China, mainland vs Turkmenistan: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS

China, mainland
8,813 1000 ha
in 2024
Turkmenistan
8,865 1000 ha
in 2024
China, mainland rank
8th
Turkmenistan rank
7th

Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS over time

  • China, mainland
  • Turkmenistan
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How they compare

Turkmenistan currently reports 8,865 1000 ha against 8,813 1000 ha in China, mainland, a difference of 52 1000 ha.

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

China, mainland ranks 8th and Turkmenistan ranks 7th of 223 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade China, mainland Turkmenistan Difference Ahead
2000s 8,267 1000 ha 8,860 1000 ha 592.34 1000 ha Turkmenistan
2010s 8,488 1000 ha 8,870 1000 ha 382.23 1000 ha Turkmenistan
2020s 8,713 1000 ha 8,869 1000 ha 156.58 1000 ha Turkmenistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher inland water bodies — area from modis, China, mainland or Turkmenistan?
Turkmenistan, at 8,865 1000 ha against 8,813 1000 ha in China, mainland as of 2024.
What is the difference in inland water bodies — area from modis between China, mainland and Turkmenistan?
52 1000 ha, with Turkmenistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China, mainland and Turkmenistan?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do China, mainland and Turkmenistan rank globally for inland water bodies — area from modis?
China, mainland ranks 8th and Turkmenistan ranks 7th 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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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.