Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC was 2,163 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Northern Africa, 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 Northern Africa stood at 2,163 1000 ha.
The figure is up 5.4% on the previous year and up 15.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Northern Africa peaked at 2,166 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 1,873 1000 ha, in 2013.
Northern Africa ranks 21st of 26 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 2,147 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 2,147 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 2,147 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 2,118 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 2,103 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 2,107 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 2,086 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 2,091 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 2,091 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 2,166 1000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 2,155 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 2,122 1000 ha | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 2,092 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 2,066 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 2,038 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 2,034 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 2,064 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 2,082 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 2,071 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 2,074 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 1,876 1000 ha | -9.5% |
| 2013 | 1,873 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 1,890 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 1,889 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,905 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 1,904 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,901 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 1,899 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 1,973 1000 ha | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 2,053 1000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 2,163 1000 ha | +5.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,118 1000 ha | 2,086 1000 ha | 2,147 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 2,091 1000 ha | 2,034 1000 ha | 2,166 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,928 1000 ha | 1,873 1000 ha | 2,074 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,063 1000 ha | 1,973 1000 ha | 2,163 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
More environment data for Northern Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -13.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -20 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.281 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.61 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 864,000 t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 701,000 t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 432.96 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 0.84 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.41 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Northern Africa?
- Inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Northern Africa was 2,163 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 Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,166 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cci_lc recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,873 1000 ha in 2013.
- How does Northern Africa rank for inland water bodies — area from cci_lc?
- Northern Africa ranks 21st out of 26 groups with data for 2022.
- Is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern Africa 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.