Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Australia
Australia: Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC was 2,552 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Australia, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2022, inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Australia stood at 2,552 1000 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Australia peaked at 2,739 1000 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 2,506 1000 ha, in 2009.
Australia ranks 21st of 224 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Australia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 2,614 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 2,613 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 2,613 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 2,628 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 2,650 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 2,677 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 2,696 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 2,718 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 2,739 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 2,704 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 2,646 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2003 | 2,580 1000 ha | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 2,571 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 2,550 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 2,533 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 2,525 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 2,511 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 2,506 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 2,523 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 2,544 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 2,551 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 2,555 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 2,555 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2,554 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 2,557 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 2,557 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2,557 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 2,551 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 2,550 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 2,550 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 2,552 1000 ha | +0.1% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 2,552 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 71.7 1000 ha, 35.6× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Australia's 2,552 1000 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 208.15 1000 ha, 12.3× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,651 1000 ha | 2,613 1000 ha | 2,718 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 2,586 1000 ha | 2,506 1000 ha | 2,739 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,550 1000 ha | 2,523 1000 ha | 2,557 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,551 1000 ha | 2,550 1000 ha | 2,552 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 18 Micronesia (Federated States of) 27.64 1000 ha compare
- 18 Australia and New Zealand 3,322 1000 ha compare
- 19 Mexico 3,069 1000 ha compare
- 19 Wallis and Futuna Islands 10.1 1000 ha compare
- 20 Norway 2,603 1000 ha compare
- 22 Malawi 2,417 1000 ha compare
- 22 Caribbean 1,585 1000 ha compare
- 23 Peru 1,630 1000 ha compare
- 24 Mozambique 1,586 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Australia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.75 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.345 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -1.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.6708 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.0861 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Australia?
- Inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Australia was 2,552 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 Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,739 1000 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cci_lc recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,506 1000 ha in 2009.
- How does Australia rank for inland water bodies — area from cci_lc?
- Australia ranks 21st out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia 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.