Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in China
China: Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC was 13,140 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in China, 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 stood at 13,140 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it 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 peaked at 13,140 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 12,817 1000 ha, in 1995.
China ranks 6th of 241 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12,849 1000 ha | 12,817 1000 ha | 12,888 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 12,887 1000 ha | 12,860 1000 ha | 12,920 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,987 1000 ha | 12,888 1000 ha | 13,088 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,116 1000 ha | 13,092 1000 ha | 13,140 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near China
- 3 Antarctica 33,779 1000 ha compare
- 4 Kazakhstan 17,478 1000 ha compare
- 5 Brazil 13,650 1000 ha compare
- 7 China, mainland 13,021 1000 ha compare
- 8 Turkmenistan 9,027 1000 ha compare
- 9 Azerbaijan 7,972 1000 ha compare
More environment data for China
- Standard Deviation 0.279 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.92 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 73.29 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 105.03 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 177,011 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 91,039 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 6.10 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 6.54 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 5.76 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 10.36 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in China?
- Inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in China was 13,140 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?
- The highest recorded value was 13,140 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cci_lc recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,817 1000 ha in 1995.
- How does China rank for inland water bodies — area from cci_lc?
- China ranks 6th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
- Is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this China 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.