Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Liberia

Liberia: Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS was 2.24 1000 ha in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
2.24 1000 ha
Change on year
up 14.9%
World rank
167th
of 197 countries
All-time high
2.24 1000 ha
in 2019
All-time low
1.67 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

00.511.522015201720192015: 1.7 1000 ha2016: 1.8 1000 ha2017: 1.8 1000 ha2018: 1.9 1000 ha2019: 2.2 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 Liberia is 2.24 1000 ha, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.9% on the previous year and up 34.1% over five years.

That places Liberia 167th out of 197 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

Countries ranked near Liberia

  1. 164 Tonga 2.4 1000 ha compare
  2. 165 Faroe Islands 2.31 1000 ha compare
  3. 166 Western Sahara 2.26 1000 ha compare
  4. 167 British Virgin Islands 2.24 1000 ha compare
  5. 169 Equatorial Guinea 2.1 1000 ha compare
  6. 170 Gambia 2.02 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is inland water bodies — area from cgls in Liberia?
Inland water bodies — area from cgls in Liberia was 2.24 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 Liberia?
The highest recorded value was 2.24 1000 ha in 2019.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cgls recorded in Liberia?
The lowest recorded value was 1.67 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Liberia rank for inland water bodies — area from cgls?
Liberia ranks 167th out of 197 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Liberia 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.