environmental2022
Seasonal lake and river water area change
Compare seasonal lake and river water area change across 232 ISO-mapped countries or territories using the fixed 2022 UN SDG Global Database slice.
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Key Insights
Global Average
98.2%
Median: 57.1%
Countries Covered
232
with available data
Highest
Pitcairn
2,636.3%
Lowest
Niue
-31.2%
Top 5 Countries
1Pitcairn2,636.3%
2Faroe Islands1,166.1%
3Iceland929.3%
4Christmas Island795.0%
5Norfolk Island766.9%
By Region
Key Findings
- •232 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite 2022 observation in the selected slice.
- •Pitcairn has the highest published value (2636.34359 %).
- •Niue has the lowest published value (-31.23856 %).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (-31.2%)High (2,636.3%)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 98.2%)
About This Statistic
Percentage change in the seasonal 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 the seasonal water area of lakes and rivers measured from Earth-observation data.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pitcairn | 2,636.3% |
| 2 | Faroe Islands | 1,166.1% |
| 3 | Iceland | 929.3% |
| 4 | Christmas Island | 795.0% |
| 5 | Norfolk Island | 766.9% |
| 6 | Kiribati | 396.6% |
| 7 | Wallis and Futuna | 389.9% |
| 8 | Monaco | 388.0% |
| 9 | Gibraltar | 348.9% |
| 10 | Andorra | 257.1% |
| 11 | Marshall Islands | 241.7% |
| 12 | French Polynesia | 240.9% |
| 13 | Equatorial Guinea | 234.9% |
| 14 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 213.0% |
| 15 | Fiji | 200.9% |
| 16 | Cape Verde | 184.6% |
| 17 | Northern Mariana Islands | 179.8% |
| 18 | Vanuatu | 179.2% |
| 19 | Mayotte | 174.7% |
| 20 | Dominica | 174.1% |
| 21 | United Kingdom | 165.5% |
| 22 | Jordan | 163.9% |
| 23 | Tonga | 160.6% |
| 24 | Djibouti | 159.7% |
| 25 | Guam | 155.3% |
| 26 | Isle of Man | 154.3% |
| 27 | Nauru | 153.4% |
| 28 | Reunion | 153.0% |
| 29 | Malawi | 146.4% |
| 30 | Palau | 145.2% |
| 31 | Norway | 141.7% |
| 32 | Gabon | 141.1% |
| 33 | Tokelau | 138.3% |
| 34 | Liechtenstein | 136.6% |
| 35 | Ecuador | 134.7% |
| 36 | Ireland | 131.2% |
| 37 | Benin | 127.7% |
| 38 | Aruba | 127.0% |
| 39 | Comoros | 125.2% |
| 40 | Malta | 124.5% |
| 41 | Barbados | 122.8% |
| 42 | Greenland | 119.6% |
| 43 | Martinique | 118.5% |
| 44 | Burundi | 117.2% |
| 45 | Ghana | 115.5% |
| 46 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 114.9% |
| 47 | Bahrain | 113.0% |
| 48 | Cameroon | 111.3% |
| 49 | Curaçao | 110.5% |
| 50 | Uganda | 108.2% |
| 51 | Grenada | 106.1% |
| 52 | Libya | 104.6% |
| 53 | Bermuda | 102.8% |
| 54 | Niger | 100.4% |
| 55 | South Sudan | 99.5% |
| 56 | Somalia | 99.3% |
| 57 | Kuwait | 99.1% |
| 58 | Liberia | 98.4% |
| 59 | Ethiopia | 98.2% |
| 60 | Mauritius | 96.9% |
| 61 | Saint Lucia | 94.9% |
| 62 | Belgium | 94.7% |
| 63 | New Caledonia | 93.6% |
| 64 | Cote d'Ivoire | 92.8% |
| 65 | Yemen | 92.8% |
| 66 | Angola | 91.3% |
| 67 | Togo | 89.8% |
| 68 | Italy | 89.3% |
| 69 | Rwanda | 89.2% |
| 70 | Guadeloupe | 89.2% |
| 71 | Jersey | 88.9% |
| 72 | Russian Federation | 87.9% |
| 73 | Nigeria | 87.6% |
| 74 | Switzerland | 87.6% |
| 75 | Seychelles | 87.4% |
| 76 | San Marino | 83.2% |
| 77 | Samoa | 82.3% |
| 78 | Saint Helena | 81.3% |
| 79 | Republic of the Congo | 80.7% |
| 80 | Virgin Islands, British | 80.5% |
| 81 | Mongolia | 80.0% |
| 82 | Iraq | 79.5% |
| 83 | Kyrgyzstan | 79.4% |
| 84 | Burkina Faso | 79.0% |
| 85 | Sierra Leone | 78.3% |
| 86 | French Guiana | 76.6% |
| 87 | Singapore | 74.0% |
| 88 | Guinea | 73.1% |
| 89 | Eritrea | 72.5% |
| 90 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 71.0% |
| 91 | Zambia | 70.3% |
| 92 | Egypt | 70.2% |
| 93 | Bhutan | 69.4% |
| 94 | Saudi Arabia | 67.9% |
| 95 | Kazakhstan | 66.8% |
| 96 | Malaysia | 66.8% |
| 97 | Brunei Darussalam | 66.7% |
| 98 | Qatar | 65.7% |
| 99 | Macao | 65.5% |
| 100 | Åland Islands | 64.2% |
| 101 | Luxembourg | 62.9% |
| 102 | Costa Rica | 62.7% |
| 103 | Portugal | 61.6% |
| 104 | Guyana | 61.2% |
| 105 | Tuvalu | 60.4% |
| 106 | Cyprus | 60.2% |
| 107 | Turkmenistan | 59.8% |
