Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC by country

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Countries reporting
241
Highest
117,571 1000 ha
Canada
Lowest
0 1000 ha
San Marino
Median
133.56 1000 ha
Years covered
31
1992–2022
Data points
8,231

What the numbers show

Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC is currently reported for 241 countries. The highest value is 117,571 1000 ha in Canada; the lowest is 0 1000 ha in San Marino.

The median across all reporting countries is 133.56 1000 ha, and the mean is 1,725 1000 ha.

Over the past decade 113 countries rose and 87 fell. The largest increase was in Egypt (up 31.9%), and the largest decrease in Uzbekistan (down 14.0%).

Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Canada 117,571 1000 ha 2022 up 0.5% flat
2 Russian Federation 61,452 1000 ha 2022 up 0.3% flat
3 Antarctica 33,779 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
4 Kazakhstan 17,478 1000 ha 2022 down 1.1% falling
5 Brazil 13,650 1000 ha 2022 up 0.4% rising
6 China 13,140 1000 ha 2022 up 2.0% flat
7 China, mainland 13,021 1000 ha 2022 up 2.0% flat
8 Turkmenistan 9,027 1000 ha 2022 up 0.1% flat
9 Azerbaijan 7,972 1000 ha 2022 down 0.1% flat
10 Greenland 6,357 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
11 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6,351 1000 ha 2022 up 0.5% falling
12 United Republic of Tanzania 6,061 1000 ha 2022 down 0.1% flat
13 India 5,687 1000 ha 2022 up 3.4% rising
14 Indonesia 5,371 1000 ha 2022 down 0.8% flat
15 Chile 4,749 1000 ha 2022 up 0.5% flat
16 Democratic Republic of the Congo 4,373 1000 ha 2022 up 0.0% flat
17 Argentina 4,357 1000 ha 2022 up 0.5% falling
18 Sweden 4,000 1000 ha 2022 up 0.8% flat
19 Uganda 3,703 1000 ha 2022 up 0.1% flat
20 Finland 3,458 1000 ha 2022 up 0.6% flat
21 Australia and New Zealand 3,322 1000 ha 2022 up 0.1% flat
22 Mexico 3,069 1000 ha 2022 up 0.2% rising
23 Norway 2,603 1000 ha 2022 up 1.1% flat
24 Australia 2,552 1000 ha 2022 up 0.0% falling
25 Malawi 2,417 1000 ha 2022 down 0.5% flat
26 Melanesia 1,912 1000 ha 2022 down 1.2% falling
27 Peru 1,630 1000 ha 2022 up 0.4% rising
28 Mozambique 1,586 1000 ha 2022 down 0.1% flat
29 Caribbean 1,585 1000 ha 2022 down 0.6% flat
30 Colombia 1,556 1000 ha 2022 down 1.6% rising
31 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,551 1000 ha 2022 up 0.6% rising
32 Mongolia 1,481 1000 ha 2022 up 0.2% flat
33 Türkiye 1,473 1000 ha 2022 up 1.8% rising
34 Philippines 1,396 1000 ha 2022 down 3.4% falling
35 Zambia 1,372 1000 ha 2022 up 0.4% flat
36 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,326 1000 ha 2022 down 1.9% rising
37 Ukraine 1,316 1000 ha 2022 down 0.3% flat
38 Japan 1,309 1000 ha 2022 down 0.5% flat
39 Myanmar 1,282 1000 ha 2022 up 2.1% flat
40 Kenya 1,253 1000 ha 2022 up 0.4% flat
41 Bangladesh 1,187 1000 ha 2022 up 0.3% falling
42 Papua New Guinea 1,143 1000 ha 2022 down 1.7% falling
43 Nicaragua 1,119 1000 ha 2022 down 0.0% flat
44 Egypt 1,117 1000 ha 2022 up 31.9% rising
45 Nigeria 1,111 1000 ha 2022 up 4.9% rising
46 Thailand 978.67 1000 ha 2022 up 0.7% flat
47 Viet Nam 878.12 1000 ha 2022 up 1.1% flat
48 Uzbekistan 775.9 1000 ha 2022 down 14.0% falling
49 Ethiopia 767.96 1000 ha 2022 up 1.0% flat
50 New Zealand 760.16 1000 ha 2022 up 0.3% flat
51 Kyrgyzstan 719.63 1000 ha 2022 up 0.2% flat
52 Ghana 719.62 1000 ha 2022 up 1.4% rising
53 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 701.37 1000 ha 2022 up 0.2% flat
