environmental2022
Permanent lake and river water area change
Compare permanent lake and river water area change across 234 ISO-mapped countries or territories using the fixed 2022 UN SDG Global Database slice.
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Key Insights
Global Average
48.6%
Median: 11.1%
Countries Covered
234
with available data
Highest
Faroe Islands
1,926.2%
Lowest
Montserrat
-95.5%
Top 5 Countries
1Faroe Islands1,926.2%
2San Marino1,042.9%
3Niue815.1%
4Nauru719.9%
5Wallis and Futuna546.8%
By Region
Key Findings
- •234 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite 2022 observation in the selected slice.
- •Faroe Islands has the highest published value (1926.22379 %).
- •Montserrat has the lowest published value (-95.52639 %).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (-95.5%)High (1,926.2%)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 48.6%)
About This Statistic
Percentage change in permanent water area of lakes and rivers measured from Earth-observation data.
MapTheory retains one fixed year, unit and dimension slice. Only finite ISO-mapped observations are included; aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicates and other dimensions are excluded. No values are estimated or imputed by MapTheory.
Methodology
Percentage change in permanent water area of lakes and rivers measured from Earth-observation data.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faroe Islands | 1,926.2% |
| 2 | San Marino | 1,042.9% |
| 3 | Niue | 815.1% |
| 4 | Nauru | 719.9% |
| 5 | Wallis and Futuna | 546.8% |
| 6 | Norfolk Island | 385.7% |
| 7 | Saint Helena | 372.4% |
| 8 | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 300.0% |
| 9 | Sao Tome and Principe | 299.6% |
| 10 | Pitcairn | 299.0% |
| 11 | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 265.7% |
| 12 | Solomon Islands | 264.4% |
| 13 | French Polynesia | 255.2% |
| 14 | Kiribati | 233.4% |
| 15 | Sudan | 225.3% |
| 16 | Tonga | 208.3% |
| 17 | Tuvalu | 160.6% |
| 18 | Cook Islands | 153.5% |
| 19 | Northern Mariana Islands | 149.9% |
| 20 | Christmas Island | 124.2% |
| 21 | Guam | 118.7% |
| 22 | Marshall Islands | 108.9% |
| 23 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 103.6% |
| 24 | Reunion | 77.4% |
| 25 | Burkina Faso | 68.2% |
| 26 | Kuwait | 66.4% |
| 27 | Eritrea | 64.3% |
| 28 | Somalia | 58.4% |
| 29 | Cayman Islands | 53.3% |
| 30 | Iraq | 53.1% |
| 31 | Saudi Arabia | 52.8% |
| 32 | Tokelau | 52.1% |
| 33 | Jersey | 49.7% |
| 34 | Mauritania | 48.9% |
| 35 | Guinea | 45.4% |
| 36 | Grenada | 45.3% |
| 37 | Yemen | 43.6% |
| 38 | Guernsey | 42.6% |
| 39 | Fiji | 42.6% |
| 40 | Botswana | 42.1% |
| 41 | Niger | 41.4% |
| 42 | Palau | 40.9% |
| 43 | Isle of Man | 40.5% |
| 44 | Comoros | 38.8% |
| 45 | Barbados | 38.0% |
| 46 | Puerto Rico | 37.1% |
| 47 | Tunisia | 36.9% |
| 48 | Cyprus | 34.0% |
| 49 | Chad | 31.1% |
| 50 | Qatar | 30.6% |
| 51 | Vanuatu | 30.0% |
| 52 | Samoa | 29.9% |
| 53 | American Samoa | 28.9% |
| 54 | Slovenia | 28.1% |
| 55 | Bermuda | 27.8% |
| 56 | Monaco | 27.7% |
| 57 | French Southern Territories | 27.3% |
| 58 | Portugal | 26.1% |
| 59 | Greece | 24.5% |
| 60 | Gabon | 24.3% |
| 61 | Ireland | 24.2% |
| 62 | United Kingdom | 24.0% |
| 63 | Pakistan | 22.3% |
| 64 | Sri Lanka | 22.3% |
| 65 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 22.3% |
| 66 | Iceland | 21.9% |
| 67 | French Guiana | 21.8% |
| 68 | Guinea-Bissau | 21.0% |
| 69 | Azerbaijan | 20.4% |
| 70 | Trinidad and Tobago | 19.5% |
| 71 | Jamaica | 18.6% |
| 72 | Saint Lucia | 18.4% |
| 73 | Myanmar | 18.1% |
| 74 | Brunei Darussalam | 18.1% |
| 75 | Cuba | 17.7% |
| 76 | Albania | 17.6% |
| 77 | Dominican Republic | 17.5% |
| 78 | Czech Republic | 17.5% |
| 79 | Slovakia | 17.2% |
| 80 | Bahamas | 16.6% |
| 81 | Senegal | 16.5% |
| 82 | Liechtenstein | 16.4% |
| 83 | Togo | 16.3% |
| 84 | Republic of The Gambia | 16.2% |
| 85 | Libya | 15.8% |
| 86 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 15.7% |
| 87 | Hungary | 15.4% |
| 88 | Croatia | 15.2% |
| 89 | Italy | 15.2% |
| 90 | Guyana | 15.0% |
| 91 | France | 14.9% |
| 92 | Mauritius | 14.7% |
| 93 | Spain | 14.7% |
| 94 | Virgin Islands, British | 14.7% |
| 95 | Ecuador | 14.4% |
| 96 | Papua New Guinea | 14.0% |
| 97 | Kenya | 13.9% |
| 98 | People's Republic of China | 13.6% |
| 99 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13.6% |
