Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Central America

Central America: Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS was 2,704 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
2,704 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.4%
Rank
17th
of 39 groups
All-time high
2,720 1000 ha
in 2017
All-time low
2,704 1000 ha
in 2016
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

01.0k2.0k3.0k2015201720192015: 2.7k 1000 ha2016: 2.7k 1000 ha2017: 2.7k 1000 ha2018: 2.7k 1000 ha2019: 2.7k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

In 2019, inland water bodies — area from cgls in Central America stood at 2,704 1000 ha.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 0.6% over five years.

Central America ranks 17th of 39 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near Central America

  1. 14 Indonesia 2,411 1000 ha compare
  2. 15 Malawi 2,336 1000 ha compare
  3. 16 India 2,113 1000 ha compare
  4. 17 Australia and New Zealand 2,058 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 Central America?
Inland water bodies — area from cgls in Central America was 2,704 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 Central America?
The highest recorded value was 2,720 1000 ha in 2017.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cgls recorded in Central America?
The lowest recorded value was 2,704 1000 ha in 2016.
How does Central America rank for inland water bodies — area from cgls?
Central America ranks 17th out of 39 groups with data for 2019.
Where does this Central America 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.