Azerbaijan vs South America: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS

Azerbaijan
7,942 1000 ha
in 2024
South America
20,069 1000 ha
in 2024
Azerbaijan rank
9th
South America rank
9th

Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS over time

  • Azerbaijan
  • South America
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How they compare

South America currently reports 20,069 1000 ha against 7,942 1000 ha in Azerbaijan, a difference of 12,127 1000 ha.

That makes South America's figure about 2.5 times Azerbaijan's.

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

Azerbaijan ranks 9th and South America ranks 9th of 223 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Azerbaijan South America Difference Ahead
2000s 7,943 1000 ha 20,237 1000 ha 12,293 1000 ha South America
2010s 7,940 1000 ha 20,005 1000 ha 12,066 1000 ha South America
2020s 7,939 1000 ha 19,970 1000 ha 12,031 1000 ha South America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher inland water bodies — area from modis, Azerbaijan or South America?
South America, at 20,069 1000 ha against 7,942 1000 ha in Azerbaijan as of 2024.
What is the difference in inland water bodies — area from modis between Azerbaijan and South America?
12,127 1000 ha, with South America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Azerbaijan and South America?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Azerbaijan and South America rank globally for inland water bodies — area from modis?
Azerbaijan ranks 9th and South America ranks 9th 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.