Greenland vs Western Asia: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS over time
- Greenland
- Western Asia
How they compare
Western Asia currently reports 10,276 1000 ha against 6,079 1000 ha in Greenland, a difference of 4,197 1000 ha.
That makes Western Asia's figure about 1.7 times Greenland's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Western Asia has been ahead every year.
Greenland ranks 10th 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 | Greenland | Western Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6,081 1000 ha | 10,321 1000 ha | 4,240 1000 ha | Western Asia |
| 2010s | 6,225 1000 ha | 10,319 1000 ha | 4,094 1000 ha | Western Asia |
| 2020s | 5,854 1000 ha | 10,318 1000 ha | 4,464 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, Greenland or Western Asia?
- Western Asia, at 10,276 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 Western Asia?
- 4,197 1000 ha, with Western Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greenland and Western Asia?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Greenland and Western Asia rank globally for inland water bodies — area from modis?
- Greenland ranks 10th 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.