Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC by country
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Countries reporting
243
Highest
117,571 1000 ha
Canada
Lowest
0.01 1000 ha
Liechtenstein
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 243 countries. The highest value is 117,571 1000 ha in Canada; the lowest is 0.01 1000 ha in Liechtenstein.
The median across all reporting countries is 133.56 1000 ha, and the mean is 1,714 1000 ha.
Over the past decade 115 countries rose and 88 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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada | 117,571 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 2 | Russian Federation | 61,452 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 2 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 6,351 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 3 | Antarctica | 33,779 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 17,478 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 4 | United Republic of Tanzania | 6,061 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 5 | Brazil | 13,650 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 5 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 4,373 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 6 | China | 13,140 1000 ha | 2022 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 6 | Melanesia | 1,912 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 7 | China, mainland | 13,021 1000 ha | 2022 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 7 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 1,551 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 8 | Turkmenistan | 9,027 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 8 | Türkiye | 1,473 1000 ha | 2022 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 9 | Azerbaijan | 7,972 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 9 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1,326 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 10 | Greenland | 6,357 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | Viet Nam | 878.12 1000 ha | 2022 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 11 | India | 5,687 1000 ha | 2022 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 11 | Polynesia | 323.88 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 12 | Indonesia | 5,371 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 12 | Micronesia | 283.18 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 13 | Chile | 4,749 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 13 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 248.43 1000 ha | 2022 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 14 | Argentina | 4,357 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 14 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 247.64 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 15 | Sweden | 4,000 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 15 | Syrian Arab Republic | 133.89 1000 ha | 2022 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 16 | Uganda | 3,703 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 16 | Republic of Moldova | 35.93 1000 ha | 2022 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 17 | Finland | 3,458 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 17 | Timor-Leste | 31.38 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 18 | Australia and New Zealand | 3,322 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 18 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 27.64 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 19 | Mexico | 3,069 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 19 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 10.1 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | Norway | 2,603 1000 ha | 2022 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 21 | Australia | 2,552 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 22 | Malawi | 2,417 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 22 | Caribbean | 1,585 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 23 | Peru | 1,630 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 24 | Mozambique | 1,586 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 25 | Colombia | 1,556 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 25 | Côte d'Ivoire | 299.29 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 26 | Mongolia | 1,481 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 26 | Cabo Verde | 41.61 1000 ha | 2022 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 27 | Philippines | 1,396 1000 ha | 2022 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 28 | Zambia | 1,372 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 29 | Ukraine | 1,316 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 30 | Japan | 1,309 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 31 | Myanmar | 1,282 1000 ha | 2022 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 32 | Kenya | 1,253 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 33 | Bangladesh | 1,187 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 34 | Papua New Guinea | 1,143 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 35 | Nicaragua | 1,119 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 36 | Egypt | 1,117 1000 ha | 2022 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 37 | Nigeria | 1,111 1000 ha | 2022 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 38 | Thailand | 978.67 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 39 | Uzbekistan | 775.9 1000 ha | 2022 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 40 | Ethiopia | 767.96 1000 ha | 2022 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 41 | New Zealand | 760.16 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 42 | Kyrgyzstan | 719.63 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 43 | Ghana | 719.62 1000 ha | 2022 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 44 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 701.37 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 45 | Sudan (former) | 682.72 1000 ha | 2011 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 46 | Madagascar | 671.16 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 47 | Pakistan | 663.54 1000 ha | 2022 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 48 | Malaysia | 656.74 1000 ha | 2022 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 49 | South Africa | 624.22 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 50 | Cuba | 618.48 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 51 | Greece | 578.02 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 52 | Namibia | 557.65 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 53 | Spain | 539 1000 ha | 2022 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 54 | Germany | 514.29 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 55 | Bahamas | 514.07 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 56 | France | 513.17 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 57 | Iraq | 512.08 1000 ha | 2022 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 58 | Sudan | 506.71 1000 ha | 2022 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 59 | Italy | 485.43 