Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — Area from CGLS in United States Virgin Islands

United States Virgin Islands: Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — Area from CGLS was 8.41 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
8.41 1000 ha
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
130th
of 171 countries
All-time high
8.41 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
8.41 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — Area from CGLS in United States Virgin Islands, 2015–2019

024682015201720192015: 8.4 1000 ha2016: 8.4 1000 ha2017: 8.4 1000 ha2018: 8.4 1000 ha2019: 8.4 1000 ha

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — area from cgls in United States Virgin Islands is 8.41 1000 ha, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over five years.

United States Virgin Islands ranks 130th of 171 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — Area from CGLS in United States Virgin Islands, year by year

Annual values for Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — Area from CGLS in United States Virgin Islands, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 8.41 1000 ha
2016 8.41 1000 ha +0.0%
2017 8.41 1000 ha +0.0%
2018 8.41 1000 ha +0.0%
2019 8.41 1000 ha +0.0%

Countries ranked near United States Virgin Islands

  1. 127 Singapore 10.45 1000 ha compare
  2. 128 Réunion 9.51 1000 ha compare
  3. 129 Latvia 8.98 1000 ha compare
  4. 131 Georgia 8.21 1000 ha compare
  5. 132 Mayotte 7.92 1000 ha compare
  6. 133 British Virgin Islands 7.77 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — area from cgls in United States Virgin Islands?
Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — area from cgls in United States Virgin Islands was 8.41 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 States Virgin Islands?
The highest recorded value was 8.41 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — area from cgls recorded in United States Virgin Islands?
The lowest recorded value was 8.41 1000 ha in 2015.
How does United States Virgin Islands rank for coastal water bodies and intertidal areas — area from cgls?
United States Virgin Islands ranks 130th out of 171 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this United States Virgin Islands 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
Last refreshed

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.