Greenland vs Turkmenistan: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS

Greenland
6,079 1000 ha
in 2024
Turkmenistan
8,865 1000 ha
in 2024
Greenland rank
10th
Turkmenistan rank
7th

Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS over time

  • Greenland
  • Turkmenistan
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How they compare

Turkmenistan currently reports 8,865 1000 ha against 6,079 1000 ha in Greenland, a difference of 2,786 1000 ha.

That makes Turkmenistan's figure about 1.5 times Greenland's.

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

Greenland ranks 10th and Turkmenistan ranks 7th of 223 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Greenland Turkmenistan Difference Ahead
2000s 6,081 1000 ha 8,860 1000 ha 2,779 1000 ha Turkmenistan
2010s 6,225 1000 ha 8,870 1000 ha 2,645 1000 ha Turkmenistan
2020s 5,854 1000 ha 8,869 1000 ha 3,015 1000 ha Turkmenistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher inland water bodies — area from modis, Greenland or Turkmenistan?
Turkmenistan, at 8,865 1000 ha against 6,079 1000 ha in Greenland as of 2024.
What is the difference in inland water bodies — area from modis between Greenland and Turkmenistan?
2,786 1000 ha, with Turkmenistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Greenland and Turkmenistan?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Greenland and Turkmenistan rank globally for inland water bodies — area from modis?
Greenland ranks 10th and Turkmenistan ranks 7th 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.