Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS was 3,590 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
3,590 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.5%
World rank
5th
of 18 countries
All-time high
3,607 1000 ha
in 2018
All-time low
3,551 1000 ha
in 2016
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2015–2019

01.0k2.0k3.0k4.0k2015201720192015: 3.6k 1000 ha2016: 3.6k 1000 ha2017: 3.6k 1000 ha2018: 3.6k 1000 ha2019: 3.6k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

Democratic Republic of the Congo recorded 3,590 1000 ha for inland water bodies — area from cgls in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 0.4% over five years.

Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Democratic Republic of the Congo, year by year

Annual values for Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 3,578 1000 ha
2016 3,551 1000 ha -0.7%
2017 3,588 1000 ha +1.0%
2018 3,607 1000 ha +0.5%
2019 3,590 1000 ha -0.5%

Countries ranked near Democratic Republic of the Congo

  1. 2 Russian Federation 50,119 1000 ha compare
  2. 3 Kazakhstan 16,657 1000 ha compare
  3. 4 China 11,528 1000 ha compare
  4. 5 China, mainland 11,471 1000 ha compare
  5. 6 Brazil 9,289 1000 ha compare
  6. 6 Türkiye 1,120 1000 ha compare
  7. 7 Turkmenistan 8,903 1000 ha compare
  8. 8 Azerbaijan 7,926 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is inland water bodies — area from cgls in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
Inland water bodies — area from cgls in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 3,590 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 Democratic Republic of the Congo?
The highest recorded value was 3,607 1000 ha in 2018.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cgls recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
The lowest recorded value was 3,551 1000 ha in 2016.
How does Democratic Republic of the Congo rank for inland water bodies — area from cgls?
Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 5th out of 18 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Democratic Republic of the Congo 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.