China vs Northern America: Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC over time
- China
- Northern America
How they compare
Northern America currently reports 162,190 1000 ha against 13,140 1000 ha in China, a difference of 149,050 1000 ha.
That makes Northern America's figure about 12.3 times China's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, Northern America has been ahead every year.
China ranks 6th and Northern America ranks 3rd of 224 countries.
Northern America has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Northern America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12,849 1000 ha | 161,058 1000 ha | 148,209 1000 ha | Northern America |
| 2000s | 12,887 1000 ha | 161,346 1000 ha | 148,459 1000 ha | Northern America |
| 2010s | 12,987 1000 ha | 161,602 1000 ha | 148,614 1000 ha | Northern America |
| 2020s | 13,116 1000 ha | 162,099 1000 ha | 148,983 1000 ha | Northern America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher inland water bodies — area from cci_lc, China or Northern America?
- Northern America, at 162,190 1000 ha against 13,140 1000 ha in China as of 2022.
- What is the difference in inland water bodies — area from cci_lc between China and Northern America?
- 149,050 1000 ha, with Northern America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Northern America?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do China and Northern America rank globally for inland water bodies — area from cci_lc?
- China ranks 6th and Northern America ranks 3rd of 224 countries.
- 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.