Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in India
India: Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC was 5,687 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in India, 1992–2022
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 India is 5,687 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in India peaked at 5,687 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 5,410 1000 ha, in 1995.
That places India 13th out of 241 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5,415 1000 ha | 5,410 1000 ha | 5,418 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 5,423 1000 ha | 5,413 1000 ha | 5,442 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,562 1000 ha | 5,415 1000 ha | 5,635 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,663 1000 ha | 5,640 1000 ha | 5,687 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near India
- 10 Greenland 6,357 1000 ha compare
- 11 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6,351 1000 ha compare
- 12 United Republic of Tanzania 6,061 1000 ha compare
- 14 Indonesia 5,371 1000 ha compare
- 15 Chile 4,749 1000 ha compare
- 16 Democratic Republic of the Congo 4,373 1000 ha compare
More environment data for India
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 44.94 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 75,500 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 31,407 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 3.43 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 5.73 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 10,210 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 7.97 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 14,200 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 86.3 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 153,810 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in India?
- Inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in India was 5,687 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 5,687 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cci_lc recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,410 1000 ha in 1995.
- How does India rank for inland water bodies — area from cci_lc?
- India ranks 13th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
- Is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.