Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iran (Islamic Republic of): Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC was 6,351 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Iran (Islamic Republic of), 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Iran (Islamic Republic of) recorded 6,351 1000 ha for inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Iran (Islamic Republic of) peaked at 6,689 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 6,319 1000 ha, in 2013.
Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 2nd of 20 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Iran (Islamic Republic of), year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 6,689 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 6,689 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 6,689 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 6,644 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 6,595 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 6,557 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 6,538 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 6,473 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 6,419 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 6,398 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 6,396 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 6,396 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 6,393 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 6,389 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 6,374 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 6,369 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 6,340 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 6,323 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 6,323 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 6,322 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 6,321 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 6,319 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 6,320 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 6,320 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 6,322 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 6,325 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 6,334 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 6,341 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 6,348 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 6,349 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 6,351 1000 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6,609 1000 ha | 6,473 1000 ha | 6,689 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 6,380 1000 ha | 6,323 1000 ha | 6,419 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,325 1000 ha | 6,319 1000 ha | 6,341 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,349 1000 ha | 6,348 1000 ha | 6,351 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Iran (Islamic Republic of)
- 1 Canada 117,571 1000 ha compare
- 2 Russian Federation 61,452 1000 ha compare
- 3 Antarctica 33,779 1000 ha compare
- 4 Kazakhstan 17,478 1000 ha compare
- 5 Brazil 13,650 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Iran (Islamic Republic of)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 2.07 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.488 °C (2025)
- Newsprint — Import value, annual growth rate 13.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate 6.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate -4.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate 2.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import value, annual growth rate -7.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled 23,922 t (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- Inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Iran (Islamic Republic of) was 6,351 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 Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- The highest recorded value was 6,689 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cci_lc recorded in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,319 1000 ha in 2013.
- How does Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank for inland water bodies — area from cci_lc?
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 2nd out of 20 groups with data for 2022.
- Is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iran (Islamic Republic of) 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.