Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Africa
Africa: Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC was 32,856 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Africa, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Africa is 32,856 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Africa peaked at 32,856 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 32,381 1000 ha, in 2007.
Africa ranks 7th of 26 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 32,526 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 32,525 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 32,524 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 32,473 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 32,548 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 32,616 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 32,645 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 32,699 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 32,742 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 32,794 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 32,728 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 32,610 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 32,535 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 32,479 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 32,419 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 32,381 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 32,400 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 32,417 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 32,426 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 32,435 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 32,445 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 32,437 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 32,471 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 32,469 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 32,492 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 32,509 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 32,517 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 32,516 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 32,603 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 32,728 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 32,856 1000 ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 32,569 1000 ha | 32,473 1000 ha | 32,699 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 32,550 1000 ha | 32,381 1000 ha | 32,794 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 32,472 1000 ha | 32,426 1000 ha | 32,517 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 32,729 1000 ha | 32,603 1000 ha | 32,856 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 4 Kazakhstan 17,478 1000 ha compare
- 5 Brazil 13,650 1000 ha compare
- 6 China 13,140 1000 ha compare
- 7 China, mainland 13,021 1000 ha compare
- 8 Turkmenistan 9,027 1000 ha compare
- 9 Azerbaijan 7,972 1000 ha compare
- 10 Greenland 6,357 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.32 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.213 °C (2025)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Export value 5.54 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood, coniferous — Production 32.26 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Export value 714,851 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity 3.78 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Import value 182,147 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Africa?
- Inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Africa was 32,856 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest inland water bodies — area from cci_lc recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 32,856 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cci_lc recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 32,381 1000 ha in 2007.
- How does Africa rank for inland water bodies — area from cci_lc?
- Africa ranks 7th out of 26 groups with data for 2022.
- Is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.