China vs Western Asia: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS over time
- China
- Western Asia
How they compare
Western Asia currently reports 10,276 1000 ha against 8,896 1000 ha in China, a difference of 1,380 1000 ha.
That makes Western Asia's figure about 1.2 times China's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Western Asia has been ahead every year.
China ranks 6th and Western Asia ranks 12th of 223 countries.
Western Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Western Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8,350 1000 ha | 10,321 1000 ha | 1,971 1000 ha | Western Asia |
| 2010s | 8,570 1000 ha | 10,319 1000 ha | 1,748 1000 ha | Western Asia |
| 2020s | 8,795 1000 ha | 10,318 1000 ha | 1,523 1000 ha | Western Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher inland water bodies — area from modis, China or Western Asia?
- Western Asia, at 10,276 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 Western Asia?
- 1,380 1000 ha, with Western Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Western Asia?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do China and Western Asia rank globally for inland water bodies — area from modis?
- China ranks 6th and Western Asia ranks 12th 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.