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

France: Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — Area from CGLS was 180.98 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
180.98 1000 ha
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
40th
of 171 countries
All-time high
180.98 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
180.98 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0501001502002015201720192015: 181 1000 ha2016: 181 1000 ha2017: 181 1000 ha2018: 181 1000 ha2019: 181 1000 ha

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

Analysis

France recorded 180.98 1000 ha for coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — area from cgls in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is unchanged over five years.

That places France 40th out of 171 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

Countries ranked near France

  1. 37 Nigeria 196.61 1000 ha compare
  2. 38 Peru 191.96 1000 ha compare
  3. 39 Italy 183.06 1000 ha compare
  4. 41 Spain 176.91 1000 ha compare
  5. 42 Finland 172.89 1000 ha compare
  6. 43 Somalia 167.39 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — area from cgls in France?
Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — area from cgls in France was 180.98 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 France?
The highest recorded value was 180.98 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — area from cgls recorded in France?
The lowest recorded value was 180.98 1000 ha in 2015.
How does France rank for coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — area from cgls?
France ranks 40th out of 171 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this France 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.