Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in British Virgin Islands

British Virgin Islands: Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS was 2.24 1000 ha in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
2.24 1000 ha
Change on year
up 1.8%
World rank
167th
of 199 countries
All-time high
2.37 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
2.19 1000 ha
in 2017
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in British Virgin Islands, 2015–2019

00.511.522.52015201720192015: 2.4 1000 ha2016: 2.2 1000 ha2017: 2.2 1000 ha2018: 2.2 1000 ha2019: 2.2 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 British Virgin Islands is 2.24 1000 ha, measured in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.8% on the previous year and down 5.5% over five years.

British Virgin Islands ranks 167th of 199 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Countries ranked near British Virgin Islands

  1. 164 Tonga 2.4 1000 ha compare
  2. 165 Faroe Islands 2.31 1000 ha compare
  3. 166 Western Sahara 2.26 1000 ha compare
  4. 167 Liberia 2.24 1000 ha compare
  5. 169 Equatorial Guinea 2.1 1000 ha compare
  6. 170 Gambia 2.02 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is inland water bodies — area from cgls in British Virgin Islands?
Inland water bodies — area from cgls in British Virgin Islands was 2.24 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 British Virgin Islands?
The highest recorded value was 2.37 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cgls recorded in British Virgin Islands?
The lowest recorded value was 2.19 1000 ha in 2017.
How does British Virgin Islands rank for inland water bodies — area from cgls?
British Virgin Islands ranks 167th out of 199 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this British Virgin Islands 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
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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.