Madagascar vs South Africa: Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC over time
- Madagascar
- South Africa
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 671.16 1000 ha against 624.22 1000 ha in South Africa, a difference of 46.94 1000 ha.
That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.1 times South Africa's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, Madagascar has been ahead every year.
Madagascar ranks 46th and South Africa ranks 49th of 224 countries.
Madagascar has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 713.44 1000 ha | 636.85 1000 ha | 76.6 1000 ha | Madagascar |
| 2000s | 698.8 1000 ha | 622.28 1000 ha | 76.52 1000 ha | Madagascar |
| 2010s | 673.49 1000 ha | 622.87 1000 ha | 50.61 1000 ha | Madagascar |
| 2020s | 671.44 1000 ha | 623.99 1000 ha | 47.45 1000 ha | Madagascar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher inland water bodies — area from cci_lc, Madagascar or South Africa?
- Madagascar, at 671.16 1000 ha against 624.22 1000 ha in South Africa as of 2022.
- What is the difference in inland water bodies — area from cci_lc between Madagascar and South Africa?
- 46.94 1000 ha, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and South Africa?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do Madagascar and South Africa rank globally for inland water bodies — area from cci_lc?
- Madagascar ranks 46th and South Africa ranks 49th 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.