Polynesia vs Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of): Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — Area from CGLS

Polynesia
453.28 1000 ha
in 2019
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
192.5 1000 ha
in 2019
Polynesia rank
3rd
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) rank
6th

Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — Area from CGLS over time

  • Polynesia
  • Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
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How they compare

Polynesia currently reports 453.28 1000 ha against 192.5 1000 ha in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), a difference of 260.78 1000 ha.

That makes Polynesia's figure about 2.4 times Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)'s.

Across all 5 years both countries report, Polynesia has been ahead every year.

Polynesia ranks 3rd and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) ranks 6th of 17 countries.

Polynesia has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — area from cgls, Polynesia or Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)?
Polynesia, at 453.28 1000 ha against 192.5 1000 ha in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) as of 2019.
What is the difference in coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — area from cgls between Polynesia and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)?
260.78 1000 ha, with Polynesia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Polynesia and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)?
5 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2019.
How do Polynesia and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) rank globally for coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — area from cgls?
Polynesia ranks 3rd and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) ranks 6th of 17 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — Area from CGLS. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — Area from CGLS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
214 places, 1,070 data points, 2015–2019
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.