Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC was 1,143 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Papua New Guinea, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 1,143 1000 ha for inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Papua New Guinea peaked at 1,236 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 1,139 1000 ha, in 2015.
That places Papua New Guinea 34th out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1,236 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 1,236 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 1,236 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 1,221 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 1,221 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 1,201 1000 ha | -1.7% |
| 1998 | 1,187 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 1,178 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 1,179 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 1,172 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 1,165 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 1,162 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 1,160 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 1,160 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,161 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 1,160 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 1,161 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 1,163 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 1,164 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1,163 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 1,163 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 1,163 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,140 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 1,139 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,141 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 1,142 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,143 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1,143 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1,143 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 1,143 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1,143 1000 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,215 1000 ha | 1,178 1000 ha | 1,236 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 1,164 1000 ha | 1,160 1000 ha | 1,179 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,150 1000 ha | 1,139 1000 ha | 1,164 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,143 1000 ha | 1,143 1000 ha | 1,143 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
More environment data for Papua New Guinea
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.56 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.183 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.834 °C (2025)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate 2.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, per capita 0.0008 t per person (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import value, annual growth rate -11.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Papua New Guinea?
- Inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Papua New Guinea was 1,143 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 Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 1,236 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cci_lc recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,139 1000 ha in 2015.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for inland water bodies — area from cci_lc?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 34th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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.