54 Sudan (former) 682.72 1000 ha 2011 up 5.1% falling
55 Madagascar 671.16 1000 ha 2022 down 0.2% falling
56 Pakistan 663.54 1000 ha 2022 up 2.2% falling
57 Malaysia 656.74 1000 ha 2022 up 3.3% rising
58 Cuba 618.48 1000 ha 2022 down 1.2% flat
59 Greece 578.02 1000 ha 2022 up 0.2% flat
60 Namibia 557.65 1000 ha 2022 up 0.3% rising
61 Spain 539 1000 ha 2022 up 1.2% rising
62 Germany 514.29 1000 ha 2022 up 0.3% flat
63 Bahamas 514.07 1000 ha 2022 down 0.1% flat
64 France 513.17 1000 ha 2022 down 0.0% flat
65 Iraq 512.08 1000 ha 2022 up 5.7% falling
66 Sudan 506.71 1000 ha 2022 up 3.3% flat
67 Italy 485.43 1000 ha 2022 up 0.3% flat
68 Uruguay 482.98 1000 ha 2022 up 0.4% flat
69 Poland 462.51 1000 ha 2022 up 0.3% flat
70 Cambodia 454.32 1000 ha 2022 up 5.7% flat
71 Zimbabwe 434.19 1000 ha 2022 up 2.5% flat
72 Ecuador 419.82 1000 ha 2022 up 1.0% flat
73 Solomon Islands 413.59 1000 ha 2022 down 0.5% flat
74 Republic of Korea 408.62 1000 ha 2022 down 0.7% falling
75 Cameroon 396.49 1000 ha 2022 up 0.6% falling
76 Gabon 380.96 1000 ha 2022 down 0.2% rising
77 Mali 378.58 1000 ha 2022 up 1.6% falling
78 Iceland 372.11 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
79 Senegal 368.29 1000 ha 2022 down 0.5% flat
80 Chad 363.94 1000 ha 2022 up 2.8% flat
81 Paraguay 345.76 1000 ha 2022 up 2.1% rising
82 Polynesia 323.88 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
83 Angola 307.97 1000 ha 2022 up 4.5% flat
84 Romania 302.37 1000 ha 2022 up 0.1% flat
85 Côte d'Ivoire 299.29 1000 ha 2022 up 0.6% flat
86 Saudi Arabia 295.94 1000 ha 2022 down 0.7% flat
87 Micronesia 283.18 1000 ha 2022 down 0.0% flat
88 Estonia 275.23 1000 ha 2022 down 1.1% falling
89 Ireland 264.49 1000 ha 2022 up 0.5% flat
90 Congo 262.37 1000 ha 2022 down 0.3% flat
91 Lao People's Democratic Republic 248.43 1000 ha 2022 up 4.9% rising
92 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 247.64 1000 ha 2022 up 0.5% flat
93 Sri Lanka 242.81 1000 ha 2022 up 2.4% flat
94 Belarus 232.37 1000 ha 2022 up 2.2% rising
95 Panama 231.83 1000 ha 2022 down 0.1% flat
96 Denmark 228.28 1000 ha 2022 up 0.5% flat
97 Honduras 222.49 1000 ha 2022 down 1.8% falling
98 French Polynesia 208.15 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
99 Burundi 201.95 1000 ha 2022 up 0.0% flat
100 Somalia 201.36 1000 ha 2022 up 0.5% flat
101 Suriname 198.95 1000 ha 2022 down 0.2% rising
102 South Sudan 196.31 1000 ha 2022 up 2.3% flat
103 Guinea-Bissau 195.29 1000 ha 2022 down 0.4% flat
104 Guyana 188.05 1000 ha 2022 up 0.0% rising
105 Algeria 184.82 1000 ha 2022 down 0.2% falling
106 Yemen 179.34 1000 ha 2022 down 3.0% falling
107 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 170.25 1000 ha 2022 down 0.4% flat
108 Lithuania 163.97 1000 ha 2022 up 0.9% flat
109 Guinea 162.48 1000 ha 2022 up 0.9% flat
110 Croatia 161.63 1000 ha 2022 down 0.1% falling
111 Portugal 160.38 1000 ha 2022 up 2.4% flat
112 Rwanda 156.32 1000 ha 2022 up 0.2% flat
113 French Southern Territories 152.57 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
114 Switzerland 149.87 1000 ha 2022 up 2.7% rising
115 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 145.66 1000 ha 2022 up 1.5% flat
116 Guatemala 143.26 1000 ha 2022 up 0.0% flat
117 New Caledonia 141.41 1000 ha 2022 down 1.1% falling
118 Hungary 141.07 1000 ha 2022 up 0.1% flat
119 Tajikistan 134.18 1000 ha 2022 up 0.7% flat
120 Syrian Arab Republic 133.89 1000 ha 2022 up 2.6% flat
121 Armenia 133.56 1000 ha 2022 up 0.0% flat
122 Morocco 131.13 1000 ha 2022 up 0.4% rising
