United Arab Emirates vs Western Sahara: Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC over time
- United Arab Emirates
- Western Sahara
How they compare
United Arab Emirates currently reports 39.91 1000 ha against 37.1 1000 ha in Western Sahara, a difference of 2.81 1000 ha.
That makes United Arab Emirates's figure about 1.1 times Western Sahara's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1992 it was United Arab Emirates ahead.
United Arab Emirates ranks 149th and Western Sahara ranks 151st of 224 countries.
United Arab Emirates has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | United Arab Emirates | Western Sahara | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 47.04 1000 ha | 44.03 1000 ha | 3.01 1000 ha | United Arab Emirates |
| 2000s | 41.55 1000 ha | 36.63 1000 ha | 4.92 1000 ha | United Arab Emirates |
| 2010s | 39.98 1000 ha | 37.03 1000 ha | 2.95 1000 ha | United Arab Emirates |
| 2020s | 39.91 1000 ha | 37.1 1000 ha | 2.81 1000 ha | United Arab Emirates |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher inland water bodies — area from cci_lc, United Arab Emirates or Western Sahara?
- United Arab Emirates, at 39.91 1000 ha against 37.1 1000 ha in Western Sahara as of 2022.
- What is the difference in inland water bodies — area from cci_lc between United Arab Emirates and Western Sahara?
- 2.81 1000 ha, with United Arab Emirates ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for United Arab Emirates and Western Sahara?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do United Arab Emirates and Western Sahara rank globally for inland water bodies — area from cci_lc?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 149th and Western Sahara ranks 151st 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.