Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Maldives
Maldives: Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC was 46.2 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Maldives, 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 Maldives is 46.2 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Maldives peaked at 46.2 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 46.2 1000 ha, in 1992.
Maldives ranks 143rd of 219 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 46.2 1000 ha | 46.2 1000 ha | 46.2 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 46.2 1000 ha | 46.2 1000 ha | 46.2 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 46.2 1000 ha | 46.2 1000 ha | 46.2 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 46.2 1000 ha | 46.2 1000 ha | 46.2 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 140 Marshall Islands, Republic of the 49.22 1000 ha compare
- 141 Jordan 47.23 1000 ha compare
- 142 United States Minor Outlying Islands 46.55 1000 ha compare
- 144 Benin 45.52 1000 ha compare
- 145 Gambia, The 43.31 1000 ha compare
- 146 Puerto Rico 40.92 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Maldives
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.252 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.911 °C (2025)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 196 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 9 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 0 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 0 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 2,610 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 2,244 t (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import value 1,958 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Maldives?
- Inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Maldives was 46.2 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 Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 46.2 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cci_lc recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 46.2 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does Maldives rank for inland water bodies — area from cci_lc?
- Maldives ranks 143rd out of 219 countries with data for 2022.
- Is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Maldives 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.