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 22nd out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Malawi, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 2,459 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 2,459 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 2,459 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 2,455 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 2,453 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 2,452 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 2,450 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 2,434 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 2,434 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 2,436 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 2,436 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 2,437 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2,435 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 2,434 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 2,433 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 2,433 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 2,433 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,433 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 2,432 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 2,431 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 2,429 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 2,427 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 2,426 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 2,426 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 2,424 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 2,422 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 2,417 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 2,417 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 2,417 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 2,417 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 2,417 1000 ha | -0.0% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 2,417 1000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 195.8 1000 ha, 12.3× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 2,417 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 198.84 1000 ha, 12.2× the median. (44 countries reporting)
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
- 19 Mexico 3,069 1000 ha compare
- 19 Wallis and Futuna Islands 10.1 1000 ha compare
- 20 Norway 2,603 1000 ha compare
- 21 Australia 2,552 1000 ha compare
- 22 Caribbean 1,585 1000 ha compare
- 23 Peru 1,630 1000 ha compare
- 24 Mozambique 1,586 1000 ha compare
- 25 Colombia 1,556 1000 ha compare
- 25 Côte d'Ivoire 299.29 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Malawi
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.9153 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.8098 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.254 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.07 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.65 % 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 5.3 % change on previous year (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 22nd out of 224 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.