Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Eswatini

Eswatini: Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS was 4.12 1000 ha in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
4.12 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
154th
of 199 countries
All-time high
4.12 1000 ha
in 2019
All-time low
2.64 1000 ha
in 2016
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

012342015201720192015: 3.8 1000 ha2016: 2.6 1000 ha2017: 3.6 1000 ha2018: 4.1 1000 ha2019: 4.1 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 Eswatini is 4.12 1000 ha, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 7.3% over five years.

That places Eswatini 154th out of 199 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Eswatini, year by year

Annual values for Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Eswatini, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 3.84 1000 ha —
2016 2.64 1000 ha -31.2%
2017 3.56 1000 ha +34.8%
2018 4.11 1000 ha +15.4%
2019 4.12 1000 ha +0.2%

Eswatini compared with similar countries

  • Eswatini's 4.12 1000 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 89.21 1000 ha, 5% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
  • Eswatini's 4.12 1000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 45.72 1000 ha, 9% of the median. (44 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Eswatini

  1. 151 Libya 5.49 1000 ha compare
  2. 152 Bhutan 5.24 1000 ha compare
  3. 153 Martinique 4.13 1000 ha compare
  4. 155 Qatar 4.06 1000 ha compare
  5. 156 Kuwait 4 1000 ha compare
  6. 157 Jamaica 3.95 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is inland water bodies — area from cgls in Eswatini?
Inland water bodies — area from cgls in Eswatini was 4.12 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 Eswatini?
The highest recorded value was 4.12 1000 ha in 2019.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cgls recorded in Eswatini?
The lowest recorded value was 2.64 1000 ha in 2016.
How does Eswatini rank for inland water bodies — area from cgls?
Eswatini ranks 154th out of 199 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Eswatini 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.