Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Malawi
Malawi: Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC was 2,417 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Malawi, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 2,417 1000 ha for inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Malawi peaked at 2,459 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 2,417 1000 ha, in 2022.
That places Malawi 25th out of 241 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,453 1000 ha | 2,434 1000 ha | 2,459 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 2,434 1000 ha | 2,433 1000 ha | 2,437 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,425 1000 ha | 2,417 1000 ha | 2,432 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,417 1000 ha | 2,417 1000 ha | 2,417 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
More environment data for Malawi
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 3.67 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 157.29 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 2,420 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 19.62 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 30.17 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 1,850 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 4.6 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 282.19 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 65.23 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 4,000 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Malawi?
- Inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Malawi was 2,417 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 Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 2,459 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cci_lc recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,417 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Malawi rank for inland water bodies — area from cci_lc?
- Malawi ranks 25th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
- Is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Malawi 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.