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 60 | Uruguay | 482.98 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 61 | Poland | 462.51 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 62 | Cambodia | 454.32 1000 ha | 2022 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 63 | Zimbabwe | 434.19 1000 ha | 2022 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 64 | Ecuador | 419.82 1000 ha | 2022 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 65 | Solomon Islands | 413.59 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 66 | Republic of Korea | 408.62 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 67 | Cameroon | 396.49 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 68 | Gabon | 380.96 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 69 | Mali | 378.58 1000 ha | 2022 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 70 | Iceland | 372.11 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 71 | Senegal | 368.29 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 72 | Chad | 363.94 1000 ha | 2022 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 73 | Paraguay | 345.76 1000 ha | 2022 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 74 | Angola | 307.97 1000 ha | 2022 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 75 | Romania | 302.37 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 76 | Saudi Arabia | 295.94 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 77 | Estonia | 275.23 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 78 | Ireland | 264.49 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 79 | Congo | 262.37 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 80 | Sri Lanka | 242.81 1000 ha | 2022 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 81 | Belarus | 232.37 1000 ha | 2022 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 82 | Panama | 231.83 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 83 | Denmark | 228.28 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 84 | Honduras | 222.49 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 85 | French Polynesia | 208.15 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 86 | Burundi | 201.95 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 87 | Somalia | 201.36 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 88 | Suriname | 198.95 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 89 | South Sudan | 196.31 1000 ha | 2022 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 90 | Guinea-Bissau | 195.29 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 91 | Guyana | 188.05 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 92 | Algeria | 184.82 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 93 | Yemen | 179.34 1000 ha | 2022 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 94 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 170.25 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 95 | Lithuania | 163.97 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 96 | Guinea | 162.48 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 97 | Croatia | 161.63 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 98 | Portugal | 160.38 1000 ha | 2022 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 99 | Rwanda | 156.32 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 100 | French Southern Territories | 152.57 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Switzerland | 149.87 1000 ha | 2022 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 102 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 145.66 1000 ha | 2022 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 103 | Guatemala | 143.26 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 104 | New Caledonia | 141.41 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 105 | Hungary | 141.07 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 106 | Tajikistan | 134.18 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 107 | Armenia | 133.56 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 108 | Morocco | 131.13 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 109 | Latvia | 128.59 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 110 | Kiribati | 122.78 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 111 | Bulgaria | 120.7 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 112 | Central African Republic | 117.04 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 113 | Fiji | 115.84 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 114 | Mauritania | 107.72 1000 ha | 2022 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 115 | French Guiana | 107.45 1000 ha | 2022 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 116 | Burkina Faso | 105.19 1000 ha | 2022 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 117 | Serbia and Montenegro | 99.8 1000 ha | 2005 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 118 | Vanuatu | 97.93 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 119 | Dominican Republic | 97.5 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 120 | Belize | 97.31 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 121 | Tunisia | 94.1 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 122 | China, Taiwan Province of | 92.89 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 123 | Libya | 92.82 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 124 | Haiti | 86.6 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 125 | Eritrea | 86.17 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 126 | Oman | 85.72 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 127 | Sierra Leone | 83.22 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 128 | Costa Rica | 80.46 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 129 | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 75.82 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 130 | Afghanistan | 72.9 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 131 | Austria | 71.7 1000 ha | 2022 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 132 | Albania | 68.82 1000 ha | 2022 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 133 | Botswana | 66.33 1000 ha | 2022 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 134 | Serbia | 64.68 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 135 | Liberia | 63.73 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 136 | Czechia | 59.33 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 137 | Israel | 54.21 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 138 | El Salvador | 51.69 1000 ha | 2022 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 139 | North Macedonia | 50.5 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 140 | Marshall Islands | 49.22 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 141 | Jordan | 47.23 1000 ha | 2022 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 142 | United States Minor Outlying Islands | 46.55 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 143 | Maldives | 46.2 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 144 | Benin | 45.52 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 145 | Gambia | 43.31 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 146 | Puerto Rico | 40.92 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 147 | Georgia | 40.46 