Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in China, Macao SAR
China, Macao SAR: Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC was 0.62 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in China, Macao SAR, 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 China, Macao SAR stood at 0.62 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of down 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in China, Macao SAR peaked at 1.58 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 0.62 1000 ha, in 2015.
China, Macao SAR ranks 218th of 224 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.34 1000 ha | 1.03 1000 ha | 1.58 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.973 1000 ha | 0.87 1000 ha | 1.03 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.677 1000 ha | 0.62 1000 ha | 0.87 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.62 1000 ha | 0.62 1000 ha | 0.62 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near China, Macao SAR
More environment data for China, Macao SAR
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.361 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.01 °C (2025)
- Roundwood — Import value 85 1000 USD (2024)
- Other industrial roundwood — Production 1,000 m3 (2024)
- Wood charcoal — Production 1,022 t (2024)
- Roundwood, coniferous — Production 1,000 m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Export value 0 1000 USD (2024)
- Sawnwood — Import quantity 802 m3 (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export quantity 0 m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in China, Macao SAR?
- Inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in China, Macao SAR was 0.62 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 China, Macao SAR?
- The highest recorded value was 1.58 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cci_lc recorded in China, Macao SAR?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.62 1000 ha in 2015.
- How does China, Macao SAR rank for inland water bodies — area from cci_lc?
- China, Macao SAR ranks 218th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc rising or falling in China, Macao SAR?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China, Macao SAR 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.