Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Malawi
Malawi: Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS was 2,336 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat
Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Malawi, 2015–2019
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2019, inland water bodies — area from cgls in Malawi stood at 2,336 1000 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and down 2.7% over five years.
That places Malawi 15th out of 199 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Malawi, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2,399 1000 ha | — |
| 2016 | 2,369 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 2,308 1000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 2,300 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 2,336 1000 ha | +1.5% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 2,336 1000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 65.89 1000 ha, 35.4× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 2,336 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 45.72 1000 ha, 51.1× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 12 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 109.2 1000 ha compare
- 12 Finland 2,895 1000 ha compare
- 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 Timor-Leste 8.8 1000 ha compare
- 16 India 2,113 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
More environment data for Malawi
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.9153 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.8098 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.254 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.07 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.65 % 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 5.3 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from cgls in Malawi?
- Inland water bodies — area from cgls in Malawi was 2,336 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 Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 2,399 1000 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cgls recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,300 1000 ha in 2018.
- How does Malawi rank for inland water bodies — area from cgls?
- Malawi ranks 15th out of 199 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this Malawi 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.