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

Argentina: Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — Area from CGLS was 310.69 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
310.69 1000 ha
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
23rd
of 171 countries
All-time high
310.69 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
310.69 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

01002003002015201720192015: 310.7 1000 ha2016: 310.7 1000 ha2017: 310.7 1000 ha2018: 310.7 1000 ha2019: 310.7 1000 ha

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

Analysis

In 2019, coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — area from cgls in Argentina stood at 310.69 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over five years.

That places Argentina 23rd out of 171 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

Countries ranked near Argentina

  1. 20 Republic of Korea 367.64 1000 ha compare
  2. 21 Greece 366.83 1000 ha compare
  3. 22 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 349.02 1000 ha compare
  4. 24 Cuba 302.1 1000 ha compare
  5. 25 Samoa 299.74 1000 ha compare
  6. 26 Bangladesh 284.41 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — area from cgls in Argentina?
Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — area from cgls in Argentina was 310.69 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 Argentina?
The highest recorded value was 310.69 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — area from cgls recorded in Argentina?
The lowest recorded value was 310.69 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Argentina rank for coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — area from cgls?
Argentina ranks 23rd out of 171 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Argentina 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
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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.