Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC was 12,852 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in European Union (27), 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
European Union (27) recorded 12,852 1000 ha for inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in European Union (27) peaked at 12,852 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 12,633 1000 ha, in 1992.
That places European Union (27) 13th out of 26 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 12,633 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 12,717 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 12,716 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 12,686 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 12,796 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 12,828 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 12,849 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 12,813 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 12,828 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 12,820 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 12,808 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 12,820 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 12,826 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 12,815 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 12,810 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 12,790 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 12,786 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 12,776 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 12,779 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 12,785 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 12,780 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 12,781 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 12,835 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 12,834 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 12,839 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 12,840 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 12,831 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 12,839 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 12,838 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 12,838 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 12,852 1000 ha | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12,755 1000 ha | 12,633 1000 ha | 12,849 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 12,808 1000 ha | 12,776 1000 ha | 12,828 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,814 1000 ha | 12,779 1000 ha | 12,840 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,843 1000 ha | 12,838 1000 ha | 12,852 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near European Union (27)
More environment data for European Union (27)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.429 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.31 °C (2025)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 5.35 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 4.18 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 5.46 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 3.99 million t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 2.41 million t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 6.99 g/Int$ (2024)
- Land area — Area 398,812 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in European Union (27)?
- Inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in European Union (27) was 12,852 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 European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 12,852 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cci_lc recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,633 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does European Union (27) rank for inland water bodies — area from cci_lc?
- European Union (27) ranks 13th out of 26 groups with data for 2022.
- Is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.