How does Namibia rank for coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — area from cgls?

Namibia ranks 108th out of 186 countries with data for 2019.

Where does this Namibia 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.

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

Name: Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — Area from CGLS in Namibia
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Namibia: Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — Area from CGLS was 33.36 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)

33.36 1000 ha

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

108th

of 186 countries

All-time high

33.36 1000 ha

in 2015

All-time low

33.36 1000 ha

in 2015

Years of data

2015–2019

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

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

Analysis

Namibia recorded 33.36 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.

That represents a change of unchanged over five years.

Namibia ranks 108th of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near Namibia

105 Cambodia 35.33 1000 ha compare
106 Gambia 35.02 1000 ha compare
107 Belize 33.91 1000 ha compare
109 Western Sahara 31.52 1000 ha compare
110 Dominican Republic 30.94 1000 ha compare
111 Democratic Republic of the Congo 29.76 1000 ha compare

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More environment data for Namibia

Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 0.93 % (2024)
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 7.57 1000 ha (2024)
Inland waters — Area 100.2 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 46.16 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 97.91 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 38,000 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.03 % (2024)
Permanent crops — Area 13.51 1000 ha (2024)
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 2.06 % (2024)
Arable land — Area 798.49 1000 ha (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — area from cgls in Namibia?: Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — area from cgls in Namibia was 33.36 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 Namibia?: The highest recorded value was 33.36 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — area from cgls recorded in Namibia?: The lowest recorded value was 33.36 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Namibia rank for coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — area from cgls?: Namibia ranks 108th out of 186 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Namibia 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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About this data

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: 12 August 2026

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.