Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico: Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC was 40.92 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)
40.92 1000 ha
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
146th
of 224 countries
All-time high
41.89 1000 ha
in 1992
All-time low
40.92 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
31
1992–2022

Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Puerto Rico, 1992–2022

0102030401992200720221992: 41.9 1000 ha1993: 41.9 1000 ha1994: 41.8 1000 ha1995: 41.7 1000 ha1996: 41.7 1000 ha1997: 41.6 1000 ha1998: 41.6 1000 ha1999: 41.6 1000 ha2000: 41.6 1000 ha2001: 41.5 1000 ha2002: 41.5 1000 ha2003: 41.5 1000 ha2004: 41.5 1000 ha2005: 41.5 1000 ha2006: 41.5 1000 ha2007: 41.4 1000 ha2008: 41.4 1000 ha2009: 41.2 1000 ha2010: 41.2 1000 ha2011: 41.1 1000 ha2012: 41.1 1000 ha2013: 41 1000 ha2014: 41 1000 ha2015: 40.9 1000 ha2016: 40.9 1000 ha2017: 40.9 1000 ha2018: 40.9 1000 ha2019: 40.9 1000 ha2020: 40.9 1000 ha2021: 40.9 1000 ha2022: 40.9 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

Puerto Rico recorded 40.92 1000 ha for inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.

The figure is down 0.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Puerto Rico peaked at 41.89 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 40.92 1000 ha, in 2015.

Puerto Rico ranks 146th of 224 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Puerto Rico, year by year

Annual values for Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Puerto Rico, 1992 to 2022.
Year 1000 ha Change
1992 41.89 1000 ha
1993 41.86 1000 ha -0.1%
1994 41.81 1000 ha -0.1%
1995 41.66 1000 ha -0.4%
1996 41.68 1000 ha +0.0%
1997 41.64 1000 ha -0.1%
1998 41.62 1000 ha -0.0%
1999 41.59 1000 ha -0.1%
2000 41.57 1000 ha -0.0%
2001 41.47 1000 ha -0.2%
2002 41.47 1000 ha +0.0%
2003 41.47 1000 ha +0.0%
2004 41.47 1000 ha +0.0%
2005 41.45 1000 ha -0.0%
2006 41.46 1000 ha +0.0%
2007 41.41 1000 ha -0.1%
2008 41.38 1000 ha -0.1%
2009 41.23 1000 ha -0.4%
2010 41.18 1000 ha -0.1%
2011 41.14 1000 ha -0.1%
2012 41.1 1000 ha -0.1%
2013 41.05 1000 ha -0.1%
2014 41.01 1000 ha -0.1%
2015 40.92 1000 ha -0.2%
2016 40.92 1000 ha +0.0%
2017 40.92 1000 ha +0.0%
2018 40.94 1000 ha +0.0%
2019 40.94 1000 ha +0.0%
2020 40.94 1000 ha +0.0%
2021 40.92 1000 ha -0.0%
2022 40.92 1000 ha +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 41.72 1000 ha 41.59 1000 ha 41.89 1000 ha 8
2000s 41.44 1000 ha 41.23 1000 ha 41.57 1000 ha 10
2010s 41.01 1000 ha 40.92 1000 ha 41.18 1000 ha 10
2020s 40.93 1000 ha 40.92 1000 ha 40.94 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Puerto Rico

  1. 143 Maldives 46.2 1000 ha compare
  2. 144 Benin 45.52 1000 ha compare
  3. 145 Gambia 43.31 1000 ha compare
  4. 147 Georgia 40.46 1000 ha compare
  5. 148 Niger 40.17 1000 ha compare
  6. 149 United Arab Emirates 39.91 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Puerto Rico?
Inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Puerto Rico was 40.92 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 Puerto Rico?
The highest recorded value was 41.89 1000 ha in 1992.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cci_lc recorded in Puerto Rico?
The lowest recorded value was 40.92 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Puerto Rico rank for inland water bodies — area from cci_lc?
Puerto Rico ranks 146th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
Is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Puerto Rico 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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Indicator
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
270 places, 8,231 data points, 1992–2022
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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.