environmental2022

Lakes and rivers permanent water area (% of total land area)

Name: Lakes and rivers permanent water area (% of total land area)
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: environmental, %, lakes, and, rivers, permanent, water, area, total, land

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2022; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•207 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

1.6%

Median: 0.4%

Countries Covered

207

with available data

Highest

Azerbaijan

90.5%

Lowest

Algeria

0.0%

Top 5 Countries

1Azerbaijan90.5%

2Malawi19.8%

3Turkmenistan18.1%

4Saint Martin (French part)11.0%

5Sint Maarten (Dutch part)10.5%

By Region

North America3.3%(4 countries)

Other1.9%(130 countries)

Europe1.1%(30 countries)

Asia0.9%(25 countries)

South America0.8%(7 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0%)High (90.5%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 1.6%)

North America (4)

Other (130)

Europe (30)

Asia (25)

South America (7)

Oceania (2)

Africa (9)

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

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2022; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Azerbaijan	90.5%
2	Malawi	19.8%
3	Turkmenistan	18.1%
4	Saint Martin (French part)	11.0%
5	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	10.5%
6	Canada	9.3%
7	Bahamas	8.1%
8	Nicaragua	7.2%
9	Burundi	7.0%
10	Finland	6.6%
11	Rwanda	5.8%
12	Kazakhstan	5.7%
13	Estonia	4.5%
14	Armenia	4.4%
15	Macao	4.4%
16	Greenland	4.2%
17	Kyrgyzstan	3.5%
18	Islamic Republic of Iran	3.4%
19	Uganda	3.3%
20	Switzerland	3.1%
21	Virgin Islands, British	3.1%
22	French Polynesia	2.9%
23	United States of America	2.6%
24	Russian Federation	2.5%
25	United Republic of Tanzania	2.3%
26	Tonga	2.2%
27	Israel	2.1%
28	Norway	1.9%
29	Uzbekistan	1.9%
30	Cambodia	1.9%
31	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.8%
32	The Republic of North Macedonia	1.8%
33	Hong Kong	1.6%
34	Iceland	1.6%
35	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1.5%
36	Chile	1.5%
37	Cayman Islands	1.4%
38	Singapore	1.4%
39	Kenya	1.4%
40	Lithuania	1.3%
41	Belize	1.3%
42	Ireland	1.3%
43	Hungary	1.2%
44	New Zealand	1.2%
45	Latvia	1.2%
46	Zambia	1.2%
47	Cuba	1.1%
48	Bangladesh	1.1%
49	People's Republic of China	1.1%
50	Mozambique	1.0%
51	Denmark	1.0%
52	Poland	1.0%
53	Guatemala	1.0%
54	Germany	1.0%
55	Peru	0.9%
56	Republic of The Gambia	0.9%
57	Türkiye	0.9%
58	Argentina	0.9%
59	Mongolia	0.9%
60	Sri Lanka	0.9%
61	Bolivia	0.9%
62	Tajikistan	0.8%
63	Dominican Republic	0.8%
64	Philippines	0.8%
65	Vietnam	0.8%
66	El Salvador	0.8%
67	Faroe Islands	0.8%
68	United Kingdom	0.8%
69	Brazil	0.7%
70	Moldova, Republic of	0.7%
71	Romania	0.7%
72	Ecuador	0.7%
73	Mauritius	0.7%
74	Curaçao	0.7%
75	Austria	0.7%
76	Italy	0.7%
77	Ukraine	0.7%
78	Colombia	0.6%
79	Haiti	0.6%
80	Antigua and Barbuda	0.6%
81	Gabon	0.6%
82	Ethiopia	0.6%
83	Djibouti	0.6%
84	Venezuela	0.6%
85	Papua New Guinea	0.5%
86	Greece	0.5%
87	Uruguay	0.5%
88	Jordan	0.5%
89	Liechtenstein	0.5%
90	Republic of the Congo	0.5%
91	Serbia	0.5%
92	France	0.5%
93	Indonesia	0.5%
94	South Korea	0.5%
95	Myanmar	0.5%
96	Czech Republic	0.5%
97	Iraq	0.5%
98	Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.5%
99	Bahrain	0.5%
100	Northern Mariana Islands	0.4%
101	Thailand	0.4%
102	Solomon Islands	0.4%
103	Honduras	0.4%
104	North Korea	0.4%
105	Japan	0.4%
106	Virgin Islands, U.S.	0.4%
107	Belgium	0.4%
108	Bulgaria	0.4%
109	Gibraltar	0.4%
110	Georgia	0.3%
111	Pakistan	0.3%
112	Paraguay	0.3%
113	Tuvalu	0.3%
114	Brunei Darussalam	0.3%
115	Madagascar	0.3%
116	Micronesia, Federated States of	0.3%
117	Marshall Islands	0.3%
118	Mexico	0.3%
119	Puerto Rico	0.3%
120	Seychelles	0.3%
121	Senegal	0.3%
122	Aruba	0.3%
123	Croatia	0.3%
124	India	0.3%
125	Benin	0.2%
126	Vanuatu	0.2%
127	American Samoa	0.2%
128	Malaysia	0.2%
129	Nauru	0.2%
130	Slovakia	0.2%
131	Portugal	0.2%
132	Slovenia	0.2%
133	Egypt	0.2%
134	Bhutan	0.2%
135	Guyana	0.2%
136	Syrian Arab Republic	0.2%
137	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.2%
138	New Caledonia	0.2%
139	Nigeria	0.2%
140	Cameroon	0.2%
141	Cape Verde	0.2%
142	Kuwait	0.2%
143	Montenegro	0.1%
144	Nepal	0.1%
145	Palau	0.1%
146	Guinea-Bissau	0.1%
147	Qatar	0.1%
148	Chad	0.1%
149	Trinidad and Tobago	0.1%
150	Isle of Man	0.1%
151	Kiribati	0.1%
152	Spain	0.1%
153	Comoros	0.1%
154	Guam	0.1%
155	Luxembourg	0.1%
156	Monaco	0.1%
157	Sierra Leone	0.1%
158	South Africa	0.1%
159	Andorra	0.1%
160	Grenada	0.1%
161	Jamaica	0.1%
162	Zimbabwe	0.1%
163	Suriname	0.1%
164	Costa Rica	0.1%
165	Cyprus	0.1%
166	Ghana	0.1%
167	South Sudan	0.1%
168	Samoa	0.1%
169	Mali	0.1%
170	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.1%
171	Afghanistan	0.1%
172	Central African Republic	0.1%
173	Equatorial Guinea	0.1%
174	Sudan	0.1%
175	Malta	0.1%
176	Panama	0.1%
177	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.1%
178	Australia	0.1%
179	Eritrea	0.1%
180	Fiji	0.1%
181	Tunisia	0.1%
182	Angola	0.1%
183	Eswatini	0.0%
184	Burkina Faso	0.0%
185	Botswana	0.0%
186	Guinea	0.0%
187	Morocco	0.0%
188	Namibia	0.0%
189	Saint Lucia	0.0%
190	Bermuda	0.0%
191	Lebanon	0.0%
192	Lesotho	0.0%
193	Liberia	0.0%
194	Niger	0.0%
195	Timor-Leste	0.0%
196	Togo	0.0%
197	Mauritania	0.0%
198	Oman	0.0%
199	Saudi Arabia	0.0%
200	Somalia	0.0%
201	Yemen	0.0%
202	Barbados	0.0%
203	Dominica	0.0%
204	Libya	0.0%
205	San Marino	0.0%
206	Sao Tome and Principe	0.0%
207	Algeria	0.0%

Showing 207 of 207 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2022).

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