Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — Area from CGLS in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone: Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — Area from CGLS was 66.19 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
66.19 1000 ha
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
71st
of 171 countries
All-time high
66.19 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
66.19 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

02040602015201720192015: 66.2 1000 ha2016: 66.2 1000 ha2017: 66.2 1000 ha2018: 66.2 1000 ha2019: 66.2 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 Sierra Leone stood at 66.19 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is unchanged over five years.

That places Sierra Leone 71st out of 171 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — Area from CGLS in Sierra Leone, year by year

Annual values for Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — Area from CGLS in Sierra Leone, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 66.19 1000 ha
2016 66.19 1000 ha +0.0%
2017 66.19 1000 ha +0.0%
2018 66.19 1000 ha +0.0%
2019 66.19 1000 ha +0.0%

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Frequently asked questions

What is coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — area from cgls in Sierra Leone?
Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — area from cgls in Sierra Leone was 66.19 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 Sierra Leone?
The highest recorded value was 66.19 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — area from cgls recorded in Sierra Leone?
The lowest recorded value was 66.19 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Sierra Leone rank for coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — area from cgls?
Sierra Leone ranks 71st out of 171 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Sierra Leone 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.