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

Name: Lakes and rivers seasonal water area (% of total land area) by country, 2022
Creator: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
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208 countries · 2022

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Lakes and rivers seasonal water area (% of total land area) league table
#	Country		Region	Income
1	Bahamas, The	14.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
2	Bangladesh	11.1	South Asia	Lower middle income
3	Cambodia	6.5	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
4	Macao SAR, China	5.5	East Asia & Pacific	High income
5	Viet Nam	5.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
6	Turks and Caicos Islands	3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
7	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	2.9	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
8	British Virgin Islands	2.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
9	Cayman Islands	2.4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
10	Singapore	2.3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
11	St. Martin (French part)	2.2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
12	Uzbekistan	2	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
13	Pakistan	1.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
14	India	1.9	South Asia	Lower middle income
15	Hong Kong SAR, China	1.9	East Asia & Pacific	High income
16	Kazakhstan	1.8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
17	Thailand	1.6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
18	Aruba	1.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
19	Sri Lanka	1.6	South Asia	Upper middle income
20	Myanmar	1.6	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
21	Curacao	1.5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
22	Bolivia	1.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
23	Djibouti	1.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
24	Bahrain	1.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
25	Iraq	1.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
26	Turkmenistan	1.4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
27	Gambia, The	1.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
28	Belize	1.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
29	Cuba	1.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
30	Antigua and Barbuda	1.2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
31	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	1.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
32	Senegal	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
33	Russian Federation	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
34	Argentina	1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
35	Kuwait	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
36	Canada	1	North America	High income
37	Guinea-Bissau	0.99	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
38	Venezuela, RB	0.96	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
39	Azerbaijan	0.94	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
40	Zambia	0.94	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
41	Naoero	0.93	East Asia & Pacific	High income
42	China	0.85	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
43	Marshall Islands	0.84	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
44	Seychelles	0.83	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
45	Botswana	0.81	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
46	United States	0.78	North America	High income
47	Northern Mariana Islands	0.78	East Asia & Pacific	High income
48	Madagascar	0.75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
49	Iran, Islamic Rep.	0.71	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
50	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	0.7	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
51	Cabo Verde	0.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
52	Colombia	0.68	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
53	Philippines	0.67	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
54	Korea, Rep.	0.66	East Asia & Pacific	High income
55	Australia	0.65	East Asia & Pacific	High income
56	Indonesia	0.64	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
57	Uruguay	0.64	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
58	Mali	0.64	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
59	Finland	0.63	Europe & Central Asia	High income
60	Tunisia	0.62	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
61	Ecuador	0.62	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
62	Gibraltar	0.61	Europe & Central Asia	High income
63	Nigeria	0.61	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
64	Qatar	0.58	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
65	Nicaragua	0.58	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
66	Mexico	0.57	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
67	Namibia	0.56	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
68	Paraguay	0.55	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
69	Montenegro	0.55	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
70	Malawi	0.55	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
71	Tonga	0.54	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
72	French Polynesia	0.53	East Asia & Pacific	High income
73	Latvia	0.53	Europe & Central Asia	High income
74	Sierra Leone	0.53	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
75	Peru	0.53	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
76	Brazil	0.52	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
77	Honduras	0.49	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
78	Faroe Islands	0.48	Europe & Central Asia	High income
79	Tanzania	0.48	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
80	Tajikistan	0.45	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
81	Papua New Guinea	0.45	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
82	Lithuania	0.44	Europe & Central Asia	High income
83	Guyana	0.42	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
84	Timor-Leste	0.42	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
85	Brunei Darussalam	0.41	East Asia & Pacific	High income
86	Nepal	0.41	South Asia	Lower middle income
87	Lao PDR	0.41	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
88	Turkiye	0.4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
89	Puerto Rico (US)	0.39	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
90	Tuvalu	0.38	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
91	Mozambique	0.38	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
92	Ukraine	0.38	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
93	American Samoa	0.37	East Asia & Pacific	High income
94	Angola	0.37	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
95	Moldova	0.36	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
96	Romania	0.36	Europe & Central Asia	High income
97	New Caledonia	0.35	East Asia & Pacific	High income
98	Albania	0.35	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
99	Malaysia	0.34	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
100	Syrian Arab Republic	0.32	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
101	Greenland	0.32	Europe & Central Asia	High income
