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Lakes and rivers permanent water area change (%)

Name: Lakes and rivers permanent water area change (%) by country, 2022
Creator: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
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209 countries · 2022

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Lakes and rivers permanent water area change (%) league table
#	Country		Region	Income
1	Faroe Islands	1,926.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
2	San Marino	1,042.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
3	Naoero	719.9	East Asia & Pacific	High income
4	Sao Tome and Principe	299.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
5	Solomon Islands	264.4	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
6	French Polynesia	255.2	East Asia & Pacific	High income
7	Kiribati	233.4	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
8	Sudan	225.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
9	Tonga	208.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
10	Tuvalu	160.6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
11	Northern Mariana Islands	149.9	East Asia & Pacific	High income
12	Guam	118.7	East Asia & Pacific	High income
13	Marshall Islands	108.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
14	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	103.6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
15	Burkina Faso	68.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
16	Kuwait	66.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
17	Eritrea	64.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
18	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	58.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
19	Cayman Islands	53.3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
20	Iraq	53.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
21	Saudi Arabia	52.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
22	Mauritania	48.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
23	Guinea	45.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
24	Grenada	45.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
25	Yemen, Rep.	43.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
26	Fiji	42.6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
27	Botswana	42.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
28	Niger	41.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
29	Palau	40.9	East Asia & Pacific	High income
30	Isle of Man	40.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
31	Comoros	38.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
32	Barbados	38	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
33	Puerto Rico (US)	37.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
34	Tunisia	36.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
35	Cyprus	34	Europe & Central Asia	High income
36	Chad	31.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
37	Qatar	30.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
38	Vanuatu	30	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
39	Samoa	29.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
40	American Samoa	28.9	East Asia & Pacific	High income
41	Slovenia	28.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
42	Bermuda	27.8	North America	High income
43	Monaco	27.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
44	Portugal	26.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
45	Greece	24.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
46	Gabon	24.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
47	Ireland	24.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
48	United Kingdom	24	Europe & Central Asia	High income
49	Pakistan	22.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
50	Sri Lanka	22.3	South Asia	Upper middle income
51	Lao PDR	22.3	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
52	Iceland	21.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
53	Guinea-Bissau	21	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
54	Azerbaijan	20.4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
55	Trinidad and Tobago	19.5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
56	Jamaica	18.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
57	St. Lucia	18.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
58	Myanmar	18.1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
59	Brunei Darussalam	18.1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
60	Cuba	17.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
61	Albania	17.6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
62	Dominican Republic	17.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
63	Czechia	17.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
64	Slovak Republic	17.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
65	Bahamas, The	16.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
66	Senegal	16.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
67	Liechtenstein	16.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
68	Togo	16.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
69	Gambia, The	16.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
70	Libya	15.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
71	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	15.7	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
72	Hungary	15.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
73	Croatia	15.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
74	Italy	15.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
75	Guyana	15	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
76	France	14.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
77	Mauritius	14.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
78	Spain	14.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
79	British Virgin Islands	14.7	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
80	Ecuador	14.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
81	Papua New Guinea	14	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
82	Kenya	13.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
83	China	13.6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
84	Bosnia and Herzegovina	13.6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
85	St. Martin (French part)	13.5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
86	Ghana	13.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
87	Thailand	13	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
88	St. Kitts and Nevis	12.7	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
89	Antigua and Barbuda	12.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
90	Russian Federation	12.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
91	Nigeria	12.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
92	Norway	11.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
93	Bulgaria	11.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
94	Serbia	11.6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
95	New Zealand	11.6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
96	India	11.4	South Asia	Lower middle income
97	Central African Republic	11.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
98	North Macedonia	11.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
99	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	11.3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
100	Belgium	11.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
101	Indonesia	11.2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
102	Mali	11	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
103	Honduras	10.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
104	Uruguay	10.7	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
105	Congo, Rep.	10.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
106	Denmark	10.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
107	Georgia	10	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
108	Uganda	9.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
109	Austria	9.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
110	Ethiopia	9.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
111	Seychelles	9.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
112	Finland	9.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
113	Germany	9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
114	Montenegro	8.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
115	Bhutan	8.6	South Asia	Lower middle income
116	Benin	8.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
117	Rwanda	8.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
118	Romania	8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
119	Sierra Leone	7.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
120	Turks and Caicos Islands	7.8	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
121	Suriname	7.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
122	Chile	7	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
123	Switzerland	7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
124	Viet Nam	7	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
125	Poland	6.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
126	Armenia	6.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
127	Cambodia	6.5	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
128	Morocco	6.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
129	Lithuania	6.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
130	Latvia	6.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
131	Iran, Islamic Rep.	5.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
132	Israel	5.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
133	Egypt, Arab Rep.	5.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
134	Kazakhstan	5.4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
135	Turkmenistan	5.1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
136	Turkiye	5.1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
137	Mexico	5.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
138	Congo, Dem. Rep.	5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
139	Bangladesh	5	South Asia	Lower middle income
140	Tanzania	4.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
141	Angola	4.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
142	Panama	4.3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
143	Estonia	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
144	Tajikistan	4	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
145	Mongolia	3.8	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
146	Jordan	3.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
147	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	3.3	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
148	Liberia	3.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
149	Haiti	2.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
150	Korea, Rep.	2.7	East Asia & Pacific	High income
151	Oman	2.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
152	Costa Rica	2.5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
153	United States	2.4	North America	High income
154	El Salvador	2.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
155	Nepal	1.5	South Asia	Lower middle income
156	Cote d'Ivoire	1.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
157	Burundi	1.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
158	Nicaragua	1.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
159	New Caledonia	0.93	East Asia & Pacific	High income
160	Paraguay	0.87	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
161	Zimbabwe	0.65	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
162	Luxembourg	0.62	Europe & Central Asia	High income
163	Malaysia	0.58	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
164	Canada	0.57	North America	High income
165	Mozambique	0.56	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
166	Guatemala	0.43	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
167	Kyrgyz Republic	0.38	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
168	Venezuela, RB	0.28	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
169	Ukraine	0.22	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
170	Moldova	0.18	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
171	Equatorial Guinea	-0.33	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
172	Cameroon	-0.51	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
173	Malawi	-0.75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
174	Philippines	-0.76	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
175	Hong Kong SAR, China	-0.9	East Asia & Pacific	High income
176	Belize	-0.97	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
177	Zambia	-1.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
178	Syrian Arab Republic	-1.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
179	Gibraltar	-1.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
180	Namibia	-1.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
181	Brazil	-1.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
182	Aruba	-2.2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
183	South Africa	-2.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
184	Japan	-2.8	East Asia & Pacific	High income
185	Peru	-3.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
186	Andorra	-4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
187	Argentina	-4.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
188	Djibouti	-5.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
189	Curacao	-6.7	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
190	Colombia	-7.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
191	Bahrain	-7.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
192	South Sudan	-7.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
193	Madagascar	-8.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
194	Singapore	-9.1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
195	Macao SAR, China	-9.1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
196	Lebanon	-9.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
197	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	-11	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
198	Algeria	-12.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
199	Greenland	-14.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
200	Lesotho	-14.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
201	Australia	-15.6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
202	Cabo Verde	-17.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
203	Bolivia	-18.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
204	Eswatini	-27.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
205	Timor-Leste	-30.5	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
206	Dominica	-36.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
207	Uzbekistan	-37.9	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
208	Afghanistan	-41.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
209	Malta	-58.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income

Lakes and rivers permanent water area change (%)