Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Spain
Spain: Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC was 539 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Spain, 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 Spain is 539 1000 ha, measured in 2022.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Spain peaked at 541.12 1000 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 512.44 1000 ha, in 1996.
Spain ranks 53rd of 224 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Spain, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 516.77 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 516.59 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 516.37 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 513.98 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 512.44 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 516.78 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 518.43 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 516.76 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 518.12 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 519.67 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 520.43 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 521.18 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 521.29 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 520.77 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 520.43 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 522.01 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 522.08 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 523.28 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 529.25 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 532.76 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 532.54 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 532.97 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 538.79 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 538.59 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 540.48 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 540.9 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 540.99 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 541.12 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 539.79 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 539.46 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 539 1000 ha | -0.1% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 539 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 71.7 1000 ha, 7.5× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Spain's 539 1000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 149.87 1000 ha, 3.6× the median. (51 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 516.01 1000 ha | 512.44 1000 ha | 518.43 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 520.93 1000 ha | 518.12 1000 ha | 523.28 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 536.84 1000 ha | 529.25 1000 ha | 541.12 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 539.42 1000 ha | 539 1000 ha | 539.79 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Spain
More environment data for Spain
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.67 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.4 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.402 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.3 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 10.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -0.4277 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.5136 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Spain?
- Inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Spain was 539 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 Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 541.12 1000 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cci_lc recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 512.44 1000 ha in 1996.
- How does Spain rank for inland water bodies — area from cci_lc?
- Spain ranks 53rd out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain 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.