Libya vs United States Minor Outlying Islands: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS

Libya
41.79 1000 ha
in 2024
United States Minor Outlying Islands
44.78 1000 ha
in 2024
Libya rank
133rd
United States Minor Outlying Islands rank
130th

Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS over time

  • Libya
  • United States Minor Outlying Islands
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How they compare

United States Minor Outlying Islands currently reports 44.78 1000 ha against 41.79 1000 ha in Libya, a difference of 2.99 1000 ha.

That makes United States Minor Outlying Islands's figure about 1.1 times Libya's.

Across all 24 years both countries report, United States Minor Outlying Islands has been ahead every year.

Libya ranks 133rd and United States Minor Outlying Islands ranks 130th of 223 countries.

United States Minor Outlying Islands has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Libya United States Minor Outlying Islands Difference Ahead
2000s 41.75 1000 ha 44.79 1000 ha 3.04 1000 ha United States Minor Outlying Islands
2010s 41.77 1000 ha 44.79 1000 ha 3.01 1000 ha United States Minor Outlying Islands
2020s 41.76 1000 ha 44.78 1000 ha 3.02 1000 ha United States Minor Outlying Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher inland water bodies — area from modis, Libya or United States Minor Outlying Islands?
United States Minor Outlying Islands, at 44.78 1000 ha against 41.79 1000 ha in Libya as of 2024.
What is the difference in inland water bodies — area from modis between Libya and United States Minor Outlying Islands?
2.99 1000 ha, with United States Minor Outlying Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and United States Minor Outlying Islands?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Libya and United States Minor Outlying Islands rank globally for inland water bodies — area from modis?
Libya ranks 133rd and United States Minor Outlying Islands ranks 130th 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
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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.