Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS by country
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...
Countries reporting
216
Highest
97,133 1000 ha
Canada
Lowest
0.01 1000 ha
Sao Tome and Principe
Median
66.59 1000 ha
Years covered
5
2015–2019
Data points
1,215
What the numbers show
Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS is currently reported for 216 countries. The highest value is 97,133 1000 ha in Canada; the lowest is 0.01 1000 ha in Sao Tome and Principe.
The median across all reporting countries is 66.59 1000 ha, and the mean is 1,356 1000 ha.
Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada | 97,133 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 2 | Russian Federation | 50,119 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 2 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 6,143 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 16,657 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 3 | United Republic of Tanzania | 5,522 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 4 | China | 11,528 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 5 | China, mainland | 11,471 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 5 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3,590 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 6 | Brazil | 9,289 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 6 | Türkiye | 1,120 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 7 | Turkmenistan | 8,903 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 7 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 1,063 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 8 | Azerbaijan | 7,926 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 8 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1,036 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 9 | Uganda | 3,606 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 9 | Melanesia | 730.5 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 10 | Sweden | 3,380 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 10 | Viet Nam | 506.06 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 11 | Argentina | 3,190 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 11 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 193.98 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 12 | Finland | 2,895 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 12 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 109.2 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 13 | Chile | 2,450 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 13 | Syrian Arab Republic | 105.73 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 14 | Indonesia | 2,411 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 14 | Republic of Moldova | 28.57 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 15 | Malawi | 2,336 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 15 | Timor-Leste | 8.8 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 16 | India | 2,113 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 16 | Micronesia | 8.44 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 17 | Australia and New Zealand | 2,058 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 17 | Polynesia | 2.4 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 18 | Greenland | 1,693 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 19 | Australia | 1,534 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 20 | Norway | 1,412 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 21 | Mongolia | 1,389 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 22 | Mexico | 1,364 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 23 | Peru | 1,210 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 23 | Caribbean | 614.47 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 24 | Kenya | 1,176 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 25 | Zambia | 1,131 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 25 | Côte d'Ivoire | 95.55 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 26 | Mozambique | 1,074 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 26 | Cabo Verde | 1.96 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 27 | Uzbekistan | 1,039 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 28 | Ukraine | 1,007 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 29 | Nicaragua | 960.62 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 30 | Colombia | 844.24 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 31 | Kyrgyzstan | 720.41 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 32 | Ethiopia | 717.33 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 33 | Myanmar | 683.71 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 34 | Egypt | 627.91 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 35 | Ghana | 580.99 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 36 | Pakistan | 537.82 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 37 | New Zealand | 523.62 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 38 | Thailand | 517.5 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 39 | Iraq | 517.1 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 40 | Philippines | 491.62 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 41 | Bangladesh | 474.6 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 42 | Papua New Guinea | 452.86 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 43 | Cambodia | 395.86 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 44 | Japan | 379.06 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 45 | Uruguay | 369.61 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 46 | Malaysia | 367.88 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 47 | Nigeria | 349.47 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 48 | Germany | 347.14 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 49 | Sudan | 342.34 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 50 | Poland | 318.37 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 51 | Zimbabwe | 315.26 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 52 | Paraguay | 305.36 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 53 | South Africa | 305.33 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 54 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 283.71 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 55 | Italy | 277.29 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 56 | France | 269.08 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 57 | Cuba | 253.75 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 58 | Spain | 231.39 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 59 | Iceland | 227.96 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 60 | Estonia | 210.82 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 61 | Ecuador | 209.44 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 62 | Bahamas | 206.11 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 63 | Burundi | 198.43 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 64 | Suriname | 175.76 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 65 | Madagascar | 174.98 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 66 | Romania | 173.92 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 67 | Mali | 170.09 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 68 | Cameroon | 167.93 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 69 | Belarus | 165.86 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 70 | Greece | 164.32 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 71 | Solomon Islands | 161.14 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 72 | Gabon | 157.4 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 73 | Chad | 154.65 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 74 | Tajikistan | 146.46 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 75 | Rwanda | 145.82 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 76 | Switzerland | 139.79 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 77 | Congo | 137.55 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 78 | Armenia | 133.6 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 79 | Ireland | 127.9 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 80 | Guatemala | 114.99 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 81 | Hungary | 112.84 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 82 | Republic of Korea | 111.64 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 83 | Guyana | 111.4 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 84 | Sri Lanka | 109.5 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 85 | Saudi Arabia | 109.18 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 86 | Honduras | 100.73 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 87 | Denmark | 91.36 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 88 | Lithuania | 86.63 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 89 | Latvia | 86.18 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 90 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 84.42 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 91 | Portugal | 78.39 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 92 | Angola | 77.69 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 93 | Bulgaria | 77.55 