Greece vs United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS

Greece
410.07 1000 ha
in 2024
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
395.54 1000 ha
in 2024
Greece rank
48th
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank
50th

Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS over time

  • Greece
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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How they compare

Greece currently reports 410.07 1000 ha against 395.54 1000 ha in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, a difference of 14.53 1000 ha.

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

Greece ranks 48th and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 50th of 223 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Greece United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Difference Ahead
2000s 405.86 1000 ha 395.93 1000 ha 9.93 1000 ha Greece
2010s 408.76 1000 ha 395.94 1000 ha 12.82 1000 ha Greece
2020s 409.52 1000 ha 395.26 1000 ha 14.26 1000 ha Greece

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher inland water bodies — area from modis, Greece or United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
Greece, at 410.07 1000 ha against 395.54 1000 ha in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as of 2024.
What is the difference in inland water bodies — area from modis between Greece and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
14.53 1000 ha, with Greece ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Greece and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank globally for inland water bodies — area from modis?
Greece ranks 48th and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 50th 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.