Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Belgium
Belgium: Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC was 18.15 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Belgium, 2000–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2022, inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Belgium stood at 18.15 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Belgium peaked at 19.71 1000 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 18.15 1000 ha, in 2015.
Belgium ranks 194th of 245 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Belgium, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 19.71 1000 ha | — |
| 2001 | 19.27 1000 ha | -2.2% |
| 2002 | 19.05 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 18.95 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 18.87 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 18.78 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 18.71 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 18.47 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 18.44 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 18.43 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 18.39 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 18.24 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 18.21 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 18.18 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 18.17 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 18.15 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 18.15 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 18.15 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 18.15 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 18.15 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 18.15 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 18.15 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 18.15 1000 ha | +0.0% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 18.15 1000 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 71.7 1000 ha, 25% of the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 18.15 1000 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 149.87 1000 ha, 12% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 18.87 1000 ha | 18.43 1000 ha | 19.71 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.19 1000 ha | 18.15 1000 ha | 18.39 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.15 1000 ha | 18.15 1000 ha | 18.15 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 191 Cook Islands 19.55 1000 ha compare
- 192 Netherlands Antilles (former) 19.38 1000 ha compare
- 193 Palestine 19.23 1000 ha compare
- 195 Palau 17.05 1000 ha compare
- 196 Comoros 14.99 1000 ha compare
- 197 Brunei Darussalam 13.66 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Belgium
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -5.46 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.46 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.574 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.19 °C (2025)
- Sawnwood, coniferous — Production, annual growth rate -7.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.5577 % 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Belgium?
- Inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Belgium was 18.15 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 Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 19.71 1000 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cci_lc recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.15 1000 ha in 2015.
- How does Belgium rank for inland water bodies — area from cci_lc?
- Belgium ranks 194th out of 245 countries with data for 2022.
- Is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium 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.