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

· higher is better · 208 countries

United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global DatabaseUN Terms of Use — non-commercial (SDG Global Database); redistribution deferred pending clearanceupdated 2022
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  1. 1Azerbaijan90.5
  2. 2Malawi19.8
  3. 3Turkmenistan18.1
  4. 4St. Martin (French part)11
  5. 5Sint Maarten (Dutch part)10.5
  6. 6Canada9.3
  7. 7Bahamas, The8.1
  8. 8Nicaragua7.2
  9. 9Burundi7
  10. 10Finland6.6
  11. 11Rwanda5.8
  12. 12Kazakhstan5.7
  13. 13Estonia4.5
  14. 14Armenia4.4
  15. 15Macao SAR, China4.4
  16. 16Greenland4.2
  17. 17Kyrgyz Republic3.5
  18. 18Iran, Islamic Rep.3.4
  19. 19Uganda3.3
  20. 20Switzerland3.1
  21. 21British Virgin Islands3.1
  22. 22French Polynesia2.8
  23. 23United States2.6
  24. 24Russian Federation2.5
  25. 25Tanzania2.3
  26. 26Tonga2.2
  27. 27Israel2
  28. 28Norway1.9
  29. 29Uzbekistan1.9
  30. 30Cambodia1.9
  31. 31Turks and Caicos Islands1.8
  32. 32North Macedonia1.8
  33. 33Hong Kong SAR, China1.6
  34. 34Iceland1.6
  35. 35Congo, Dem. Rep.1.5
  36. 36Chile1.5
  37. 37Cayman Islands1.4
  38. 38Singapore1.4
  39. 39Kenya1.4
  40. 40Belize1.3
  41. 41Lithuania1.3
  42. 42Ireland1.3
  43. 43New Zealand1.2
  44. 44Hungary1.2
  45. 45Latvia1.2
  46. 46Zambia1.2
  47. 47Cuba1.1
  48. 48Bangladesh1.1
  49. 49China1.1
  50. 50Mozambique1
  51. 51Denmark1
  52. 52Poland0.99
  53. 53Guatemala0.98
  54. 54Germany0.95
  55. 55Peru0.92
  56. 56Turkiye0.91
  57. 57Gambia, The0.91
  58. 58Argentina0.91
  59. 59Mongolia0.89
  60. 60Sri Lanka0.87
  61. 61Bolivia0.85
  62. 62Albania0.84
  63. 63Tajikistan0.83
  64. 64Philippines0.8
  65. 65Dominican Republic0.8
  66. 66Viet Nam0.79
  67. 67El Salvador0.77
  68. 68Faroe Islands0.76
  69. 69United Kingdom0.75
  70. 70Brazil0.72
  71. 71Romania0.7
  72. 72Moldova0.7
  73. 73Ecuador0.68
  74. 74Mauritius0.68
  75. 75Curacao0.67
  76. 76Austria0.66
  77. 77Ukraine0.65
  78. 78Italy0.65
  79. 79Colombia0.63
  80. 80Haiti0.6
  81. 81Antigua and Barbuda0.6
  82. 82Gabon0.59
  83. 83Ethiopia0.58
  84. 84Djibouti0.57
  85. 85Venezuela, RB0.55
  86. 86Papua New Guinea0.54
  87. 87Greece0.51
  88. 88Uruguay0.5
  89. 89Jordan0.49
  90. 90Liechtenstein0.48
  91. 91Serbia0.47
  92. 92Congo, Rep.0.47
  93. 93Korea, Rep.0.46
  94. 94France0.46
  95. 95Indonesia0.46
  96. 96Czechia0.45
  97. 97Bahrain0.45
  98. 98Lao PDR0.45
  99. 99Iraq0.45
  100. 100Myanmar0.45
  101. 101Solomon Islands0.44
  102. 102Northern Mariana Islands0.44
  103. 103Thailand0.44
  104. 104Korea, Dem. People's Rep.0.43
  105. 105Honduras0.43
  106. 106Japan0.42
  107. 107Virgin Islands (U.S.)0.41
  108. 108Belgium0.39
  109. 109Bulgaria0.37
  110. 110Gibraltar0.36
  111. 111Pakistan0.33
  112. 112Brunei Darussalam0.33
  113. 113Georgia0.33
  114. 114Paraguay0.33
  115. 115Tuvalu0.33
  116. 116Micronesia, Fed. Sts.0.31
  117. 117Madagascar0.31
  118. 118Marshall Islands0.3
  119. 119Mexico0.29
  120. 120Puerto Rico (US)0.29
  121. 121Seychelles0.28
  122. 122Senegal0.27
  123. 123Aruba0.26
  124. 124Croatia0.25
  125. 125India0.25
  126. 126Benin0.24
  127. 127Vanuatu0.23
  128. 128American Samoa0.23
  129. 129Naoero0.22
  130. 130Malaysia0.22
  131. 131Slovak Republic0.22
  132. 132Slovenia0.2
  133. 133Portugal0.2
  134. 134Egypt, Arab Rep.0.2
  135. 135Bhutan0.2
  136. 136Guyana0.2
  137. 137Bosnia and Herzegovina0.19
  138. 138Syrian Arab Republic0.19
  139. 139Nigeria0.18
  140. 140New Caledonia0.18
  141. 141Cabo Verde0.17
  142. 142Cameroon0.17
  143. 143Kuwait0.15
  144. 144Guinea-Bissau0.14
  145. 145Palau0.14
  146. 146Qatar0.14
  147. 147Nepal0.14
  148. 148Montenegro0.14
  149. 149Trinidad and Tobago0.13
  150. 150Chad0.13
  151. 151Isle of Man0.13
  152. 152Spain0.12
  153. 153Kiribati0.12
  154. 154Guam0.11
  155. 155Comoros0.11
  156. 156South Africa0.11
  157. 157Monaco0.11
  158. 158Andorra0.11
  159. 159Luxembourg0.11
  160. 160Sierra Leone0.11
  161. 161Zimbabwe0.1
  162. 162Suriname0.1
  163. 163Grenada0.1
  164. 164Jamaica0.1
  165. 165Ghana0.09
  166. 166Samoa0.09
  167. 167Costa Rica0.09
  168. 168Cyprus0.09
  169. 169South Sudan0.09
  170. 170Afghanistan0.08
  171. 171Mali0.08
  172. 172St. Kitts and Nevis0.08
  173. 173Central African Republic0.07
  174. 174Equatorial Guinea0.07
  175. 175Sudan0.07
  176. 176Malta0.06
  177. 177St. Vincent and the Grenadines0.06
  178. 178Panama0.06
  179. 179Australia0.06
  180. 180Eritrea0.05
  181. 181Fiji0.05
  182. 182Tunisia0.05
  183. 183Angola0.05
  184. 184Eswatini0.04
  185. 185Burkina Faso0.04
  186. 186Botswana0.04
  187. 187Namibia0.03
  188. 188St. Lucia0.03
  189. 189Morocco0.03
  190. 190Guinea0.03
  191. 191Bermuda0.03
  192. 192Timor-Leste0.02
  193. 193Niger0.02
  194. 194Lesotho0.02
  195. 195Lebanon0.02
  196. 196Liberia0.02
  197. 197Togo0.02
  198. 198Somalia, Fed. Rep.0.01
  199. 199Yemen, Rep.0.01
  200. 200Oman0.01
  201. 201Saudi Arabia0.01
  202. 202Mauritania0.01
  203. 203Barbados0.01
  204. 204Algeria0
  205. 205Libya0
  206. 206Dominica0
  207. 207San Marino0
  208. 208Sao Tome and Principe0

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