Middle Africa vs Sweden: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS

Middle Africa
3,662 1000 ha
in 2024
Sweden
2,333 1000 ha
in 2024
Middle Africa rank
4th
Sweden rank
18th

Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS over time

  • Middle Africa
  • Sweden
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How they compare

Middle Africa currently reports 3,662 1000 ha against 2,333 1000 ha in Sweden, a difference of 1,329 1000 ha.

That makes Middle Africa's figure about 1.6 times Sweden's.

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

Middle Africa ranks 4th and Sweden ranks 18th of 20 regions.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle Africa Sweden Difference Ahead
2000s 3,632 1000 ha 2,386 1000 ha 1,246 1000 ha Middle Africa
2010s 3,589 1000 ha 2,336 1000 ha 1,253 1000 ha Middle Africa
2020s 3,617 1000 ha 2,333 1000 ha 1,284 1000 ha Middle Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher inland water bodies — area from modis, Middle Africa or Sweden?
Middle Africa, at 3,662 1000 ha against 2,333 1000 ha in Sweden as of 2024.
What is the difference in inland water bodies — area from modis between Middle Africa and Sweden?
1,329 1000 ha, with Middle Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle Africa and Sweden?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Middle Africa and Sweden rank globally for inland water bodies — area from modis?
Middle Africa ranks 4th and Sweden ranks 18th 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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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.