| 100 | Saint Martin (French part) | 13.5% |
| 101 | Ghana | 13.5% |
| 102 | Anguilla | 13.2% |
| 103 | Thailand | 13.0% |
| 104 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 12.7% |
| 105 | Antigua and Barbuda | 12.6% |
| 106 | Russian Federation | 12.3% |
| 107 | Nigeria | 12.2% |
| 108 | Norway | 11.9% |
| 109 | Bulgaria | 11.7% |
| 110 | Serbia | 11.6% |
| 111 | New Zealand | 11.6% |
| 112 | India | 11.4% |
| 113 | Central African Republic | 11.4% |
| 114 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 11.3% |
| 115 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 11.3% |
| 116 | Belgium | 11.3% |
| 117 | Indonesia | 11.2% |
| 118 | Mali | 11.0% |
| 119 | Honduras | 10.9% |
| 120 | Uruguay | 10.7% |
| 121 | Republic of the Congo | 10.6% |
| 122 | Denmark | 10.4% |
| 123 | Georgia | 10.0% |
| 124 | Uganda | 9.8% |
| 125 | Austria | 9.5% |
| 126 | Ethiopia | 9.4% |
| 127 | Seychelles | 9.2% |
| 128 | Finland | 9.2% |
| 129 | Germany | 9.0% |
| 130 | Montenegro | 8.7% |
| 131 | Bhutan | 8.6% |
| 132 | Benin | 8.6% |
| 133 | Rwanda | 8.4% |
| 134 | Romania | 8.0% |
| 135 | Sierra Leone | 7.8% |
| 136 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 7.8% |
| 137 | Suriname | 7.4% |
| 138 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 7.2% |
| 139 | Chile | 7.0% |
| 140 | Switzerland | 7.0% |
| 141 | Vietnam | 7.0% |
| 142 | Poland | 6.9% |
| 143 | Martinique | 6.6% |
| 144 | Armenia | 6.5% |
| 145 | Cambodia | 6.5% |
| 146 | Morocco | 6.4% |
| 147 | Lithuania | 6.3% |
| 148 | Mayotte | 6.2% |
| 149 | Latvia | 6.1% |
| 150 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 5.9% |
| 151 | Israel | 5.6% |
| 152 | Saint Barthélemy | 5.6% |
| 153 | Egypt | 5.5% |
| 154 | Kazakhstan | 5.4% |
| 155 | Turkmenistan | 5.1% |
| 156 | Türkiye | 5.1% |
| 157 | Mexico | 5.1% |
| 158 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 5.0% |
| 159 | Bangladesh | 5.0% |
| 160 | United Republic of Tanzania | 4.5% |
| 161 | Angola | 4.3% |
| 162 | Panama | 4.3% |
| 163 | Estonia | 4.0% |
| 164 | Tajikistan | 4.0% |
| 165 | Mongolia | 3.8% |
| 166 | Jordan | 3.6% |
| 167 | North Korea | 3.3% |
| 168 | Liberia | 3.1% |
| 169 | Haiti | 2.8% |
| 170 | South Korea | 2.7% |
| 171 | Oman | 2.6% |
| 172 | Costa Rica | 2.5% |
| 173 | United States of America | 2.4% |
| 174 | El Salvador | 2.2% |
| 175 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 2.1% |
| 176 | Nepal | 1.5% |
| 177 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.5% |
| 178 | Åland Islands | 1.4% |
| 179 | Burundi | 1.3% |
| 180 | Nicaragua | 1.2% |
| 181 | New Caledonia | 0.9% |
| 182 | Paraguay | 0.9% |
| 183 | Zimbabwe | 0.6% |
| 184 | Luxembourg | 0.6% |
| 185 | Guadeloupe | 0.6% |
| 186 | Malaysia | 0.6% |
| 187 | Canada | 0.6% |
| 188 | Mozambique | 0.6% |
| 189 | Guatemala | 0.4% |
| 190 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.4% |
| 191 | Venezuela | 0.3% |
| 192 | Ukraine | 0.2% |
| 193 | Moldova, Republic of | 0.2% |
| 194 | Equatorial Guinea | -0.3% |
| 195 | Cameroon | -0.5% |
| 196 | Malawi | -0.8% |
| 197 | Philippines | -0.8% |
| 198 | Hong Kong | -0.9% |
| 199 | Belize | -1.0% |
| 200 | Zambia | -1.3% |
| 201 | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.3% |
| 202 | Gibraltar | -1.6% |
| 203 | Namibia | -1.7% |
| 204 | Brazil | -1.8% |
| 205 | Aruba | -2.2% |
| 206 | South Africa | -2.5% |
| 207 | Japan | -2.8% |
| 208 | Peru | -3.6% |
| 209 | Andorra | -4.0% |
| 210 | Argentina | -4.6% |
| 211 | Western Sahara | -5.5% |
| 212 | Djibouti | -5.9% |
| 213 | Curaçao | -6.7% |
| 214 | Colombia | -7.3% |
| 215 | Bahrain | -7.5% |
| 216 | South Sudan | -7.8% |
| 217 | Madagascar | -8.5% |
| 218 | Singapore | -9.1% |
| 219 | Macao | -9.1% |
| 220 | Lebanon | -9.4% |
| 221 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -11.0% |
| 222 | Algeria | -12.9% |
| 223 | Greenland | -14.2% |
| 224 | Lesotho | -14.8% |
| 225 | Australia | -15.6% |
| 226 | Cape Verde | -17.4% |
| 227 | Bolivia | -18.5% |
| 228 | Eswatini | -27.8% |
| 229 | Timor-Leste | -30.5% |
| 230 | Dominica | -36.7% |
| 231 | Uzbekistan | -37.9% |
| 232 | Afghanistan | -41.2% |
| 233 | Malta | -58.1% |
| 234 | Montserrat | -95.5% |
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Data Source
This data comes from United Nations SDG Global Database (2022).
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