123 Latvia 128.59 1000 ha 2022 up 0.4% flat
124 Kiribati 122.78 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
125 Bulgaria 120.7 1000 ha 2022 up 0.3% rising
126 Fiji 115.84 1000 ha 2022 down 0.1% flat
127 Mauritania 107.72 1000 ha 2022 up 2.2% falling
128 French Guiana 107.45 1000 ha 2022 up 1.6% rising
129 Burkina Faso 105.19 1000 ha 2022 up 9.1% rising
130 Serbia and Montenegro 99.8 1000 ha 2005 up 3.4% flat
131 Vanuatu 97.93 1000 ha 2022 down 0.6% falling
132 Dominican Republic 97.5 1000 ha 2022 down 0.3% rising
133 Belize 97.31 1000 ha 2022 down 0.3% flat
134 Tunisia 94.1 1000 ha 2022 up 0.1% falling
135 China, Taiwan Province of 92.89 1000 ha 2022 down 0.3% falling
136 Libya 92.82 1000 ha 2022 up 0.1% falling
137 Haiti 86.6 1000 ha 2022 down 0.5% flat
138 Eritrea 86.17 1000 ha 2022 up 0.1% falling
139 Oman 85.72 1000 ha 2022 down 0.2% flat
140 Sierra Leone 83.22 1000 ha 2022 down 0.7% flat
141 Costa Rica 80.46 1000 ha 2022 up 0.2% flat
142 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 75.82 1000 ha 2022 up 0.3% flat
143 Afghanistan 72.9 1000 ha 2022 up 0.8% volatile
144 Austria 71.7 1000 ha 2022 up 2.4% flat
145 Albania 68.82 1000 ha 2022 up 1.1% flat
146 Botswana 66.33 1000 ha 2022 up 2.4% rising
147 Serbia 64.68 1000 ha 2022 up 0.6% flat
148 Liberia 63.73 1000 ha 2022 up 0.6% flat
149 Czechia 59.33 1000 ha 2022 up 0.0% flat
150 Israel 54.21 1000 ha 2022 down 0.1% falling
151 El Salvador 51.69 1000 ha 2022 down 2.1% flat
152 North Macedonia 50.5 1000 ha 2022 up 0.2% flat
153 Marshall Islands 49.22 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
154 Jordan 47.23 1000 ha 2022 up 1.8% flat
155 United States Minor Outlying Islands 46.55 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
156 Maldives 46.2 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
157 Benin 45.52 1000 ha 2022 up 0.2% flat
158 Gambia 43.31 1000 ha 2022 up 0.6% falling
159 Cabo Verde 41.61 1000 ha 2022 up 1.1% flat
160 Puerto Rico 40.92 1000 ha 2022 down 0.4% flat
161 Georgia 40.46 1000 ha 2022 up 0.5% flat
162 Niger 40.17 1000 ha 2022 up 2.2% falling
163 United Arab Emirates 39.91 1000 ha 2022 down 0.4% falling
164 Seychelles 39.05 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
165 Western Sahara 37.1 1000 ha 2022 up 0.1% falling
166 Republic of Moldova 35.93 1000 ha 2022 down 3.2% flat
167 Montenegro 35.25 1000 ha 2022 down 0.1% flat
168 Djibouti 34.35 1000 ha 2022 down 1.7% rising
169 Jamaica 33.62 1000 ha 2022 down 0.4% flat
170 Timor-Leste 31.38 1000 ha 2022 down 0.3% flat
171 Nepal 30.59 1000 ha 2022 up 0.8% flat
172 Bosnia and Herzegovina 29.8 1000 ha 2022 up 0.1% flat
173 Equatorial Guinea 29.33 1000 ha 2022 down 0.1% falling
174 Trinidad and Tobago 28.59 1000 ha 2022 down 0.0% flat
175 Tonga 28.52 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
176 Faroe Islands 27.7 1000 ha 2022 down 0.1% flat
177 Micronesia (Federated States of) 27.64 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
178 Slovakia 26.34 1000 ha 2022 down 0.0% flat
179 China, Hong Kong SAR 25.66 1000 ha 2022 down 0.2% falling
180 Mauritius 25.41 1000 ha 2022 down 0.2% falling
181 Qatar 23.56 1000 ha 2022 down 2.1% falling
182 Guadeloupe 22.92 1000 ha 2022 down 0.6% flat
183 Cyprus 22.47 1000 ha 2022 up 0.0% falling
184 Samoa 22.39 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
185 Togo 22.34 1000 ha 2022 up 0.3% rising
186 Turks and Caicos Islands 20.62 1000 ha 2022 down 0.5% flat
187 Belgium-Luxembourg 20.24 1000 ha 1999 down 1.1% flat
188 Tokelau 19.66 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
