Share of land covered by lakes and rivers by country
Countries reporting
207
Highest
90.5
Azerbaijan
Lowest
0
Sao Tome and Principe
Median
0.43
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
4,761
What the numbers show
Share of land covered by lakes and rivers is currently reported for 207 countries. The highest value is 90.5 in Azerbaijan; the lowest is 0 in Sao Tome and Principe.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.43, and the mean is 1.59.
Over the past decade 115 countries rose and 49 fell. The largest increase was in Kiribati (up 500.0%), and the largest decrease in Algeria (down 100.0%).
Share of land covered by lakes and rivers: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azerbaijan | 90.5 | 2022 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 2 | Malawi | 19.83 | 2022 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 3 | Turkmenistan | 18.14 | 2022 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 4 | Saint Martin (French part) | 10.97 | 2022 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 5 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 10.48 | 2022 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 6 | Canada | 9.28 | 2022 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 7 | Bahamas | 8.05 | 2022 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 8 | Nicaragua | 7.15 | 2022 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 9 | Burundi | 6.99 | 2022 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 10 | Finland | 6.62 | 2022 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 11 | Rwanda | 5.76 | 2022 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 12 | Kazakhstan | 5.71 | 2022 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 13 | Estonia | 4.45 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 14 | Armenia | 4.43 | 2022 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 15 | Macao | 4.35 | 2022 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 16 | Greenland | 4.22 | 2022 | down 24.2% | rising |
| 17 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.49 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Iran | 3.41 | 2022 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 19 | Uganda | 3.28 | 2022 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 20 | Switzerland | 3.13 | 2022 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 21 | British Virgin Islands | 3.09 | 2022 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 22 | French Polynesia | 2.85 | 2022 | up 338.5% | volatile |
| 23 | United States | 2.57 | 2022 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 24 | Russia | 2.49 | 2022 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 25 | Tanzania | 2.28 | 2022 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 26 | Tonga | 2.22 | 2022 | up 231.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Israel | 2.05 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 28 | Norway | 1.94 | 2022 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 29 | Uzbekistan | 1.93 | 2022 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 30 | Cambodia | 1.86 | 2022 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 31 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.84 | 2022 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 32 | North Macedonia | 1.77 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 33 | Hong Kong | 1.63 | 2022 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 34 | Iceland | 1.61 | 2022 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 35 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1.53 | 2022 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 36 | Chile | 1.49 | 2022 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 37 | Cayman Islands | 1.39 | 2022 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 38 | Singapore | 1.38 | 2022 | down 20.7% | flat |
| 39 | Kenya | 1.36 | 2022 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 40 | Belize | 1.32 | 2022 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 40 | Lithuania | 1.32 | 2022 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 42 | Ireland | 1.28 | 2022 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 43 | Hungary | 1.23 | 2022 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 43 | New Zealand | 1.23 | 2022 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 45 | Latvia | 1.22 | 2022 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 46 | Zambia | 1.21 | 2022 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 47 | Cuba | 1.14 | 2022 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 48 | Bangladesh | 1.1 | 2022 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 49 | China | 1.06 | 2022 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 50 | Mozambique | 1.03 | 2022 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 51 | Denmark | 1.01 | 2022 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 52 | Poland | 0.99 | 2022 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 53 | Guatemala | 0.98 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 54 | Germany | 0.95 | 2022 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 55 | Peru | 0.92 | 2022 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 56 | Argentina | 0.91 | 2022 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 56 | Gambia | 0.91 | 2022 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 56 | Turkey | 0.91 | 2022 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 59 | Mongolia | 0.89 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 60 | Sri Lanka | 0.87 | 2022 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 61 | Bolivia | 0.85 | 2022 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 62 | Tajikistan | 0.83 | 2022 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 63 | Dominican Republic | 0.8 | 2022 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 63 | Philippines | 0.8 | 2022 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 65 | Vietnam | 0.79 | 2022 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 66 | El Salvador | 0.77 | 2022 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 67 | Faroe Islands | 0.76 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 68 | United Kingdom | 0.75 | 2022 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 69 | Brazil | 0.72 | 2022 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 70 | Moldova | 0.7 | 2022 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 70 | Romania | 0.7 | 2022 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 72 | Ecuador | 0.68 | 2022 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 72 | Mauritius | 0.68 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 74 | Curacao | 0.67 | 2022 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 75 | Austria | 0.66 | 2022 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 76 | Italy | 0.65 | 2022 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 76 | Ukraine | 0.65 | 2022 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 78 | Colombia | 0.63 | 2022 | down 14.9% | flat |
| 79 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.6 | 2022 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 79 | Haiti | 0.6 | 2022 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 81 | Gabon | 0.59 | 2022 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 82 | Ethiopia | 0.58 | 2022 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 83 | Djibouti | 0.57 | 2022 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 84 | Venezuela | 0.55 | 2022 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 85 | Papua New Guinea | 0.54 | 2022 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 86 | Greece | 0.51 | 2022 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 87 | Uruguay | 0.5 | 2022 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 88 | Jordan | 0.49 | 2022 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 89 | Liechtenstein | 0.48 | 2022 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 90 | Congo | 0.47 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 90 | Serbia | 0.47 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 92 | France | 0.46 | 2022 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 92 | Indonesia | 0.46 | 2022 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 92 | South Korea | 0.46 | 2022 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 95 | Bahrain | 0.45 | 2022 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 95 | Czechia | 0.45 | 2022 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 95 | Iraq | 0.45 | 2022 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 95 | Laos | 0.45 | 2022 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 95 | Myanmar | 0.45 | 2022 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 100 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.44 | 2022 | up 175.