Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — Area from CGLS in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — Area from CGLS was 349.02 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
349.02 1000 ha
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
22nd
of 171 countries
All-time high
349.02 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
349.02 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — Area from CGLS in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 2015–2019

01002003002015201720192015: 349 1000 ha2016: 349 1000 ha2017: 349 1000 ha2018: 349 1000 ha2019: 349 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland stood at 349.02 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is unchanged over five years.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 22nd of 171 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — Area from CGLS in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year

Annual values for Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — Area from CGLS in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 349.02 1000 ha
2016 349.02 1000 ha +0.0%
2017 349.02 1000 ha +0.0%
2018 349.02 1000 ha +0.0%
2019 349.02 1000 ha +0.0%

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Frequently asked questions

What is coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — area from cgls in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — area from cgls in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 349.02 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
The highest recorded value was 349.02 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — area from cgls recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
The lowest recorded value was 349.02 1000 ha in 2015.
How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — area from cgls?
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 22nd out of 171 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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.