Antarctica vs Iran (Islamic Republic of): Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS

Antarctica
37,923 1000 ha
in 2024
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
6,034 1000 ha
in 2024
Antarctica rank
3rd
Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank
2nd

Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS over time

  • Antarctica
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
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How they compare

Antarctica currently reports 37,923 1000 ha against 6,034 1000 ha in Iran (Islamic Republic of), a difference of 31,889 1000 ha.

That makes Antarctica's figure about 6.3 times Iran (Islamic Republic of)'s.

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

Antarctica ranks 3rd and Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 2nd of 223 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Antarctica Iran (Islamic Republic of) Difference Ahead
2000s 37,923 1000 ha 6,213 1000 ha 31,709 1000 ha Antarctica
2010s 37,923 1000 ha 6,033 1000 ha 31,890 1000 ha Antarctica
2020s 37,923 1000 ha 6,075 1000 ha 31,849 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 Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
Antarctica, at 37,923 1000 ha against 6,034 1000 ha in Iran (Islamic Republic of) as of 2024.
What is the difference in inland water bodies — area from modis between Antarctica and Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
31,889 1000 ha, with Antarctica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Antarctica and Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Antarctica and Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank globally for inland water bodies — area from modis?
Antarctica ranks 3rd and Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 2nd 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
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.