Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Switzerland
Switzerland: Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC was 149.87 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Switzerland, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 149.87 1000 ha for inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in 2022.
That represents a change of up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Switzerland peaked at 149.88 1000 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 138.14 1000 ha, in 1994.
That places Switzerland 115th out of 245 countries with data for 2022, putting it 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 Switzerland, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 138.17 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 138.16 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 138.14 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 139.49 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 145.6 1000 ha | +4.4% |
| 1997 | 146.23 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 146.28 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 145.65 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 145.67 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 145.62 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 145.55 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 145.64 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 145.67 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 145.66 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 145.68 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 145.8 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 145.8 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 145.86 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 145.85 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 145.88 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 145.94 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 146.12 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 148.03 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 148 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 148.27 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 148.4 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 148.47 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 149.84 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 149.88 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 149.87 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 149.87 1000 ha | +0.0% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 149.87 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 71.7 1000 ha, 2.1× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 149.87 1000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 149.87 1000 ha, 1.0× the median. (51 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 142.22 1000 ha | 138.14 1000 ha | 146.28 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 145.69 1000 ha | 145.55 1000 ha | 145.86 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 147.48 1000 ha | 145.85 1000 ha | 149.84 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 149.87 1000 ha | 149.87 1000 ha | 149.88 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
- 112 Portugal 160.38 1000 ha compare
- 113 Rwanda 156.32 1000 ha compare
- 114 French Southern Territories 152.57 1000 ha compare
- 116 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 145.66 1000 ha compare
- 117 Guatemala 143.26 1000 ha compare
- 118 New Caledonia 141.41 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Switzerland
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.2925 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.4333 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.458 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.33 °C (2025)
- Sawnwood, coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 0.7215 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 11.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.2741 % 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Switzerland?
- Inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Switzerland was 149.87 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 Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 149.88 1000 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cci_lc recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 138.14 1000 ha in 1994.
- How does Switzerland rank for inland water bodies — area from cci_lc?
- Switzerland ranks 115th out of 245 countries with data for 2022.
- Is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.