| 173 | Argentina | -22.1% |
| 174 | Saint Lucia | -26.6% |
| 175 | Comoros | -28.7% |
| 176 | Dominica | -38.3% |
| 177 | Antigua and Barbuda | -39.4% |
| 178 | San Marino | -43.1% |
| 179 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | -43.2% |
| 180 | Dominican Republic | -57.7% |
| 181 | Algeria | -63.5% |
| 182 | Bahrain | -66.1% |
| 183 | Haiti | -66.2% |
| 184 | Qatar | -67.5% |
| 185 | Tunisia | -73.1% |
| 186 | Morocco | -79.9% |
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Data Source
This data comes from United Nations SDG Global Database (2024).
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