China vs South America: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS over time
- China
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 20,069 1000 ha against 8,896 1000 ha in China, a difference of 11,173 1000 ha.
That makes South America's figure about 2.3 times China's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.
China ranks 6th and South America ranks 9th of 223 countries.
South America has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8,350 1000 ha | 20,237 1000 ha | 11,887 1000 ha | South America |
| 2010s | 8,570 1000 ha | 20,005 1000 ha | 11,435 1000 ha | South America |
| 2020s | 8,795 1000 ha | 19,970 1000 ha | 11,175 1000 ha | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher inland water bodies — area from modis, China or South America?
- South America, at 20,069 1000 ha against 8,896 1000 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in inland water bodies — area from modis between China and South America?
- 11,173 1000 ha, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and South America?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do China and South America rank globally for inland water bodies — area from modis?
- China ranks 6th and South America ranks 9th 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.