China, mainland vs Greenland: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS over time
- China, mainland
- Greenland
How they compare
China, mainland currently reports 8,813 1000 ha against 6,079 1000 ha in Greenland, a difference of 2,734 1000 ha.
That makes China, mainland's figure about 1.4 times Greenland's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, China, mainland has been ahead every year.
China, mainland ranks 8th and Greenland ranks 10th of 223 countries.
China, mainland has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China, mainland | Greenland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8,267 1000 ha | 6,081 1000 ha | 2,187 1000 ha | China, mainland |
| 2010s | 8,488 1000 ha | 6,225 1000 ha | 2,263 1000 ha | China, mainland |
| 2020s | 8,713 1000 ha | 5,854 1000 ha | 2,859 1000 ha | China, mainland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher inland water bodies — area from modis, China, mainland or Greenland?
- China, mainland, at 8,813 1000 ha against 6,079 1000 ha in Greenland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in inland water bodies — area from modis between China, mainland and Greenland?
- 2,734 1000 ha, with China, mainland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China, mainland and Greenland?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do China, mainland and Greenland rank globally for inland water bodies — area from modis?
- China, mainland ranks 8th and Greenland ranks 10th 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
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.