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Surface water and surface water change

Variable
MeasureInformation on item
UnitPercentage
Year2015
Country
Australia1.79
Austria0.84
Belgium0.71
Canada11.76
Chile2.10
Colombia2.10
Costa Rica1.05
Czech Republic0.87
Denmark1.74
Estonia5.16
Finland9.71
France0.86
GermanyInformation on item1.27
Greece1.51
Hungary2.14
Iceland2.07
Ireland2.13
IsraelInformation on item2.71
Italy1.24
Japan1.40
Korea2.70
Latvia2.09
Lithuania1.98
Luxembourg0.23
Mexico1.58
Netherlands10.35
New Zealand2.24
Norway5.32
Poland1.48
Portugal1.20
Slovak Republic0.72
Slovenia0.43
Spain0.89
Sweden8.37
Switzerland4.34
Türkiye2.03
United Kingdom1.51
United States4.66
OECD Asia Oceania1.80
Euro area (19 countries)2.36
European Union (28 countries)2.76
G7Information on item7.70
G204.12
OECD - Europe2.91
OECD - Total5.48
World3.31
Non-OECD EconomiesAfghanistan1.17
Albania2.59
Algeria0.18
American Samoa4.50
Andorra0.21
Angola0.52
Anguilla10.17
Antigua and Barbuda5.97
Argentina3.61
ArmeniaInformation on item4.77
ArubaInformation on item5.01
AzerbaijanInformation on item1.92
Bahamas43.56
Bahrain5.20
Bangladesh24.54
Barbados2.31
Belarus1.59
Belize4.94
Benin0.47
Bermuda20.57
Bhutan0.46
Bolivia3.80
Bosnia and HerzegovinaInformation on item0.84
Botswana0.98
Brazil2.48
British Indian Ocean Territory24.25
British Virgin Islands16.21
Brunei Darussalam1.37
Bulgaria0.91
Burkina FasoInformation on item0.52
Burundi7.57
CambodiaInformation on item13.19
Cameroon0.99
Cabo Verde2.07
Cayman Islands14.15
Central African Republic0.22
Chad0.53
China (People's Republic of)2.58
Comoros1.76
Congo1.11
Democratic Republic of the CongoInformation on item1.89
Cook Islands2.07
Côte d'IvoireInformation on item0.93
Croatia1.36
Cuba3.78
CyprusInformation on item0.30
Djibouti2.19
Dominica0.53
Dominican Republic1.42
Ecuador1.95
Egypt1.32
El Salvador2.10
Equatorial Guinea0.53
EritreaInformation on item0.45
EthiopiaInformation on item0.91
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)4.68
Fiji0.89
French Guiana1.15
French Polynesia12.55
French Southern and Antarctic Lands9.06
Gabon1.13
Gambia4.03
GeorgiaInformation on item0.71
Ghana3.51
Gibraltar17.51
Greenland0.98
Grenada4.08
Guadeloupe1.41
Guam1.10
Guatemala1.56
Guinea0.53
Guinea-Bissau4.12
Guyana1.10
Haiti1.49
Honduras1.67
Hong Kong, ChinaInformation on item7.96
India4.07
Indonesia1.98
Iran1.63
Iraq4.62
Guernsey10.07
Isle of Man1.40
Jamaica0.92
Jersey3.33
Jordan0.64
KazakhstanInformation on item4.94
Kenya2.23
Democratic People's Republic of Korea2.20
Kiribati18.92
Kuwait1.84
KyrgyzstanInformation on item3.94
Lao People's Democratic Republic1.39
Lebanon0.45
Lesotho0.37
Liberia0.38
Libya0.05
Liechtenstein0.00
Macau, ChinaInformation on item65.10
Madagascar1.53
Malawi20.61
Malaysia1.43
Maldives46.59
Mali0.95
Malta3.80
Marshall IslandsInformation on item31.35
Martinique1.45
Mauritania0.29
Mauritius1.89
Mayotte3.97
MicronesiaInformation on item3.51
MoldovaInformation on item1.62
Monaco0.00
Mongolia1.17
Montenegro2.51
Montserrat1.98
Morocco0.33
Mozambique2.31
MyanmarInformation on item3.41
Namibia0.76
Nepal0.90
New Caledonia1.17
Nicaragua8.54
Niger0.16
North Macedonia2.12
Nigeria1.41
Northern Mariana IslandsInformation on item3.99
Oman0.19
Pakistan4.77
PalauInformation on item4.21
Panama1.93
Papua New Guinea1.88
Paraguay2.17
Peru2.01
Philippines2.51
Puerto Rico1.25
Qatar1.21
Réunion0.60
Romania2.02
Russia3.93
Rwanda6.04
Saint Helena2.76
Saint Kitts and Nevis3.05
Saint Lucia2.16
Saint Pierre and Miquelon5.58
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines3.52
Samoa0.74
San Marino0.00
Saudi Arabia0.09
Senegal2.52
Serbia1.09
Seychelles7.01
Sierra Leone1.22
Singapore14.65
Solomon Islands1.77
Somalia0.23
South Africa0.59
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands6.92
Sri Lanka3.24
Sudan0.41
Suriname2.11
South Sudan 0.63
Eswatini0.51
Syrian Arab Republic1.14
TajikistanInformation on item1.86
Tanzania6.80
Thailand4.91
Timor-LesteInformation on item0.96
Togo0.62
Tokelau26.74
Tonga7.00
Trinidad and Tobago1.94
Tunisia1.17
TurkmenistanInformation on item6.50
Turks and Caicos Islands79.32
Tuvalu23.15
Uganda15.41
Ukraine2.80
United Arab Emirates0.91
United States Minor Outlying Islands60.36
Uruguay3.52
UzbekistanInformation on item9.01
Vanuatu1.36
Venezuela2.99
Viet Nam10.80
United States Virgin Islands6.53
Wallis and Futuna2.83
YemenInformation on item0.12
Zambia2.81
Zimbabwe1.16
Other GroupsWestern Sahara0.13
ASEAN3.91
BRIICS economies - Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia, China and South Africa3.14
OECD America7.50
Latin America and Caribbean2.58
Middle East and North Africa0.87
Data extracted on 29 Sep 2023 16:17 UTC (GMT) from OECD.Stat

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