Eastern Africa vs Greenland: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS over time
- Eastern Africa
- Greenland
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 17,332 1000 ha against 6,079 1000 ha in Greenland, a difference of 11,253 1000 ha.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 2.9 times Greenland's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Eastern Africa has been ahead every year.
Eastern Africa ranks 10th and Greenland ranks 10th of 26 groups.
Eastern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | Greenland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 16,892 1000 ha | 6,081 1000 ha | 10,811 1000 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2010s | 16,761 1000 ha | 6,225 1000 ha | 10,537 1000 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2020s | 17,106 1000 ha | 5,854 1000 ha | 11,252 1000 ha | Eastern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher inland water bodies — area from modis, Eastern Africa or Greenland?
- Eastern Africa, at 17,332 1000 ha against 6,079 1000 ha in Greenland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in inland water bodies — area from modis between Eastern Africa and Greenland?
- 11,253 1000 ha, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Greenland?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Africa and Greenland rank globally for inland water bodies — area from modis?
- Eastern Africa ranks 10th and Greenland ranks 10th of 26 groups.
- 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.