Africa vs Brazil: Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC over time
- Africa
- Brazil
How they compare
Africa currently reports 32,856 1000 ha against 13,650 1000 ha in Brazil, a difference of 19,206 1000 ha.
That makes Africa's figure about 2.4 times Brazil's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, Africa has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 7th and Brazil ranks 5th of 26 groups.
Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Brazil | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 32,569 1000 ha | 11,861 1000 ha | 20,708 1000 ha | Africa |
| 2000s | 32,550 1000 ha | 13,350 1000 ha | 19,200 1000 ha | Africa |
| 2010s | 32,472 1000 ha | 13,614 1000 ha | 18,858 1000 ha | Africa |
| 2020s | 32,729 1000 ha | 13,640 1000 ha | 19,089 1000 ha | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher inland water bodies — area from cci_lc, Africa or Brazil?
- Africa, at 32,856 1000 ha against 13,650 1000 ha in Brazil as of 2022.
- What is the difference in inland water bodies — area from cci_lc between Africa and Brazil?
- 19,206 1000 ha, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Brazil?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do Africa and Brazil rank globally for inland water bodies — area from cci_lc?
- Africa ranks 7th and Brazil ranks 5th of 26 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.