Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — Area from CGLS in Americas

Americas: Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — Area from CGLS was 19,310 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
19,310 1000 ha
Change on year
unchanged
Rank
2nd
of 26 groups
All-time high
19,310 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
19,310 1000 ha
in 2016
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — Area from CGLS in Americas, 2015–2019

05.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k2015201720192015: 19.3k 1000 ha2016: 19.3k 1000 ha2017: 19.3k 1000 ha2018: 19.3k 1000 ha2019: 19.3k 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

The most recent figure for coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — area from cgls in Americas is 19,310 1000 ha, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over five years.

That places Americas 2nd out of 26 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

Countries ranked near Americas

  1. 1 Canada 5,321 1000 ha compare
  2. 2 Russian Federation 3,878 1000 ha compare
  3. 3 Indonesia 2,696 1000 ha compare
  4. 4 Greenland 2,209 1000 ha compare
  5. 5 Australia and New Zealand 2,103 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 214 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — area from cgls in Americas?
Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — area from cgls in Americas was 19,310 1000 ha in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — area from cgls recorded in Americas?
The highest recorded value was 19,310 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — area from cgls recorded in Americas?
The lowest recorded value was 19,310 1000 ha in 2016.
How does Americas rank for coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — area from cgls?
Americas ranks 2nd out of 26 groups with data for 2019.
Where does this Americas data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — Area from CGLS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — Area from CGLS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
214 places, 1,070 data points, 2015–2019
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.