Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Australia and New Zealand

Australia and New Zealand: Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS was 2,058 1000 ha in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
2,058 1000 ha
Change on year
down 1.0%
World rank
17th
of 199 countries
All-time high
2,122 1000 ha
in 2017
All-time low
1,877 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Australia and New Zealand, 2015–2019

05001.0k1.5k2.0k2015201720192015: 1.9k 1000 ha2016: 1.9k 1000 ha2017: 2.1k 1000 ha2018: 2.1k 1000 ha2019: 2.1k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for inland water bodies — area from cgls in Australia and New Zealand is 2,058 1000 ha, measured in 2019.

The figure is down 1.0% on the previous year and up 9.6% over five years.

Australia and New Zealand ranks 17th of 199 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Australia and New Zealand, year by year

Annual values for Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Australia and New Zealand, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 1,877 1000 ha
2016 1,947 1000 ha +3.7%
2017 2,122 1000 ha +9.0%
2018 2,078 1000 ha -2.1%
2019 2,058 1000 ha -1.0%

Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand

  1. 14 Indonesia 2,411 1000 ha compare
  2. 15 Malawi 2,336 1000 ha compare
  3. 15 Timor-Leste 8.8 1000 ha compare
  4. 16 India 2,113 1000 ha compare
  5. 18 Greenland 1,693 1000 ha compare
  6. 19 Australia 1,534 1000 ha compare
  7. 20 Norway 1,412 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is inland water bodies — area from cgls in Australia and New Zealand?
Inland water bodies — area from cgls in Australia and New Zealand was 2,058 1000 ha in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest inland water bodies — area from cgls recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
The highest recorded value was 2,122 1000 ha in 2017.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cgls recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
The lowest recorded value was 1,877 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Australia and New Zealand rank for inland water bodies — area from cgls?
Australia and New Zealand ranks 17th out of 199 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Australia and New Zealand data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
243 places, 1,215 data points, 2015–2019
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.