Kazakhstan vs United States of America: Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC

Kazakhstan
17,478 1000 ha
in 2022
United States of America
38,248 1000 ha
in 2022
Kazakhstan rank
4th
United States of America rank
6th

Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC over time

  • Kazakhstan
  • United States of America
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How they compare

United States of America currently reports 38,248 1000 ha against 17,478 1000 ha in Kazakhstan, a difference of 20,770 1000 ha.

That makes United States of America's figure about 2.2 times Kazakhstan's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, United States of America has been ahead every year.

Kazakhstan ranks 4th and United States of America ranks 6th of 224 countries.

United States of America has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kazakhstan United States of America Difference Ahead
1990s 18,950 1000 ha 37,993 1000 ha 19,043 1000 ha United States of America
2000s 18,310 1000 ha 38,154 1000 ha 19,844 1000 ha United States of America
2010s 17,700 1000 ha 38,158 1000 ha 20,459 1000 ha United States of America
2020s 17,586 1000 ha 38,236 1000 ha 20,650 1000 ha United States of America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher inland water bodies — area from cci_lc, Kazakhstan or United States of America?
United States of America, at 38,248 1000 ha against 17,478 1000 ha in Kazakhstan as of 2022.
What is the difference in inland water bodies — area from cci_lc between Kazakhstan and United States of America?
20,770 1000 ha, with United States of America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kazakhstan and United States of America?
31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do Kazakhstan and United States of America rank globally for inland water bodies — area from cci_lc?
Kazakhstan ranks 4th and United States of America ranks 6th 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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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.