Percentage of the total area made up by water

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More than 80% of the surface of Greenland is covered with ice (water frozen into a solid state).

Countries by water surface (percentage of total area)

Rank	Country	Water surface (% of total area)
1	Greenland	81.1
2	Bahamas	27.9
3	Guinea Bissau	22.1
4	Malawi	20.6
5	Netherlands	18.7
6	Uganda	18.2
7	Eritrea	14.1
8	Liberia	13.5
9	Gambia	11.5
10	Taiwan	10.3
11	Finland	10.1
12	Bangladesh	9.6
13	India	9.6
14	Ethiopia	9.4
15	Canada	8.9
16	Sweden	8.9
17	Brunei Darussalam	8.7
18	French Polynesia	8.5
19	Guyana	8.4
20	Nicaragua	8.0
21	Burundi	7.7
22	United Republic of Tanzania	6.5
23	Viet nam	6.4
24	Rwanda	6.3
25	Estonia	6.3
26	Norway	6.0
27	Armenia	5.2
28	Sudan	5.2
29	Tunisia	5.0
30	Uzbekistan	4.9
31	Indonesia	4.9
32	United States of America	4.9
33	Suriname	4.8
34	Croatia	4.7
35	Albania	4.7
36	Ghana	4.6
37	Azerbaijan	4.6
38	Hong Kong	4.5
39	The World	4.4
40	Togo	4.2
41	Russian Federation	4.1
42	Kyrgyzstan	4.1
43	Ukraine	4.0
44	Lithuania	4.0
45	Tonga	4.0
46	Gabon	3.7
47	Turkmenistan	3.7
48	Hungary	3.7
49	Martinique	3.6
50	Latvia	3.6
51	Romania	3.6
52	Japan	3.6
53	Myanmar	3.4
54	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.3
55	Venezuela	3.3
56	Pakistan	3.2
57	Solomon Islands	3.1
58	Switzerland	3.1
59	Republic of Moldova	2.8
60	Colombia	2.8
61	China	2.8
62	Republic of Korea	2.8
63	Poland	2.7
64	Iceland	2.7
65	Montenegro	2.6
66	Nepal	2.6
67	Botswana	2.6
68	Laos	2.5
69	Cambodia	2.5
70	Italy	2.4
71	Ecuador	2.4
72	Paraguay	2.3
73	Greece	2.3
74	Germany	2.3
75	Belarus	2.3
76	Papua New Guinea	2.2
77	Bulgaria	2.1
78	Senegal	2.1
79	French Guiana	2.1
80	Czech Republic	2.1
81	Ireland	2.0
82	Israel	1.9
83	Kenya	1.9
84	Chad	1.9
85	Slovakia	1.9
86	Tajikistan	1.8
87	Turkey	1.8
88	Benin	1.8
89	Austria	1.7
90	Lebanon	1.6
91	Mozambique	1.6
92	Chile	1.6
93	Somalia	1.6
94	New Caledonia	1.6
95	Saint Lucia	1.6
96	Mali	1.6
97	Guatemala	1.6
98	Argentina	1.6
99	Denmark	1.5
100	El Salvador	1.5
101	Sri Lanka	1.5
102	Jamaica	1.5
103	Panama	1.4
104	Singapore	1.4
105	Nigeria	1.4
106	Bolivia	1.4
107	Cote d'Ivoire	1.4
108	Spain	1.3
109	Zambia	1.2
110	Iran	1.2
111	Guadeloupe	1.2
112	Macedonia	1.1
113	Mexico	1.0
114	Zimbabwe	1.0
115	Cuba	0.9
116	Madagascar	0.9
