Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Brazil
Brazil: Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC was 13,650 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Brazil, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 13,650 1000 ha for inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Brazil peaked at 13,650 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 10,773 1000 ha, in 1992.
That places Brazil 5th out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Brazil, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 10,773 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 11,394 1000 ha | +5.8% |
| 1994 | 11,393 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 11,711 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 12,006 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 12,242 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 12,540 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 12,829 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 12,904 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 12,973 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 13,071 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 13,061 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 13,622 1000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2005 | 13,600 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 13,577 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 13,566 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 13,561 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 13,564 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 13,556 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 13,592 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 13,597 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 13,600 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 13,627 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 13,627 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 13,632 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 13,640 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 13,628 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 13,640 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 13,632 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 13,638 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 13,650 1000 ha | +0.1% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 13,650 1000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 138.41 1000 ha, 98.6× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 13,650 1000 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 97.31 1000 ha, 140.3× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11,861 1000 ha | 10,773 1000 ha | 12,829 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 13,350 1000 ha | 12,904 1000 ha | 13,622 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,614 1000 ha | 13,556 1000 ha | 13,640 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,640 1000 ha | 13,632 1000 ha | 13,650 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6,351 1000 ha compare
- 2 Russian Federation 61,452 1000 ha compare
- 3 Antarctica 33,779 1000 ha compare
- 4 Kazakhstan 17,478 1000 ha compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 6,061 1000 ha compare
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 4,373 1000 ha compare
- 6 China 13,140 1000 ha compare
- 6 Melanesia 1,912 1000 ha compare
- 7 China, mainland 13,021 1000 ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,551 1000 ha compare
- 8 Türkiye 1,473 1000 ha compare
- 8 Turkmenistan 9,027 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Brazil
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -6.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -8.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.221 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.36 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 14.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.155 % 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 -2.73 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Brazil?
- Inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Brazil was 13,650 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 Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 13,650 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cci_lc recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,773 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does Brazil rank for inland water bodies — area from cci_lc?
- Brazil ranks 5th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil 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.