Antarctica vs Europe: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS over time
- Antarctica
- Europe
How they compare
Europe currently reports 53,838 1000 ha against 37,923 1000 ha in Antarctica, a difference of 15,915 1000 ha.
That makes Europe's figure about 1.4 times Antarctica's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Europe has been ahead every year.
Antarctica ranks 3rd and Europe ranks 4th of 223 countries.
Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Antarctica | Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 37,923 1000 ha | 54,005 1000 ha | 16,082 1000 ha | Europe |
| 2010s | 37,923 1000 ha | 53,822 1000 ha | 15,899 1000 ha | Europe |
| 2020s | 37,923 1000 ha | 53,834 1000 ha | 15,910 1000 ha | Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher inland water bodies — area from modis, Antarctica or Europe?
- Europe, at 53,838 1000 ha against 37,923 1000 ha in Antarctica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in inland water bodies — area from modis between Antarctica and Europe?
- 15,915 1000 ha, with Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Antarctica and Europe?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Antarctica and Europe rank globally for inland water bodies — area from modis?
- Antarctica ranks 3rd and Europe ranks 4th 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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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.