Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Guinea

Guinea: Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS was 9.31 1000 ha in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
9.31 1000 ha
Change on year
up 14.1%
World rank
153rd
of 215 countries
All-time high
9.31 1000 ha
in 2019
All-time low
6.28 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

02468102015201720192015: 6.3 1000 ha2016: 8.1 1000 ha2017: 7.6 1000 ha2018: 8.2 1000 ha2019: 9.3 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 Guinea stood at 9.31 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of up 14.1% on the previous year and up 48.2% over five years.

Guinea ranks 153rd of 215 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near Guinea

  1. 150 Somalia 12.57 1000 ha compare
  2. 151 United Arab Emirates 11.41 1000 ha compare
  3. 152 Puerto Rico 9.88 1000 ha compare
  4. 154 Guinea-Bissau 9.12 1000 ha compare
  5. 155 Timor-Leste 8.8 1000 ha compare
  6. 156 Palau 8.44 1000 ha compare
  7. 156 Micronesia 8.44 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is inland water bodies — area from cgls in Guinea?
Inland water bodies — area from cgls in Guinea was 9.31 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 Guinea?
The highest recorded value was 9.31 1000 ha in 2019.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cgls recorded in Guinea?
The lowest recorded value was 6.28 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Guinea rank for inland water bodies — area from cgls?
Guinea ranks 153rd out of 215 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Guinea 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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About this data

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
Last refreshed

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.