Botswana vs Saudi Arabia: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS

Botswana
251.28 1000 ha
in 2024
Saudi Arabia
268.76 1000 ha
in 2024
Botswana rank
62nd
Saudi Arabia rank
59th

Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS over time

  • Botswana
  • Saudi Arabia
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How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports 268.76 1000 ha against 251.28 1000 ha in Botswana, a difference of 17.48 1000 ha.

That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 1.1 times Botswana's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.

Botswana ranks 62nd and Saudi Arabia ranks 59th of 218 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 2 and Saudi Arabia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Botswana Saudi Arabia Difference Ahead
2000s 202 1000 ha 268.86 1000 ha 66.86 1000 ha Saudi Arabia
2010s 290.29 1000 ha 268.98 1000 ha 21.31 1000 ha Botswana
2020s 272.66 1000 ha 268.84 1000 ha 3.82 1000 ha Botswana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher inland water bodies — area from modis, Botswana or Saudi Arabia?
Saudi Arabia, at 268.76 1000 ha against 251.28 1000 ha in Botswana as of 2024.
What is the difference in inland water bodies — area from modis between Botswana and Saudi Arabia?
17.48 1000 ha, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Saudi Arabia?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Botswana and Saudi Arabia rank globally for inland water bodies — area from modis?
Botswana ranks 62nd and Saudi Arabia ranks 59th of 218 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.