117	Kazakhstan	0.9
118	Swaziland	0.9
119	Puerto Rico	0.9
120	Syria	0.8
121	Belgium	0.8
122	Australia	0.8
123	Dominican Republic	0.7
124	Belize	0.7
125	United Kingdom	0.7
126	Haiti	0.7
127	Uruguay	0.7
128	Mongolia	0.7
129	Portugal	0.7
130	Brazil	0.7
131	Slovenia	0.6
132	Philippines	0.6
133	Jordan	0.6
134	Egypt	0.6
135	Cameroon	0.6
136	South Africa	0.5
137	Mauritius	0.5
138	Antigua and Barbuda	0.5
139	Thailand	0.4
140	Peru	0.4
141	Reunion	0.4
142	Malaysia	0.4
143	Samoa	0.4
144	Georgia	0.3
145	France	0.3
146	Iraq	0.2
147	Honduras	0.2
148	Sierra Leone	0.2
149	Congo	0.1
150	Burkina Faso	0.1
151	Namibia	0.1
152	Cyprus	0.1
153	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	0.1
154	Djibouti	0.1
155	Costa Rica	0.1
156	Guinea	0.1
157	Morocco	0.1
158	Niger	0.0
159	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.0
160	Barbados	0.0
161	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.0
162	Mayotte	0.0
163	Cayman Islands	0.0
164	Bahrain	0.0
165	Bermuda	0.0
166	Montserrat	0.0
167	Bhutan	0.0
168	Monaco	0.0
169	Anguilla	0.0
170	Tuvalu	0.0
171	Jersey	0.0
172	Sao Tome and Principe	0.0
173	Kuwait	0.0
174	Lesotho	0.0
175	Luxembourg	0.0
176	Western Sahara	0.0
177	Yemen	0.0
178	Algeria	0.0
179	Liechtenstein	0.0
180	Afghanistan	0.0
181	Wallis and Futuna Islands	0.0
182	Libya	0.0
183	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.0
184	Kosovo	0.0
185	Mauritania	0.0
186	Angola	0.0
187	British Virgin Islands	0.0
188	United States Virgin Islands	0.0
189	Andorra	0.0
190	Kiribati	0.0
191	United Arab Emirates	0.0
192	Marshall Islands	0.0
193	Grenada	0.0
194	Qatar	0.0
195	Guernsey	0.0
196	Palestinian Authority	0.0
197	Aruba	0.0
198	Dominica	0.0
199	Nauru	0.0
200	Palau	0.0
201	Faroe Islands	0.0
202	Netherlands Antilles	0.0
203	Federated States of Micronesia	0.0
204	Fiji	0.0
205	Equatorial Guinea	0.0
206	Gibraltar	0.0
207	Saudi Arabia	0.0
208	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.0
209	Comoros	0.0
210	Northern Mariana Islands	0.0
211	Serbia	0.0
212	Oman	0.0
213	Malta	0.0
214	Trinidad and Tobago	0.0
215	New Zealand	0.0
216	Central African Republic	0.0
217	Cape Verde	0.0
218	Vanuatu	0.0
219	Seychelles	0.0
220	Isle of Man	0.0
221	Maldives	0.0
222	Cook Islands	0.0
223	San Marino	0.0
224	Timor-Leste	0.0