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 94 | Afghanistan | 72.26 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 95 | Morocco | 70.03 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 96 | Panama | 63.15 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 97 | Yemen | 59.51 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 98 | Austria | 58.32 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 99 | Dominican Republic | 58.09 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 100 | French Guiana | 56.59 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 101 | China, Taiwan Province of | 54.26 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 102 | Albania | 50.74 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 103 | Central African Republic | 50.45 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 104 | North Macedonia | 48.7 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 105 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 47.88 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 106 | Israel | 47.06 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 107 | New Caledonia | 46.55 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 108 | South Sudan | 46.16 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 109 | Czechia | 45.33 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 110 | Botswana | 45.29 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 111 | Jordan | 44.59 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 112 | Serbia | 44.53 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 113 | Burkina Faso | 44.47 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 114 | Croatia | 43.49 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 115 | Belize | 42.41 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 116 | Algeria | 41.89 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 117 | Senegal | 41.1 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 118 | Haiti | 38.88 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 119 | Fiji | 35.47 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 120 | Vanuatu | 34.48 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 121 | Tunisia | 32.89 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 122 | Namibia | 32.73 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 123 | Costa Rica | 31.35 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 124 | Benin | 29.2 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 125 | Georgia | 28.64 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 126 | Mauritania | 28.52 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 127 | Oman | 27.59 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 128 | El Salvador | 26.69 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 129 | Montenegro | 25.66 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 130 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 21.44 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 131 | Slovakia | 20.79 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 132 | Palestine | 17.29 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 133 | Eritrea | 16.89 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 134 | Nepal | 15.23 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 135 | Niger | 14.87 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 136 | Djibouti | 14.53 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 137 | Belgium | 13.13 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 138 | Somalia | 12.57 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 139 | United Arab Emirates | 11.41 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 140 | Puerto Rico | 9.88 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 141 | Guinea | 9.31 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 142 | Guinea-Bissau | 9.12 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 143 | Palau | 8.44 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 144 | Sierra Leone | 7.89 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 145 | Guadeloupe | 7.53 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 146 | Brunei Darussalam | 7.34 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 147 | Cyprus | 6.35 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 148 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.16 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 149 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 6.02 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 150 | Togo | 5.57 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 151 | Libya | 5.49 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 152 | Bhutan | 5.24 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 153 | Martinique | 4.13 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 154 | Eswatini | 4.12 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 155 | Qatar | 4.06 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 156 | Kuwait | 4 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 157 | Jamaica | 3.95 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 158 | Slovenia | 3.7 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 159 | Lesotho | 3.48 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 160 | Singapore | 3.23 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 161 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 2.79 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 162 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.76 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 163 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.45 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 164 | Tonga | 2.4 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 165 | Faroe Islands | 2.31 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 166 | Western Sahara | 2.26 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 167 | Liberia | 2.24 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 167 | British Virgin Islands | 2.24 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 169 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.1 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 170 | Gambia | 2.02 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 171 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 2 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 172 | Lebanon | 1.67 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 173 | United States Virgin Islands | 1.63 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 174 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.61 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 175 | Saint Lucia | 1.57 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 176 | Grenada | 1.56 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 177 | Anguilla | 1.54 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 178 | Mauritius | 1.44 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 179 | Aruba | 1.34 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 180 | Cayman Islands | 1.29 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 181 | Dominica | 1.23 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 182 | Bahrain | 0.95 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 183 | Isle of Man | 0.87 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 184 | Réunion | 0.77 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 185 | Comoros | 0.59 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 186 | Malta | 0.54 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 187 | Barbados | 0.38 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 188 | Montserrat | 0.37 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 189 | Maldives | 0.36 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 190 | Luxembourg | 0.26 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 191 | Seychelles | 0.22 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 192 | Mayotte | 0.2 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 193 | French Southern Territories | 0.14 1000 ha | 2019 | — | falling |
| 194 | China, Macao SAR | 0.09 1000 ha | 2019 | — | rising |
| 195 | Andorra | 0.03 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 196 | Gibraltar | 0.01 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 196 | Monaco | 0.01 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
| 196 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.01 1000 ha | 2019 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 308,811 1000 ha
- Asia 66,206 1000 ha
- Americas 153,296 1000 ha
- Northern America 129,621 1000 ha
- Europe 62,776 1000 ha
- Middle Africa 4,338 1000 ha
- Eastern Europe 52,069 1000 ha
- United States of America 30,793 1000 ha
- Central Asia 27,466 1000 ha
- Africa 23,734 1000 ha
- South America 20,357 1000 ha
- Eastern Africa 16,490 1000 ha
- Eastern Asia 13,517 1000 ha
- Western Asia 10,165 1000 ha
- Southern Asia 9,471 1000 ha
- European Union (27) 9,204 1000 ha
- Northern Europe 8,805 1000 ha
- South-Eastern Asia 5,587 1000 ha
- Oceania 2,799 1000 ha
- Central America 2,704 1000 ha
- Chagai 0.51 1000 ha
- Western Africa 1,392 1000 ha
- Northern Africa 1,123 1000 ha
- Southern Europe 990.25 1000 ha
- Western Europe 912.16 1000 ha
- Southern Africa 390.95 1000 ha
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.