Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Botswana
Botswana: Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS was 45.29 1000 ha in 2019. ▲ Rising
Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Botswana, 2015–2019
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Botswana recorded 45.29 1000 ha for inland water bodies — area from cgls in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.4% on the previous year and up 55.9% over five years.
That places Botswana 110th out of 199 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Botswana, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 29.06 1000 ha | — |
| 2016 | 20.49 1000 ha | -29.5% |
| 2017 | 47.81 1000 ha | +133.3% |
| 2018 | 46.39 1000 ha | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 45.29 1000 ha | -2.4% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 45.29 1000 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 114.99 1000 ha, 39% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 45.29 1000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 45.72 1000 ha, 99% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Botswana
- 107 New Caledonia 46.55 1000 ha compare
- 108 South Sudan 46.16 1000 ha compare
- 109 Czechia 45.33 1000 ha compare
- 111 Jordan 44.59 1000 ha compare
- 112 Serbia 44.53 1000 ha compare
- 113 Burkina Faso 44.47 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Botswana
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 6.04 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 6.49 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.381 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.443 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -4.05 % 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 0.3323 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from cgls in Botswana?
- Inland water bodies — area from cgls in Botswana was 45.29 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 Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 47.81 1000 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cgls recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.49 1000 ha in 2016.
- How does Botswana rank for inland water bodies — area from cgls?
- Botswana ranks 110th out of 199 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this Botswana 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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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.