Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Eritrea
Eritrea: Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC was 86.17 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Eritrea, 1993–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Eritrea is 86.17 1000 ha, measured in 2022.
That represents a change of up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Eritrea peaked at 126.83 1000 ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 86.07 1000 ha, in 2014.
Eritrea ranks 138th of 241 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 30 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 119.2 1000 ha | 97.8 1000 ha | 126.83 1000 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 94.25 1000 ha | 86.1 1000 ha | 99.81 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 86.09 1000 ha | 86.07 1000 ha | 86.16 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.16 1000 ha | 86.16 1000 ha | 86.17 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
- 135 China, Taiwan Province of 92.89 1000 ha compare
- 136 Libya 92.82 1000 ha compare
- 137 Haiti 86.6 1000 ha compare
- 139 Oman 85.72 1000 ha compare
- 140 Sierra Leone 83.22 1000 ha compare
- 141 Costa Rica 80.46 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Eritrea
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 3.12 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 21.59 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 83 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 57.12 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 90.89 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 6,900 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.02 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 1.36 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 9.09 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 690 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Eritrea?
- Inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Eritrea was 86.17 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 Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 126.83 1000 ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cci_lc recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 86.07 1000 ha in 2014.
- How does Eritrea rank for inland water bodies — area from cci_lc?
- Eritrea ranks 138th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
- Is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.