Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in South America
South America: Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC was 30,808 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in South America, 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 South America is 30,808 1000 ha, measured in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in South America peaked at 31,055 1000 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 26,837 1000 ha, in 1992.
South America ranks 8th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in South America, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 26,837 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 27,740 1000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1994 | 27,739 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 28,258 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 28,724 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 29,089 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 29,532 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 29,978 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 30,101 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 30,174 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 30,223 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 30,186 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 31,055 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 30,984 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 30,891 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 30,865 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 30,811 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 30,744 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 30,724 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 30,745 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 30,734 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 30,722 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 30,742 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 30,742 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 30,742 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 30,778 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 30,776 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 30,811 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 30,783 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 30,792 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 30,808 1000 ha | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 28,487 1000 ha | 26,837 1000 ha | 29,978 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 30,603 1000 ha | 30,101 1000 ha | 31,055 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 30,752 1000 ha | 30,722 1000 ha | 30,811 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 30,794 1000 ha | 30,783 1000 ha | 30,808 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 5 Brazil 13,650 1000 ha compare
- 6 China 13,140 1000 ha compare
- 7 China, mainland 13,021 1000 ha compare
- 8 Turkmenistan 9,027 1000 ha compare
- 9 Azerbaijan 7,972 1000 ha compare
- 10 Greenland 6,357 1000 ha compare
- 11 India 5,687 1000 ha compare
More environment data for South America
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.23 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.218 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production, annual growth rate 4.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled 107,789 t (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import value, annual growth rate -4.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate 8.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Newsprint — Import value, annual growth rate -23.86 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in South America?
- Inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in South America was 30,808 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 South America?
- The highest recorded value was 31,055 1000 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cci_lc recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 26,837 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does South America rank for inland water bodies — area from cci_lc?
- South America ranks 8th out of 26 groups with data for 2022.
- Is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America 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.