Iran (Islamic Republic of) vs Russian Federation: Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS

Iran (Islamic Republic of)
6,143 1000 ha
in 2019
Russian Federation
50,119 1000 ha
in 2019
Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank
2nd
Russian Federation rank
2nd

Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS over time

  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  • Russian Federation
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How they compare

Russian Federation currently reports 50,119 1000 ha against 6,143 1000 ha in Iran (Islamic Republic of), a difference of 43,976 1000 ha.

That makes Russian Federation's figure about 8.2 times Iran (Islamic Republic of)'s.

Across all 5 years both countries report, Russian Federation has been ahead every year.

Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 2nd and Russian Federation ranks 2nd of 18 countries.

Russian Federation has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher inland water bodies — area from cgls, Iran (Islamic Republic of) or Russian Federation?
Russian Federation, at 50,119 1000 ha against 6,143 1000 ha in Iran (Islamic Republic of) as of 2019.
What is the difference in inland water bodies — area from cgls between Iran (Islamic Republic of) and Russian Federation?
43,976 1000 ha, with Russian Federation ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iran (Islamic Republic of) and Russian Federation?
5 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2019.
How do Iran (Islamic Republic of) and Russian Federation rank globally for inland water bodies — area from cgls?
Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 2nd and Russian Federation ranks 2nd of 18 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS. 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 CGLS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
243 places, 1,215 data points, 2015–2019
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.