| 108 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 59.5% |
| 109 | Cayman Islands | 59.0% |
| 110 | France | 59.0% |
| 111 | Estonia | 58.5% |
| 112 | Oman | 58.4% |
| 113 | Chad | 58.3% |
| 114 | Botswana | 57.9% |
| 115 | Tunisia | 57.5% |
| 116 | Denmark | 57.3% |
| 117 | Suriname | 57.0% |
| 118 | Austria | 55.6% |
| 119 | Finland | 55.2% |
| 120 | Spain | 54.5% |
| 121 | Indonesia | 53.4% |
| 122 | Kenya | 52.7% |
| 123 | Germany | 51.8% |
| 124 | Cook Islands | 51.7% |
| 125 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 51.6% |
| 126 | Chile | 51.0% |
| 127 | Antigua and Barbuda | 50.9% |
| 128 | Papua New Guinea | 50.9% |
| 129 | Saint Martin (French part) | 50.8% |
| 130 | Bolivia | 50.7% |
| 131 | Mali | 50.6% |
| 132 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 50.5% |
| 133 | Guernsey | 50.2% |
| 134 | Dominican Republic | 50.2% |
| 135 | Anguilla | 49.7% |
| 136 | Hong Kong | 49.6% |
| 137 | Venezuela | 49.5% |
| 138 | Poland | 49.1% |
| 139 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 48.6% |
| 140 | United Republic of Tanzania | 47.0% |
| 141 | Puerto Rico | 46.6% |
| 142 | Guinea-Bissau | 46.5% |
| 143 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 46.3% |
| 144 | Nicaragua | 45.0% |
| 145 | Panama | 44.8% |
| 146 | Tajikistan | 44.5% |
| 147 | Albania | 44.5% |
| 148 | Czech Republic | 44.1% |
| 149 | Sri Lanka | 43.7% |
| 150 | Philippines | 43.5% |
| 151 | Western Sahara | 43.4% |
| 152 | French Southern Territories | 43.1% |
| 153 | Georgia | 42.6% |
| 154 | Bulgaria | 42.2% |
| 155 | Japan | 41.9% |
| 156 | Central African Republic | 41.2% |
| 157 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 41.0% |
| 158 | Namibia | 40.6% |
| 159 | Saint Barthélemy | 40.0% |
| 160 | Greece | 38.6% |
| 161 | Slovenia | 38.1% |
| 162 | Mauritania | 37.9% |
| 163 | Lithuania | 37.6% |
| 164 | Latvia | 37.5% |
| 165 | Türkiye | 37.0% |
| 166 | Armenia | 36.8% |
| 167 | Israel | 36.4% |
| 168 | Mozambique | 36.3% |
| 169 | People's Republic of China | 36.2% |
| 170 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 35.8% |
| 171 | Peru | 35.4% |
| 172 | Guatemala | 35.3% |
| 173 | Morocco | 34.8% |
| 174 | Uzbekistan | 34.7% |
| 175 | Senegal | 34.1% |
| 176 | North Korea | 34.0% |
| 177 | Myanmar | 33.6% |
| 178 | Zimbabwe | 32.9% |
| 179 | India | 32.4% |
| 180 | Nepal | 31.8% |
| 181 | Honduras | 31.8% |
| 182 | Croatia | 30.9% |
| 183 | Republic of The Gambia | 30.3% |
| 184 | Paraguay | 30.2% |
| 185 | Colombia | 30.0% |
| 186 | Ukraine | 29.5% |
| 187 | Syrian Arab Republic | 29.3% |
| 188 | Canada | 29.2% |
| 189 | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 28.1% |
| 190 | United States of America | 27.1% |
| 191 | Thailand | 26.5% |
| 192 | Lebanon | 26.4% |
| 193 | South Africa | 25.8% |
| 194 | Pakistan | 24.7% |
| 195 | Montenegro | 24.2% |
| 196 | Eswatini | 23.9% |
| 197 | Algeria | 22.6% |
| 198 | Serbia | 22.4% |
| 199 | New Zealand | 22.4% |
| 200 | Madagascar | 22.2% |
| 201 | Slovakia | 20.6% |
| 202 | Vietnam | 18.1% |
| 203 | Moldova, Republic of | 17.5% |
| 204 | Cuba | 16.4% |
| 205 | Afghanistan | 15.8% |
| 206 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 15.0% |
| 207 | Lesotho | 14.0% |
| 208 | Haiti | 13.9% |
| 209 | Bahamas | 13.4% |
| 210 | Mexico | 9.8% |
| 211 | Bangladesh | 9.7% |
| 212 | Belize | 9.5% |
| 213 | Romania | 9.5% |
| 214 | Brazil | 8.3% |
| 215 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 7.5% |
| 216 | South Korea | 7.1% |
| 217 | Sudan | 7.0% |
| 218 | Azerbaijan | 6.6% |
| 219 | Cambodia | 5.6% |
| 220 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 5.6% |
| 221 | El Salvador | 3.5% |
| 222 | Argentina | 3.5% |
| 223 | Jamaica | 2.1% |
| 224 | Timor-Leste | 1.8% |
| 225 | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.3% |
| 226 | American Samoa | -6.0% |
| 227 | Australia | -7.2% |
| 228 | Hungary | -7.2% |
| 229 | Solomon Islands | -9.2% |
| 230 | Uruguay | -16.6% |
| 231 | Montserrat | -18.0% |
| 232 | Niue | -31.2% |
Showing 232 of 232 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from United Nations SDG Global Database (2022).
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