United States of America vs Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of): Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS

United States of America
28,934 1000 ha
in 2024
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
1,077 1000 ha
in 2024
United States of America rank
7th
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) rank
7th

Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS over time

  • United States of America
  • Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
010.0k20.0k30.0k200120122024

How they compare

United States of America currently reports 28,934 1000 ha against 1,077 1000 ha in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), a difference of 27,857 1000 ha.

That makes United States of America's figure about 26.9 times Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)'s.

Across all 24 years both countries report, United States of America has been ahead every year.

United States of America ranks 7th and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) ranks 7th of 26 groups.

United States of America has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade United States of America Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Difference Ahead
2000s 29,016 1000 ha 1,025 1000 ha 27,991 1000 ha United States of America
2010s 28,918 1000 ha 1,051 1000 ha 27,867 1000 ha United States of America
2020s 28,879 1000 ha 1,077 1000 ha 27,801 1000 ha United States of America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher inland water bodies — area from modis, United States of America or Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)?
United States of America, at 28,934 1000 ha against 1,077 1000 ha in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) as of 2024.
What is the difference in inland water bodies — area from modis between United States of America and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)?
27,857 1000 ha, with United States of America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for United States of America and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do United States of America and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) rank globally for inland water bodies — area from modis?
United States of America ranks 7th and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) ranks 7th of 26 groups.
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
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.