Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Malawi

Malawi: Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS was 2,336 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
2,336 1000 ha
Change on year
up 1.5%
World rank
18th
of 215 countries
All-time high
2,399 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
2,300 1000 ha
in 2018
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

05001.0k1.5k2.0k2.5k2015201720192015: 2.4k 1000 ha2016: 2.4k 1000 ha2017: 2.3k 1000 ha2018: 2.3k 1000 ha2019: 2.3k 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 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 18th out of 215 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

Countries ranked near Malawi

  1. 15 Finland 2,895 1000 ha compare
  2. 16 Chile 2,450 1000 ha compare
  3. 17 Indonesia 2,411 1000 ha compare
  4. 19 India 2,113 1000 ha compare
  5. 20 Australia and New Zealand 2,058 1000 ha compare
  6. 21 Greenland 1,693 1000 ha compare

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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 18th out of 215 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

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.