Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC was 1,262 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Southern 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 Southern Africa stood at 1,262 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Southern Africa peaked at 1,262 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,207 1000 ha, in 2005.
Southern Africa ranks 24th of 26 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1,227 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 1,227 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 1,227 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 1,226 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 1,227 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 1,230 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 1,231 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 1,221 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 1,223 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 1,222 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 1,217 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 1,211 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 1,207 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 1,207 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,208 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 1,209 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 1,210 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 1,215 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 1,229 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 1,246 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 1,255 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 1,255 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,262 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 1,262 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,262 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 1,262 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1,262 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 1,261 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 1,261 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 1,261 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1,262 1000 ha | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,227 1000 ha | 1,221 1000 ha | 1,231 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 1,213 1000 ha | 1,207 1000 ha | 1,223 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,255 1000 ha | 1,229 1000 ha | 1,262 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,261 1000 ha | 1,261 1000 ha | 1,262 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
More environment data for Southern Africa
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 4.17 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 7.61 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 0.892 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.282 °C (2025)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 770,000 m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Export quantity 427,327 m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import value 35,013 1000 USD (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity 161,260 m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Production 17.26 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Southern Africa?
- Inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Southern Africa was 1,262 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 Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,262 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cci_lc recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,207 1000 ha in 2005.
- How does Southern Africa rank for inland water bodies — area from cci_lc?
- Southern Africa ranks 24th out of 26 groups with data for 2022.
- Is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Southern 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.