Finland vs Norway: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS

Finland
2,130 1000 ha
in 2024
Norway
1,989 1000 ha
in 2024
Finland rank
21st
Norway rank
22nd

Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS over time

  • Finland
  • Norway
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How they compare

Finland currently reports 2,130 1000 ha against 1,989 1000 ha in Norway, a difference of 141 1000 ha.

That makes Finland's figure about 1.1 times Norway's.

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

Finland ranks 21st and Norway ranks 22nd of 223 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Finland Norway Difference Ahead
2000s 2,158 1000 ha 1,956 1000 ha 202.35 1000 ha Finland
2010s 2,134 1000 ha 1,984 1000 ha 150.2 1000 ha Finland
2020s 2,132 1000 ha 1,981 1000 ha 150.25 1000 ha Finland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher inland water bodies — area from modis, Finland or Norway?
Finland, at 2,130 1000 ha against 1,989 1000 ha in Norway as of 2024.
What is the difference in inland water bodies — area from modis between Finland and Norway?
141 1000 ha, with Finland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Norway?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Finland and Norway rank globally for inland water bodies — area from modis?
Finland ranks 21st and Norway ranks 22nd 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

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.