Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Cameroon

Cameroon: Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS was 167.93 1000 ha in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
167.93 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.7%
World rank
77th
of 215 countries
All-time high
169.07 1000 ha
in 2018
All-time low
158.03 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Cameroon, 2015–2019

0501001502015201720192015: 158 1000 ha2016: 167.1 1000 ha2017: 167.3 1000 ha2018: 169.1 1000 ha2019: 167.9 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 Cameroon is 167.93 1000 ha, measured in 2019.

The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 6.3% over five years.

Cameroon ranks 77th of 215 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near Cameroon

  1. 74 Madagascar 174.98 1000 ha compare
  2. 75 Romania 173.92 1000 ha compare
  3. 76 Mali 170.09 1000 ha compare
  4. 78 Belarus 165.86 1000 ha compare
  5. 79 Greece 164.32 1000 ha compare
  6. 80 Solomon Islands 161.14 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is inland water bodies — area from cgls in Cameroon?
Inland water bodies — area from cgls in Cameroon was 167.93 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 Cameroon?
The highest recorded value was 169.07 1000 ha in 2018.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cgls recorded in Cameroon?
The lowest recorded value was 158.03 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Cameroon rank for inland water bodies — area from cgls?
Cameroon ranks 77th out of 215 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Cameroon 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

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.