Malaysia vs Uruguay: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS

Malaysia
383.21 1000 ha
in 2024
Uruguay
379.24 1000 ha
in 2024
Malaysia rank
51st
Uruguay rank
52nd

Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS over time

  • Malaysia
  • Uruguay
0100200300400200120122024

How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 383.21 1000 ha against 379.24 1000 ha in Uruguay, a difference of 3.97 1000 ha.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Uruguay ahead.

Malaysia ranks 51st and Uruguay ranks 52nd of 218 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Malaysia averaged higher in 1 and Uruguay in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Malaysia Uruguay Difference Ahead
2000s 347.22 1000 ha 379.46 1000 ha 32.25 1000 ha Uruguay
2010s 363.46 1000 ha 379.1 1000 ha 15.64 1000 ha Uruguay
2020s 380.15 1000 ha 378.87 1000 ha 1.28 1000 ha Malaysia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher inland water bodies — area from modis, Malaysia or Uruguay?
Malaysia, at 383.21 1000 ha against 379.24 1000 ha in Uruguay as of 2024.
What is the difference in inland water bodies — area from modis between Malaysia and Uruguay?
3.97 1000 ha, with Malaysia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Uruguay?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Malaysia and Uruguay rank globally for inland water bodies — area from modis?
Malaysia ranks 51st and Uruguay ranks 52nd of 218 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

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.