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Solomon Islands | 0.44 | 2022 | up 340.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Thailand | 0.44 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 103 | Honduras | 0.43 | 2022 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 103 | North Korea | 0.43 | 2022 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 105 | Japan | 0.42 | 2022 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 106 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.41 | 2022 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 107 | Belgium | 0.39 | 2022 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 108 | Bulgaria | 0.37 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 109 | Gibraltar | 0.36 | 2022 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 110 | Brunei | 0.33 | 2022 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 110 | Georgia | 0.33 | 2022 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 110 | Pakistan | 0.33 | 2022 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 110 | Paraguay | 0.33 | 2022 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 110 | Tuvalu | 0.33 | 2022 | up 266.7% | volatile |
| 115 | Micronesia (country) | 0.31 | 2022 | up 93.8% | rising |
| 115 | Madagascar | 0.31 | 2022 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 117 | Marshall Islands | 0.3 | 2022 | up 150.0% | rising |
| 118 | Mexico | 0.29 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 118 | Puerto Rico | 0.29 | 2022 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 120 | Seychelles | 0.28 | 2022 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 121 | Senegal | 0.27 | 2022 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 122 | Aruba | 0.26 | 2022 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 123 | Croatia | 0.25 | 2022 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 123 | India | 0.25 | 2022 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 125 | Benin | 0.24 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 126 | American Samoa | 0.23 | 2022 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 126 | Vanuatu | 0.23 | 2022 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 128 | Malaysia | 0.22 | 2022 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 128 | Nauru | 0.22 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Slovakia | 0.22 | 2022 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 131 | Bhutan | 0.2 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 131 | Egypt | 0.2 | 2022 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 131 | Portugal | 0.2 | 2022 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 131 | Slovenia | 0.2 | 2022 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 135 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.19 | 2022 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 135 | Guyana | 0.19 | 2022 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 135 | Syria | 0.19 | 2022 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 138 | New Caledonia | 0.18 | 2022 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 138 | Nigeria | 0.18 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 140 | Cameroon | 0.17 | 2022 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 140 | Cape Verde | 0.17 | 2022 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 142 | Kuwait | 0.15 | 2022 | up 150.0% | rising |
| 143 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.14 | 2022 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 143 | Montenegro | 0.14 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 143 | Nepal | 0.14 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 143 | Palau | 0.14 | 2022 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 143 | Qatar | 0.14 | 2022 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 148 | Isle of Man | 0.13 | 2022 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 148 | Chad | 0.13 | 2022 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 148 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.13 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 151 | Spain | 0.12 | 2022 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 151 | Kiribati | 0.12 | 2022 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 153 | Andorra | 0.11 | 2022 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 153 | Comoros | 0.11 | 2022 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 153 | Guam | 0.11 | 2022 | up 175.0% | rising |
| 153 | Luxembourg | 0.11 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 153 | Monaco | 0.11 | 2022 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 153 | Sierra Leone | 0.11 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 153 | South Africa | 0.11 | 2022 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 160 | Grenada | 0.1 | 2022 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 160 | Jamaica | 0.1 | 2022 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 160 | Suriname | 0.1 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 160 | Zimbabwe | 0.1 | 2022 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 164 | Costa Rica | 0.09 | 2022 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 164 | Cyprus | 0.09 | 2022 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 164 | Ghana | 0.09 | 2022 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 164 | South Sudan | 0.09 | 2022 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 164 | Samoa | 0.09 | 2022 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 169 | Afghanistan | 0.08 | 2022 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 169 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.08 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 169 | Mali | 0.08 | 2022 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 172 | Central African Republic | 0.07 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 172 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.07 | 2022 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 172 | Sudan | 0.07 | 2022 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Australia | 0.06 | 2022 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 175 | Malta | 0.06 | 2022 | down 60.0% | rising |
| 175 | Panama | 0.06 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 175 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.06 | 2022 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 179 | Angola | 0.05 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 179 | Eritrea | 0.05 | 2022 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 179 | Fiji | 0.05 | 2022 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 179 | Tunisia | 0.05 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 183 | Burkina Faso | 0.04 | 2022 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 183 | Botswana | 0.04 | 2022 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Eswatini | 0.04 | 2022 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 186 | Bermuda | 0.03 | 2022 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 186 | Guinea | 0.03 | 2022 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 186 | Saint Lucia | 0.03 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 186 | Morocco | 0.03 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 186 | Namibia | 0.03 | 2022 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 191 | Lebanon | 0.02 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 191 | Liberia | 0.02 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 191 | Lesotho | 0.02 | 2022 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 191 | Niger | 0.02 | 2022 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 191 | Togo | 0.02 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 191 | East Timor | 0.02 | 2022 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 197 | Barbados | 0.01 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 197 | Mauritania | 0.01 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 197 | Oman | 0.01 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 197 | Saudi Arabia | 0.01 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 197 | Somalia | 0.01 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 197 | Yemen | 0.01 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 203 | Dominica | 0 | 2022 | — | flat |
| 203 | Algeria | 0 | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 203 | Libya | 0 | 2022 | — | flat |
| 203 | San Marino | 0 | 2022 | — | flat |
| 203 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 | 2022 | — | flat |