Brazil vs China (People’s Republic of): Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS over time
- Brazil
- China (People’s Republic of)
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 9,006 1000 ha against 8,896 1000 ha in China (People’s Republic of), a difference of 110 1000 ha.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Brazil has been ahead every year.
Brazil ranks 5th and China (People’s Republic of) ranks 6th of 218 countries.
Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | China (People’s Republic of) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8,940 1000 ha | 8,350 1000 ha | 589.87 1000 ha | Brazil |
| 2010s | 8,910 1000 ha | 8,570 1000 ha | 339.43 1000 ha | Brazil |
| 2020s | 8,947 1000 ha | 8,795 1000 ha | 152.01 1000 ha | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher inland water bodies — area from modis, Brazil or China (People’s Republic of)?
- Brazil, at 9,006 1000 ha against 8,896 1000 ha in China (People’s Republic of) as of 2024.
- What is the difference in inland water bodies — area from modis between Brazil and China (People’s Republic of)?
- 110 1000 ha, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and China (People’s Republic of)?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and China (People’s Republic of) rank globally for inland water bodies — area from modis?
- Brazil ranks 5th and China (People’s Republic of) ranks 6th 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
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.