In absolute terms, Canada has the largest areas covered by water.

Countries ordered by water area

Rank	Country	Water area, sq km
1	Canada	891,163
2	United States	664,707
3	India	314,400
4	China	270,550
5	Sudan	129,810
6	Colombia	100,210
7	Indonesia	93,000
8	Russia	79,400
9	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	77,810
10	Australia	68,920
11	Tanzania	59,050
12	Brazil	55,455
13	British Indian Ocean Territory	54,340
14	Mexico	49,510
15	Kazakhstan	47,500
16	Sweden	39,030
17	Uganda	36,330
18	Finland	33,672
19	Argentina	30,200
20	Venezuela	30,000
21	Pakistan	25,220
22	Chad	24,800
23	Malawi	24,400
24	Uzbekistan	22,000
25	Burma	20,760
26	Mali	20,000
27	Guyana	18,120
28	Mozambique	17,500
29	Norway	16,360
30	Liberia	15,050
31	Botswana	15,000
32	Bolivia	14,190
33	Kenya	13,400
34	Nigeria	13,000
35	Iran	12,000
36	Zambia	11,890
37	Marshall Islands	11,673
38	Somalia	10,320
39	Bangladesh	10,090
40	Gabon	10,000
41	Papua New Guinea	9,980
42	Turkey	9,820
43	Paraguay	9,450
44	Nicaragua	9,240
45	Ghana	8,520
46	Tunisia	8,250
47	Poland	8,220
48	Chile	8,150
49	Guinea-Bissau	8,120
50	Germany	7,798
51	Netherlands	7,643
52	Ethiopia	7,444
53	Italy	7,210
54	Kyrgyzstan	7,200
55	Romania	7,160
56	Ecuador	6,720
57	Cameroon	6,000
58	Egypt	6,000
59	Laos	6,000
60	Madagascar	5,500
61	Spain	5,240
62	Peru	5,220
63	Puerto Rico	4,921
64	Iraq	4,910
65	Cambodia	4,520
66	Cote d'Ivoire	4,460
67	Vietnam	4,200
68	Senegal	4,190
69	Nepal	4,000
70	Zimbabwe	3,910
71	Bahamas, The	3,870
72	Taiwan	3,720
73	France	3,374
74	United Kingdom	3,230
75	Japan	3,091
76	Iceland	2,750
77	Uruguay	2,600
78	Togo	2,400
79	Thailand	2,230
80	Panama	2,210
81	Burundi	2,180
82	Estonia	2,015
83	Benin	2,000
84	French Guiana	1,850
85	Philippines	1,830
86	Suriname	1,800
87	Czech Republic	1,590
88	Virgin Islands	1,564
89	Switzerland	1,520
90	Austria	1,426
91	Armenia	1,400
92	Ireland	1,390
93	Rwanda	1,390
94	Albania	1,350
95	Gambia, The	1,300
96	Malaysia	1,200
97	Greece	1,140
98	Syria	1,130
99	Latvia	1,000
100	Solomon Islands	910
101	Sri Lanka	870
102	Denmark	700
103	Hungary	690
104	French Polynesia	507
105	Azerbaijan	500
106	Brunei	500
107	Congo, Republic of the	500
108	New Caledonia	485
109	Macedonia	477
110	Moldova	472
111	Guatemala	460
112	Costa Rica	440
113	Israel	440
114	Portugal	440
115	Tajikistan	400
116	Burkina Faso	400
117	Bulgaria	360
118	Dominican Republic	350
119	Jordan	329
120	El Salvador	320
121	Mauritania	300
122	Niger	300
123	Korea, South	290
124	Belgium	250
125	Morocco	250
126	West Bank	220
127	Serbia and Montenegro	214
128	Honduras	200
129	Haiti	190
130	Lebanon	170
131	Belize	160
132	Jamaica	160
133	Swaziland	160
134	Korea, North	130
135	Croatia	128
136	Slovenia	122
137	Sierra Leone	120
138	Guadeloupe	74
139	Hong Kong	50
140	Slovakia	45
141	Martinique	40
142	Tonga	30
143	Djibouti	20
144	Cyprus	10
145	Mauritius	10
146	Reunion	10
147	Singapore	10
148	Saint Lucia	10
149	Samoa	10
150	Aruba	0
151	Antigua and Barbuda	0
152	United Arab Emirates	0
153	Afghanistan	0
154	Algeria	0
155	Andorra	0
156	Angola	0
157	American Samoa	0
158	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	0
159	Anguilla	0
160	Bahrain	0
161	Barbados	0
162	Bermuda	0
163	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0
164	Belarus	0
165	Navassa Island	0
166	Bassas da India	0
167	Bhutan	0
168	Bouvet Island	0
169	Cayman Islands	0
170	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	0
171	Comoros	0
172	Northern Mariana Islands	0
173	Coral Sea Islands	0
174	Central African Republic	0
175	Cuba	0
176	Cape Verde	0
177	Cook Islands	0
178	Dominica	0
179	Equatorial Guinea	0
180	Eritrea	0
181	Europa Island	0
182	Fiji	0
183	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	0
184	Micronesia, Federated States of	0
185	Faroe Islands	0
186	Georgia	0
187	Gibraltar	0
188	Grenada	0
189	Guernsey	0
190	Glorioso Islands	0
191	Guam	0
192	Guinea	0
193	Gaza Strip	0
194	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	0
195	Isle of Man	0
196	Clipperton Island	0
197	Jersey	0
198	Jan Mayen	0
199	Juan de Nova Island	0
200	Kiribati	0
201	Christmas Island	0
202	Kuwait	0
203	Liechtenstein	0
204	Lesotho	0
205	Luxembourg	0
206	Libya	0
207	Macau	0
208	Mayotte	0
209	Montserrat	0
210	Monaco	0
211	Malta	0
212	Oman	0
213	Maldives	0
214	Niue	0
215	Norfolk Island	0
216	Vanuatu	0
217	Nauru	0
218	Netherlands Antilles	0
219	Pitcairn Islands	0
220	Paracel Islands	0
221	Spratly Islands	0
222	Palau	0
223	Qatar	0
224	Saudi Arabia	0
225	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0
226	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0
227	Seychelles	0
228	South Africa	0
229	Saint Helena	0
230	San Marino	0
231	Svalbard	0
232	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	0
233	Trinidad and Tobago	0
234	Tromelin Island	0
235	Turks and Caicos Islands	0
236	Tokelau	0
237	Sao Tome and Principe	0
238	Tuvalu	0
239	Ukraine	0
240	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0
241	British Virgin Islands	0
242	Holy See (Vatican City)	0
243	Namibia	0
244	Wallis and Futuna	0
245	Western Sahara	0
246	Wake Island	0
247	Yemen	0