Canada vs World: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS over time
- Canada
- World
How they compare
World currently reports 311,282 1000 ha against 60,248 1000 ha in Canada, a difference of 251,034 1000 ha.
That makes World's figure about 5.2 times Canada's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, World has been ahead every year.
Canada ranks 1st and World ranks 1st of 240 countries.
World has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 62,014 1000 ha | 311,541 1000 ha | 249,527 1000 ha | World |
| 2010s | 61,204 1000 ha | 310,499 1000 ha | 249,295 1000 ha | World |
| 2020s | 60,795 1000 ha | 310,751 1000 ha | 249,955 1000 ha | World |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher inland water bodies — area from modis, Canada or World?
- World, at 311,282 1000 ha against 60,248 1000 ha in Canada as of 2024.
- What is the difference in inland water bodies — area from modis between Canada and World?
- 251,034 1000 ha, with World ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and World?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Canada and World rank globally for inland water bodies — area from modis?
- Canada ranks 1st and World ranks 1st of 240 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.