Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — Area from CGLS by country
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...
Countries reporting
188
Highest
5,321 1000 ha
Canada
Lowest
0.17 1000 ha
Monaco
Median
49.01 1000 ha
Years covered
5
2015–2019
Data points
1,070
What the numbers show
Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — Area from CGLS is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 5,321 1000 ha in Canada; the lowest is 0.17 1000 ha in Monaco.
The median across all reporting countries is 49.01 1000 ha, and the mean is 236.81 1000 ha.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 31,303.
Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — Area from CGLS: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada | 5,321 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 2 | Russian Federation | 3,878 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 2 | Melanesia | 1,331 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 3 | Indonesia | 2,696 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 3 | Polynesia | 453.28 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 4 | Greenland | 2,209 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 5 | Australia and New Zealand | 2,103 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 5 | Viet Nam | 268.21 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 6 | Chile | 1,983 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 6 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 192.5 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 7 | Brazil | 1,847 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 7 | Türkiye | 183.74 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 8 | Australia | 1,674 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 8 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 138.61 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 9 | Mexico | 1,263 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 9 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 123.74 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 10 | Norway | 982.7 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 10 | Micronesia | 104.19 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 11 | Japan | 860.22 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 11 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 87.83 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 12 | Philippines | 807.04 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 12 | United Republic of Tanzania | 68.73 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 13 | China | 766.57 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 13 | Timor-Leste | 38.82 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 14 | China, mainland | 684.6 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 14 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 29.76 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 15 | Papua New Guinea | 593.37 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 15 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 20.85 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 16 | India | 492.96 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 16 | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.4 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 17 | Myanmar | 456.56 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 18 | New Zealand | 423.59 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 19 | Caribbean | 841.79 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 19 | Madagascar | 396.11 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 20 | Republic of Korea | 367.64 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 21 | Greece | 366.83 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 22 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 349.02 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 23 | Argentina | 310.69 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 24 | Cuba | 302.1 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 24 | Côte d'Ivoire | 116.95 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 25 | Samoa | 299.74 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 25 | Cabo Verde | 29.69 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 26 | Bangladesh | 284.41 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 27 | Malaysia | 282.1 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 28 | Sweden | 281.59 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 29 | Solomon Islands | 277.95 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 30 | Bahamas | 274.2 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 31 | Colombia | 254.67 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 32 | Mozambique | 240.92 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 33 | Saudi Arabia | 234.93 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 34 | Senegal | 200.55 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 35 | Thailand | 198.53 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 36 | Vanuatu | 196.65 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 37 | Nigeria | 196.61 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 38 | Peru | 191.96 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 39 | Italy | 183.06 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 40 | France | 180.98 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 41 | Spain | 176.91 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 42 | Finland | 172.89 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 43 | Somalia | 167.39 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 44 | Fiji | 157.34 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 45 | Ecuador | 154.77 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 46 | Guinea-Bissau | 154.02 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 47 | Panama | 152.44 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 48 | Ukraine | 148.7 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 49 | Egypt | 147.36 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 50 | Gabon | 138.43 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 51 | Iceland | 136.04 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 52 | Yemen | 128.32 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 53 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 120.86 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 54 | Ireland | 115.93 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 55 | Denmark | 114.79 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 56 | French Guiana | 112.05 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 57 | Nicaragua | 110.88 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 58 | Honduras | 106.29 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 59 | New Caledonia | 106.07 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 60 | Croatia | 94.12 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 61 | Guinea | 91.88 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 62 | Germany | 91.67 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 63 | South Africa | 87.84 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 64 | Angola | 79.29 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 65 | United Arab Emirates | 78.39 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 66 | Romania | 75.61 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 67 | Sri Lanka | 75.41 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 68 | Uruguay | 74.91 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 69 | Cameroon | 72.51 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 70 | Pakistan | 67.01 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 71 | Sierra Leone | 66.19 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 72 | Mauritania | 65.65 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 73 | Oman | 62.29 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 74 | Portugal | 61.98 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 75 | Eritrea | 60.96 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 76 | Guyana | 60.3 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 77 | Seychelles | 60.11 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 78 | Libya | 57.24 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 79 | Estonia | 55.93 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 80 | China, Taiwan Province of | 55.71 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 81 | Tunisia | 51.04 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 82 | Tonga | 49.63 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 83 | Maldives | 48.38 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 84 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 44.57 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 85 | Haiti | 43.64 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 86 | Morocco | 43.34 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 87 | Sudan | 43.06 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 88 | Algeria | 42.31 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 89 | Lithuania | 41.17 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 90 | Liberia | 40.22 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 91 | Costa Rica | 38.72 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 92 | Qatar | 38.45 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 93 | Cambodia | 35.33 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 94 | Gambia | 35.02 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 95 | Belize | 33.91 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 96 | Namibia | 33.36 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 97 | Western Sahara | 31.52 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 98 | Dominican Republic | 30.94 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 99 | Puerto Rico | 29.28 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 100 | Niue | 28.46 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 101 | Jamaica | 28.01 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 102 | Mauritius | 26.14 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 103 | American Samoa | 25.88 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 104 | Equatorial Guinea | 25.82 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 105 | Faroe Islands | 25.77 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 106 | Bulgaria | 25.49 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 107 | Kenya | 24.8 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 108 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 24.43 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 109 | Trinidad and Tobago | 24.3 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 110 | Kuwait | 21.34 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 111 | Poland | 20.45 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 112 | Tokelau | 19.82 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 113 | Ghana | 16.63 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 114 | Albania | 15.08 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 115 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 14.22 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 116 | Guadeloupe | 13.78 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 117 | Comoros | 13.08 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 118 | El Salvador | 12.53 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 119 | Djibouti | 12.29 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 120 | Cyprus | 12.26 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 121 | Suriname | 12.21 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 122 | Martinique | 11.79 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 123 | Sao Tome and Principe | 11.09 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 124 | Palau | 10.8 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 125 | Guatemala | 10.72 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 126 | Bahrain | 10.52 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 127 | Singapore | 10.45 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 128 | Réunion | 9.51 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 129 | Latvia | 8.98 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 130 | United States Virgin Islands | 8.41 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 131 | Georgia | 8.21 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 132 | Mayotte | 7.92 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 133 | British Virgin Islands | 7.77 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 134 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7.48 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 135 | Antigua and Barbuda | 7.28 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 136 | Togo | 7.27 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 137 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 7.25 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 138 | Dominica | 6.99 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 139 | Tuvalu | 6.65 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 140 | Congo | 6.43 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 141 | Cayman Islands | 6.33 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 142 | Grenada | 5.94 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 143 | Lebanon | 5.88 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 144 | Benin | 5.71 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 145 | Montenegro | 5.52 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 146 | Kiribati | 5.31 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 147 | Norfolk Island | 4.88 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 148 | Malta | 4.44 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 149 | Saint Lucia | 4.34 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 150 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4.3 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 151 | Brunei Darussalam | 4.17 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 152 | Israel | 4.16 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 153 | Iraq | 3.74 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 154 | Bermuda | 3.68 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 155 | Anguilla | 3.35 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 156 | Barbados | 3.27 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 157 | Isle of Man | 2.91 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 158 | Aruba | 2.42 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 159 | French Southern Territories | 2.35 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 160 | Belgium | 2.22 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 161 | China, Macao SAR | 1.83 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 162 | Montserrat | 1.66 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 163 | French Polynesia | 1.2 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 164 | Cook Islands | 1.06 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 165 | Palestine | 0.9 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 166 | Slovenia | 0.81 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 167 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.53 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 168 | Jordan | 0.38 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 169 | Marshall Islands | 0.24 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 170 | Gibraltar | 0.22 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 171 | Monaco | 0.17 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 42,807 1000 ha
- Asia 8,819 1000 ha
- Americas 19,310 1000 ha
- Northern America 11,425 1000 ha
- Europe 7,669 1000 ha
- Middle Africa 363.33 1000 ha
- South America 5,315 1000 ha
- South-Eastern Asia 4,797 1000 ha
- Eastern Europe 4,149 1000 ha
- Oceania 3,992 1000 ha
- United States of America 3,884 1000 ha
- Africa 3,017 1000 ha
- Northern Europe 2,291 1000 ha
- European Union (27) 2,133 1000 ha
- Eastern Asia 2,118 1000 ha
- Central America 1,729 1000 ha
- Southern Asia 1,107 1000 ha
- Eastern Africa 1,090 1000 ha
- Chagai 3.4 1000 ha
- Western Africa 1,026 1000 ha
- Southern Europe 909.51 1000 ha
- Western Asia 796.91 1000 ha
- Northern Africa 415.87 1000 ha
- Western Europe 319.61 1000 ha
- Southern Africa 121.21 1000 ha
About this data
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.