Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas β€” Area from CGLS in Malta

Malta: Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas β€” Area from CGLS was 4.44 1000 ha in 2019. β–¬ Flat

Latest (2019)
4.44 1000 ha
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
145th
of 166 countries
All-time high
4.44 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
4.44 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas β€” Area from CGLS in Malta, 2015–2019

012342015201720192015: 4.4 1000 ha2016: 4.4 1000 ha2017: 4.4 1000 ha2018: 4.4 1000 ha2019: 4.4 1000 ha

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

Analysis

In 2019, coastal water bodies and intertidal areas β€” area from cgls in Malta stood at 4.44 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is unchanged over five years.

That places Malta 145th out of 166 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

Countries ranked near Malta

  1. 142 Montenegro 5.52 1000 ha compare
  2. 143 Kiribati 5.31 1000 ha compare
  3. 144 Norfolk Island 4.88 1000 ha compare
  4. 146 St. Lucia 4.34 1000 ha compare
  5. 147 St. Kitts and Nevis 4.3 1000 ha compare
  6. 148 Brunei Darussalam 4.17 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 214 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is coastal water bodies and intertidal areas β€” area from cgls in Malta?
Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas β€” area from cgls in Malta was 4.44 1000 ha in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest coastal water bodies and intertidal areas β€” area from cgls recorded in Malta?
The highest recorded value was 4.44 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest coastal water bodies and intertidal areas β€” area from cgls recorded in Malta?
The lowest recorded value was 4.44 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Malta rank for coastal water bodies and intertidal areas β€” area from cgls?
Malta ranks 145th out of 166 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Malta 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 β€” Area from CGLS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas β€” 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 UniversitΓ© 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.