Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Mauritius
Mauritius: Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC was 25.41 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Mauritius, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2022, inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Mauritius stood at 25.41 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Mauritius peaked at 26.74 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 25.41 1000 ha, in 2022.
Mauritius ranks 180th of 241 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 26.74 1000 ha | 26.74 1000 ha | 26.74 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 25.92 1000 ha | 25.52 1000 ha | 26.74 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 25.44 1000 ha | 25.42 1000 ha | 25.49 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.42 1000 ha | 25.41 1000 ha | 25.42 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Mauritius
- 177 Micronesia (Federated States of) 27.64 1000 ha compare
- 178 Slovakia 26.34 1000 ha compare
- 179 China, Hong Kong SAR 25.66 1000 ha compare
- 181 Qatar 23.56 1000 ha compare
- 182 Guadeloupe 22.92 1000 ha compare
- 183 Cyprus 22.47 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Mauritius
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 25.43 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 19 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 1 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 3.5 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 8.57 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 7 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 5.02 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 4.1 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 86.41 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 70.62 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Mauritius?
- Inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Mauritius was 25.41 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 Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 26.74 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cci_lc recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.41 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Mauritius rank for inland water bodies — area from cci_lc?
- Mauritius ranks 180th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
- Is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mauritius 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.