Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in India
India: Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS was 2,113 1000 ha in 2019. ▲ Rising
Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in India, 2015–2019
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
India recorded 2,113 1000 ha for inland water bodies — area from cgls in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 15.9% over five years.
That places India 16th out of 199 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in India, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,824 1000 ha | — |
| 2016 | 1,936 1000 ha | +6.1% |
| 2017 | 2,049 1000 ha | +5.8% |
| 2018 | 2,065 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 2,113 1000 ha | +2.3% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 2,113 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 89.21 1000 ha, 23.7× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- India's 2,113 1000 ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 62.37 1000 ha, 33.9× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near India
- 13 Chile 2,450 1000 ha compare
- 13 Syrian Arab Republic 105.73 1000 ha compare
- 14 Indonesia 2,411 1000 ha compare
- 14 Republic of Moldova 28.57 1000 ha compare
- 15 Malawi 2,336 1000 ha compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 8.8 1000 ha compare
- 16 Micronesia 8.44 1000 ha compare
- 17 Australia and New Zealand 2,058 1000 ha compare
- 17 Polynesia 2.4 1000 ha compare
- 18 Greenland 1,693 1000 ha compare
- 19 Australia 1,534 1000 ha compare
More environment data for India
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 11.05 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 12.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.254 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.954 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 17.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from cgls in India?
- Inland water bodies — area from cgls in India was 2,113 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 2,113 1000 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cgls recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,824 1000 ha in 2015.
- How does India rank for inland water bodies — area from cgls?
- India ranks 16th out of 199 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this India 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
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.