Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in China, mainland
China, mainland: Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC was 13,021 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in China, mainland, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
China, mainland recorded 13,021 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 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in China, mainland peaked at 13,021 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 12,691 1000 ha, in 1995.
That places China, mainland 7th out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in China, mainland, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 12,714 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 12,712 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 12,710 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 12,691 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 12,715 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 12,736 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 12,762 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 12,741 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 12,759 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 12,737 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 12,758 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 12,768 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 12,764 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 12,777 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 12,798 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 12,761 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 12,760 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 12,766 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 12,789 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 12,768 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 12,768 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 12,795 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 12,892 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 12,891 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 12,922 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 12,944 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 12,954 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 12,971 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 12,975 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 12,996 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 13,021 1000 ha | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12,722 1000 ha | 12,691 1000 ha | 12,762 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 12,765 1000 ha | 12,737 1000 ha | 12,798 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,869 1000 ha | 12,768 1000 ha | 12,971 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,997 1000 ha | 12,975 1000 ha | 13,021 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near China, mainland
- 4 Kazakhstan 17,478 1000 ha compare
- 5 Brazil 13,650 1000 ha compare
- 6 China (People’s Republic of) 13,140 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 China, mainland
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.279 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.92 °C (2025)
- Permanent crops — Area 20,142 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 2,591 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 27.68 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 108,466 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area 128,608 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.09 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 13.7 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in China, mainland?
- Inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in China, mainland was 13,021 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, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 13,021 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cci_lc recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,691 1000 ha in 1995.
- How does China, mainland rank for inland water bodies — area from cci_lc?
- China, mainland ranks 7th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this China, mainland 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.