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 148 | Niger | 40.17 1000 ha | 2022 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 149 | United Arab Emirates | 39.91 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 150 | Seychelles | 39.05 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 151 | Western Sahara | 37.1 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 152 | Montenegro | 35.25 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 153 | Djibouti | 34.35 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 154 | Jamaica | 33.62 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 155 | Nepal | 30.59 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 156 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 29.8 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 157 | Equatorial Guinea | 29.33 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 158 | Trinidad and Tobago | 28.59 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 159 | Tonga | 28.52 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 160 | Faroe Islands | 27.7 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 161 | Slovakia | 26.34 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 162 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 25.66 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 163 | Mauritius | 25.41 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 164 | Qatar | 23.56 1000 ha | 2022 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 165 | Guadeloupe | 22.92 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 166 | Cyprus | 22.47 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 167 | Samoa | 22.39 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 168 | Togo | 22.34 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 169 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 20.62 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 170 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 20.24 1000 ha | 1999 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 171 | Tokelau | 19.66 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 172 | Cook Islands | 19.55 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 173 | Netherlands Antilles (former) | 19.38 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 174 | Palestine | 19.23 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 175 | Belgium | 18.15 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 176 | Palau | 17.05 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 177 | Comoros | 14.99 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 178 | Brunei Darussalam | 13.66 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 179 | Martinique | 12.91 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 180 | Réunion | 12.59 1000 ha | 2022 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 181 | United States Virgin Islands | 11.98 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 182 | Northern Mariana Islands | 11.9 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 183 | Antigua and Barbuda | 11.65 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 184 | Kuwait | 11.51 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 185 | British Virgin Islands | 11.01 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 186 | Sao Tome and Principe | 10.76 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 187 | Cayman Islands | 9.31 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 188 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 9.19 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 189 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 9.13 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 190 | Lebanon | 8.47 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 191 | Mayotte | 8.37 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 192 | Singapore | 8.29 1000 ha | 2022 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 193 | Heard Island and McDonald Islands | 7.63 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 194 | Eswatini | 7.2 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 195 | Guam | 7.15 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 196 | Grenada | 6.95 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 196 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 6.95 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 198 | Lesotho | 6.73 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 199 | Saint Lucia | 6.1 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 200 | Bahrain | 5.7 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 201 | Tuvalu | 5.67 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 202 | American Samoa | 5.59 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 203 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5.53 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 204 | Slovenia | 5.19 1000 ha | 2022 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 205 | Malta | 5.05 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 206 | Dominica | 4.85 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 207 | Bermuda | 4.82 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 208 | Isle of Man | 3.92 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 209 | Barbados | 3.84 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 210 | Anguilla | 3.54 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 211 | Aruba | 3.27 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 212 | Niue | 2.28 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 213 | Pitcairn | 1.97 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 214 | Montserrat | 1.77 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 215 | Norfolk Island | 1.44 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 216 | Bhutan | 1.31 1000 ha | 2022 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 217 | Naoero | 0.88 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 218 | China, Macao SAR | 0.62 1000 ha | 2022 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 219 | Luxembourg | 0.51 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 220 | Gibraltar | 0.13 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 221 | Monaco | 0.08 1000 ha | 2022 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 222 | Andorra | 0.01 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 222 | Liechtenstein | 0.01 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 433,428 1000 ha
- Asia 81,379 1000 ha
- Americas 199,597 1000 ha
- Northern America 162,190 1000 ha
- Middle Africa 6,242 1000 ha
- Europe 79,977 1000 ha
- Eastern Europe 64,148 1000 ha
- United States of America 38,248 1000 ha
- Africa 32,856 1000 ha
- South America 30,808 1000 ha
- Central Asia 28,135 1000 ha
- Eastern Africa 19,395 1000 ha
- Eastern Asia 16,585 1000 ha
- Southern Asia 14,282 1000 ha
- European Union (27) 12,852 1000 ha
- Northern Europe 12,232 1000 ha
- South-Eastern Asia 11,318 1000 ha
- Western Asia 11,059 1000 ha
- Oceania 5,841 1000 ha
- Central America 5,014 1000 ha
- Western Africa 3,794 1000 ha
- Southern Europe 2,184 1000 ha
- Chagai 3.84 1000 ha
- Northern Africa 2,163 1000 ha
- Western Europe 1,413 1000 ha
- Southern Africa 1,262 1000 ha
About this data
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.