Iran (Islamic Republic of) vs Kazakhstan: Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC

Iran (Islamic Republic of)
6,351 1000 ha
in 2022
Kazakhstan
17,478 1000 ha
in 2022
Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank
2nd
Kazakhstan rank
4th

Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC over time

  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  • Kazakhstan
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How they compare

Kazakhstan currently reports 17,478 1000 ha against 6,351 1000 ha in Iran (Islamic Republic of), a difference of 11,127 1000 ha.

That makes Kazakhstan's figure about 2.8 times Iran (Islamic Republic of)'s.

Across all 31 years both countries report, Kazakhstan has been ahead every year.

Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 2nd and Kazakhstan ranks 4th of 20 countries.

Kazakhstan has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Iran (Islamic Republic of) Kazakhstan Difference Ahead
1990s 6,609 1000 ha 18,950 1000 ha 12,341 1000 ha Kazakhstan
2000s 6,380 1000 ha 18,310 1000 ha 11,931 1000 ha Kazakhstan
2010s 6,325 1000 ha 17,700 1000 ha 11,375 1000 ha Kazakhstan
2020s 6,349 1000 ha 17,586 1000 ha 11,236 1000 ha Kazakhstan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher inland water bodies — area from cci_lc, Iran (Islamic Republic of) or Kazakhstan?
Kazakhstan, at 17,478 1000 ha against 6,351 1000 ha in Iran (Islamic Republic of) as of 2022.
What is the difference in inland water bodies — area from cci_lc between Iran (Islamic Republic of) and Kazakhstan?
11,127 1000 ha, with Kazakhstan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iran (Islamic Republic of) and Kazakhstan?
31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do Iran (Islamic Republic of) and Kazakhstan rank globally for inland water bodies — area from cci_lc?
Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 2nd and Kazakhstan ranks 4th of 20 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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Indicator
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
270 places, 8,231 data points, 1992–2022
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.