Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS was 31.35 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
31.35 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
123rd
of 199 countries
All-time high
32.63 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
30.86 1000 ha
in 2016
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

01020302015201720192015: 32.6 1000 ha2016: 30.9 1000 ha2017: 31.4 1000 ha2018: 31.2 1000 ha2019: 31.4 1000 ha

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

Analysis

Costa Rica recorded 31.35 1000 ha for inland water bodies — area from cgls in 2019.

The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 3.9% over five years.

Costa Rica ranks 123rd of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Costa Rica, year by year

Annual values for Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Costa Rica, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 32.63 1000 ha
2016 30.86 1000 ha -5.4%
2017 31.4 1000 ha +1.7%
2018 31.24 1000 ha -0.5%
2019 31.35 1000 ha +0.4%

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  4. 124 Benin 29.2 1000 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions

What is inland water bodies — area from cgls in Costa Rica?
Inland water bodies — area from cgls in Costa Rica was 31.35 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 Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 32.63 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cgls recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 30.86 1000 ha in 2016.
How does Costa Rica rank for inland water bodies — area from cgls?
Costa Rica ranks 123rd out of 199 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Costa Rica 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.