102	Afghanistan	0.32	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
103	Congo, Rep.	0.31	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
104	Guatemala	0.31	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
105	Estonia	0.31	Europe & Central Asia	High income
106	Hungary	0.31	Europe & Central Asia	High income
107	Mauritius	0.31	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
108	Guinea	0.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
109	Grenada	0.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
110	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	0.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
111	Japan	0.29	East Asia & Pacific	High income
112	El Salvador	0.29	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
113	Haiti	0.29	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
114	Poland	0.28	Europe & Central Asia	High income
115	Panama	0.28	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
116	South Sudan	0.28	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
117	Italy	0.28	Europe & Central Asia	High income
118	Comoros	0.28	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
119	Chad	0.28	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
120	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.27	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
121	St. Kitts and Nevis	0.27	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
122	Uganda	0.27	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
123	Trinidad and Tobago	0.27	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
124	Malta	0.26	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
125	Cameroon	0.26	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
126	Ghana	0.26	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
127	Costa Rica	0.26	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
128	Dominican Republic	0.26	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
129	Kiribati	0.26	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
130	Chile	0.25	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
131	St. Lucia	0.24	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
132	Denmark	0.24	Europe & Central Asia	High income
133	Gabon	0.24	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
134	Eritrea	0.24	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
135	Iceland	0.24	Europe & Central Asia	High income
136	Israel	0.24	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
137	Ireland	0.24	Europe & Central Asia	High income
138	Congo, Dem. Rep.	0.23	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
139	Croatia	0.23	Europe & Central Asia	High income
140	Rwanda	0.22	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
141	Egypt, Arab Rep.	0.22	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
142	Georgia	0.22	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
143	New Zealand	0.22	East Asia & Pacific	High income
144	Portugal	0.21	Europe & Central Asia	High income
145	Norway	0.21	Europe & Central Asia	High income
146	Serbia	0.21	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
147	Suriname	0.21	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
148	France	0.21	Europe & Central Asia	High income
149	Spain	0.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
150	Ethiopia	0.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
151	Germany	0.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
152	Mongolia	0.2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
153	Greece	0.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
154	Burkina Faso	0.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
155	Kyrgyz Republic	0.19	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
156	Benin	0.19	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
157	Isle of Man	0.18	Europe & Central Asia	High income
158	Cyprus	0.18	Europe & Central Asia	High income
159	United Kingdom	0.18	Europe & Central Asia	High income
160	Slovenia	0.18	Europe & Central Asia	High income
161	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.18	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
162	Jamaica	0.17	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
163	Fiji	0.17	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
164	Bhutan	0.17	South Asia	Lower middle income
165	Belgium	0.17	Europe & Central Asia	High income
166	South Africa	0.16	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
167	Czechia	0.16	Europe & Central Asia	High income
168	Liechtenstein	0.15	Europe & Central Asia	High income
169	Barbados	0.14	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
170	Lesotho	0.14	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
171	Vanuatu	0.14	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
172	Togo	0.14	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
173	Guam	0.14	East Asia & Pacific	High income
174	Kenya	0.13	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
175	Zimbabwe	0.13	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
176	Mauritania	0.13	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
177	Bulgaria	0.13	Europe & Central Asia	High income
178	Armenia	0.13	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
179	Switzerland	0.13	Europe & Central Asia	High income
180	Jordan	0.13	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
181	Austria	0.12	Europe & Central Asia	High income
182	Slovak Republic	0.11	Europe & Central Asia	High income
183	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	0.11	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
184	Oman	0.11	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
185	Niger	0.11	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
186	Sudan	0.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
187	Equatorial Guinea	0.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
188	Palau	0.1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
189	Liberia	0.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
190	Burundi	0.09	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
191	Solomon Islands	0.09	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
192	Algeria	0.09	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
193	Samoa	0.08	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
194	Lebanon	0.08	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
195	Eswatini	0.08	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
196	Dominica	0.07	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
197	Central African Republic	0.07	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
198	Luxembourg	0.07	Europe & Central Asia	High income
199	North Macedonia	0.07	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
200	Morocco	0.06	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
201	Andorra	0.06	Europe & Central Asia	High income
202	Monaco	0.06	Europe & Central Asia	High income
203	Yemen, Rep.	0.06	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
204	Saudi Arabia	0.04	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
205	Libya	0.03	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
206	Bermuda	0.01	North America	High income
207	San Marino	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
208	Sao Tome and Principe	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income

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