189 Cook Islands 19.55 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
190 Netherlands Antilles (former) 19.38 1000 ha 2022 down 0.4% flat
191 Palestine 19.23 1000 ha 2022 down 0.1% flat
192 Belgium 18.15 1000 ha 2022 down 0.3% falling
193 Palau 17.05 1000 ha 2022 down 0.4% flat
194 Comoros 14.99 1000 ha 2022 down 0.3% flat
195 Brunei Darussalam 13.66 1000 ha 2022 down 0.3% falling
196 Martinique 12.91 1000 ha 2022 down 0.6% flat
197 United States Virgin Islands 11.98 1000 ha 2022 down 0.6% flat
198 Northern Mariana Islands 11.9 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
199 Antigua and Barbuda 11.65 1000 ha 2022 down 0.1% flat
200 Kuwait 11.51 1000 ha 2022 up 0.3% falling
201 British Virgin Islands 11.01 1000 ha 2022 down 0.3% flat
202 Sao Tome and Principe 10.76 1000 ha 2022 down 1.3% flat
203 Wallis and Futuna Islands 10.1 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
204 Cayman Islands 9.31 1000 ha 2022 down 0.3% flat
205 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 9.19 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
206 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 9.13 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
207 Lebanon 8.47 1000 ha 2022 down 0.8% falling
208 Mayotte 8.37 1000 ha 2022 unchanged falling
209 Singapore 8.29 1000 ha 2022 down 2.8% falling
210 Heard Island and McDonald Islands 7.63 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
211 Eswatini 7.2 1000 ha 2022 down 1.0% rising
212 Guam 7.15 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
213 Grenada 6.95 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
213 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 6.95 1000 ha 2022 down 0.1% flat
215 Lesotho 6.73 1000 ha 2022 up 0.7% falling
216 Saint Lucia 6.1 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
217 Bahrain 5.7 1000 ha 2022 unchanged falling
218 Tuvalu 5.67 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
219 Saint Kitts and Nevis 5.53 1000 ha 2022 down 0.2% flat
220 Slovenia 5.19 1000 ha 2022 up 1.6% flat
221 Malta 5.05 1000 ha 2022 down 0.4% flat
222 Dominica 4.85 1000 ha 2022 down 0.2% flat
223 Bermuda 4.82 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
224 Isle of Man 3.92 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
225 Barbados 3.84 1000 ha 2022 down 0.8% flat
225 Channel Islands 3.84 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
227 Anguilla 3.54 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
228 Aruba 3.27 1000 ha 2022 down 1.2% flat
229 Niue 2.28 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
230 Pitcairn 1.97 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
231 Montserrat 1.77 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
232 Norfolk Island 1.44 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
233 Bhutan 1.31 1000 ha 2022 up 2.3% flat
234 Naoero 0.88 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
235 China, Macao SAR 0.62 1000 ha 2022 down 7.5% falling
236 Luxembourg 0.51 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
237 Gibraltar 0.13 1000 ha 2022 unchanged falling
238 Monaco 0.08 1000 ha 2022 down 11.1% falling
239 Andorra 0.01 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
239 Liechtenstein 0.01 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
241 San Marino 0 1000 ha 2022 flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
270 places, 8,231 data points, 1992–2022
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.