Lao People's Democratic Republic vs Malawi: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS

Lao People's Democratic Republic
83.44 1000 ha
in 2024
Malawi
2,369 1000 ha
in 2024
Lao People's Democratic Republic rank
14th
Malawi rank
17th

Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS over time

  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • Malawi
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How they compare

Malawi currently reports 2,369 1000 ha against 83.44 1000 ha in Lao People's Democratic Republic, a difference of 2,286 1000 ha.

That makes Malawi's figure about 28.4 times Lao People's Democratic Republic's.

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

Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 14th and Malawi ranks 17th of 20 regions.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Lao People's Democratic Republic Malawi Difference Ahead
2000s 67.33 1000 ha 2,357 1000 ha 2,289 1000 ha Malawi
2010s 78.03 1000 ha 2,340 1000 ha 2,262 1000 ha Malawi
2020s 79.89 1000 ha 2,338 1000 ha 2,258 1000 ha Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher inland water bodies — area from modis, Lao People's Democratic Republic or Malawi?
Malawi, at 2,369 1000 ha against 83.44 1000 ha in Lao People's Democratic Republic as of 2024.
What is the difference in inland water bodies — area from modis between Lao People's Democratic Republic and Malawi?
2,286 1000 ha, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lao People's Democratic Republic and Malawi?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Lao People's Democratic Republic and Malawi rank globally for inland water bodies — area from modis?
Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 14th and Malawi ranks 17th of 20 regions.
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
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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.