Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC in Vanuatu

Vanuatu: Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC was 97.93 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling

Latest (2022)
97.93 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.0%
World rank
131st
of 241 countries
All-time high
110.55 1000 ha
in 1992
All-time low
97.9 1000 ha
in 2014
Years of data
31
1992–2022

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

02550751001992200720221992: 110.5 1000 ha1993: 110.5 1000 ha1994: 110.5 1000 ha1995: 106 1000 ha1996: 101.5 1000 ha1997: 99.6 1000 ha1998: 99.4 1000 ha1999: 99.4 1000 ha2000: 99.6 1000 ha2001: 99.5 1000 ha2002: 99.6 1000 ha2003: 99.2 1000 ha2004: 99 1000 ha2005: 99.1 1000 ha2006: 99.1 1000 ha2007: 99.1 1000 ha2008: 99 1000 ha2009: 98.6 1000 ha2010: 98.6 1000 ha2011: 98.6 1000 ha2012: 98.6 1000 ha2013: 98.5 1000 ha2014: 97.9 1000 ha2015: 97.9 1000 ha2016: 97.9 1000 ha2017: 97.9 1000 ha2018: 97.9 1000 ha2019: 97.9 1000 ha2020: 97.9 1000 ha2021: 97.9 1000 ha2022: 97.9 1000 ha

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

Analysis

Vanuatu recorded 97.93 1000 ha for inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in 2022.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Vanuatu peaked at 110.55 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 97.9 1000 ha, in 2014.

Vanuatu ranks 131st of 241 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 104.69 1000 ha 99.37 1000 ha 110.55 1000 ha 8
2000s 99.18 1000 ha 98.56 1000 ha 99.61 1000 ha 10
2010s 98.17 1000 ha 97.9 1000 ha 98.6 1000 ha 10
2020s 97.92 1000 ha 97.91 1000 ha 97.93 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Vanuatu

  1. 128 French Guiana 107.45 1000 ha compare
  2. 129 Burkina Faso 105.19 1000 ha compare
  3. 130 Serbia and Montenegro 99.8 1000 ha compare
  4. 132 Dominican Republic 97.5 1000 ha compare
  5. 133 Belize 97.31 1000 ha compare
  6. 134 Tunisia 94.1 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 270 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Vanuatu?
Inland water bodies — area from cci_lc in Vanuatu was 97.93 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 Vanuatu?
The highest recorded value was 110.55 1000 ha in 1992.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cci_lc recorded in Vanuatu?
The lowest recorded value was 97.9 1000 ha in 2014.
How does Vanuatu rank for inland water bodies — area from cci_lc?
Vanuatu ranks 131st out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
Is inland water bodies — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Vanuatu?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Vanuatu 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

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
Last refreshed

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.