Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in China

China: Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS was 11,528 1000 ha in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
11,528 1000 ha
Change on year
up 1.6%
World rank
4th
of 215 countries
All-time high
11,528 1000 ha
in 2019
All-time low
10,790 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

02.5k5.0k7.5k10.0k12.5k2015201720192015: 10.8k 1000 ha2016: 11.1k 1000 ha2017: 11.3k 1000 ha2018: 11.3k 1000 ha2019: 11.5k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

China recorded 11,528 1000 ha for inland water bodies — area from cgls in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 6.8% over five years.

That places China 4th out of 215 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

Countries ranked near China

  1. 1 Canada 97,133 1000 ha compare
  2. 2 Russian Federation 50,119 1000 ha compare
  3. 3 Kazakhstan 16,657 1000 ha compare
  4. 5 China, mainland 11,471 1000 ha compare
  5. 6 Brazil 9,289 1000 ha compare
  6. 7 Turkmenistan 8,903 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 243 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is inland water bodies — area from cgls in China?
Inland water bodies — area from cgls in China was 11,528 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 China?
The highest recorded value was 11,528 1000 ha in 2019.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cgls recorded in China?
The lowest recorded value was 10,790 1000 ha in 2015.
How does China rank for inland water bodies — area from cgls?
China ranks 4th out of 215 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this China 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.