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 11th out of 224 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.
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in India, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 5,414 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 5,413 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 5,413 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 5,410 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 5,414 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 5,418 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 5,418 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 5,418 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 5,426 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 5,422 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 5,417 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 5,413 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 5,420 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 5,428 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 5,442 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 5,429 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 5,420 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 5,416 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 5,415 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 5,478 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 5,500 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 5,513 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 5,611 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 5,610 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 5,615 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 5,621 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 5,624 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 5,635 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 5,640 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 5,661 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 5,687 1000 ha | +0.5% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 5,687 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 262.37 1000 ha, 21.7× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- India's 5,687 1000 ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 144.5 1000 ha, 39.4× the median. (6 countries reporting)
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
- 8 Türkiye 1,473 1000 ha compare
- 8 Turkmenistan 9,027 1000 ha compare
- 9 Azerbaijan 7,972 1000 ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,326 1000 ha compare
- 10 Greenland 6,357 1000 ha compare
- 10 Viet Nam 878.12 1000 ha compare
- 11 Polynesia 323.88 1000 ha compare
- 12 Indonesia 5,371 1000 ha compare
- 12 Micronesia 283.18 1000 ha compare
- 13 Chile 4,749 1000 ha compare
- 13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 248.43 1000 ha compare
- 14 Argentina 4,357 1000 ha compare
- 14 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 247.64 1000 ha compare
More environment data for India
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 11.05 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 12.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.254 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.954 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 17.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 1.12 % change on previous year (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 11th out of 224 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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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.