Australia vs Central America: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS

Australia
3,411 1000 ha
in 2024
Central America
3,832 1000 ha
in 2024
Australia rank
14th
Central America rank
18th

Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS over time

  • Australia
  • Central America
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How they compare

Central America currently reports 3,832 1000 ha against 3,411 1000 ha in Australia, a difference of 421 1000 ha.

That makes Central America's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.

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

Australia ranks 14th and Central America ranks 18th of 223 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Central America Difference Ahead
2000s 3,153 1000 ha 3,839 1000 ha 686.81 1000 ha Central America
2010s 3,141 1000 ha 3,889 1000 ha 748.26 1000 ha Central America
2020s 3,179 1000 ha 3,849 1000 ha 670.12 1000 ha Central America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher inland water bodies — area from modis, Australia or Central America?
Central America, at 3,832 1000 ha against 3,411 1000 ha in Australia as of 2024.
What is the difference in inland water bodies — area from modis between Australia and Central America?
421 1000 ha, with Central America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Central America?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Australia and Central America rank globally for inland water bodies — area from modis?
Australia ranks 14th and Central America ranks 18th 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

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.