Antarctica vs Democratic Republic of the Congo: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS

Antarctica
37,923 1000 ha
in 2024
Democratic Republic of the Congo
2,925 1000 ha
in 2024
Antarctica rank
3rd
Democratic Republic of the Congo rank
5th

Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS over time

  • Antarctica
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
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How they compare

Antarctica currently reports 37,923 1000 ha against 2,925 1000 ha in Democratic Republic of the Congo, a difference of 34,998 1000 ha.

That makes Antarctica's figure about 13.0 times Democratic Republic of the Congo's.

Across all 24 years both countries report, Antarctica has been ahead every year.

Antarctica ranks 3rd and Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 5th of 223 countries.

Antarctica has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Antarctica Democratic Republic of the Congo Difference Ahead
2000s 37,923 1000 ha 2,915 1000 ha 35,008 1000 ha Antarctica
2010s 37,923 1000 ha 2,886 1000 ha 35,037 1000 ha Antarctica
2020s 37,923 1000 ha 2,902 1000 ha 35,021 1000 ha Antarctica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher inland water bodies — area from modis, Antarctica or Democratic Republic of the Congo?
Antarctica, at 37,923 1000 ha against 2,925 1000 ha in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2024.
What is the difference in inland water bodies — area from modis between Antarctica and Democratic Republic of the Congo?
34,998 1000 ha, with Antarctica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Antarctica and Democratic Republic of the Congo?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Antarctica and Democratic Republic of the Congo rank globally for inland water bodies — area from modis?
Antarctica ranks 3rd and Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 5th of 223 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS. 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 MODIS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
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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.