Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in French Guiana

French Guiana: Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS was 56.59 1000 ha in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
56.59 1000 ha
Change on year
down 1.7%
World rank
100th
of 199 countries
All-time high
61.1 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
56.59 1000 ha
in 2019
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

02040602015201720192015: 61.1 1000 ha2016: 58.6 1000 ha2017: 58.3 1000 ha2018: 57.6 1000 ha2019: 56.6 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 French Guiana stood at 56.59 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 7.4% over five years.

French Guiana ranks 100th of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near French Guiana

  1. 97 Yemen 59.51 1000 ha compare
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  3. 99 Dominican Republic 58.09 1000 ha compare
  4. 101 China, Taiwan Province of 54.26 1000 ha compare
  5. 102 Albania 50.74 1000 ha compare
  6. 103 Central African Republic 50.45 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is inland water bodies — area from cgls in French Guiana?
Inland water bodies — area from cgls in French Guiana was 56.59 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 French Guiana?
The highest recorded value was 61.1 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cgls recorded in French Guiana?
The lowest recorded value was 56.59 1000 ha in 2019.
How does French Guiana rank for inland water bodies — area from cgls?
French Guiana ranks 100th out of 199 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this French Guiana 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.