Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Malaysia

Malaysia: Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS was 367.88 1000 ha in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
367.88 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.0%
World rank
55th
of 215 countries
All-time high
367.89 1000 ha
in 2018
All-time low
339.38 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

01002003004002015201720192015: 339.4 1000 ha2016: 360.8 1000 ha2017: 364.6 1000 ha2018: 367.9 1000 ha2019: 367.9 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 Malaysia is 367.88 1000 ha, measured in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.4% over five years.

Malaysia ranks 55th of 215 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near Malaysia

  1. 52 Cambodia 395.86 1000 ha compare
  2. 53 Japan 379.06 1000 ha compare
  3. 54 Uruguay 369.61 1000 ha compare
  4. 56 Nigeria 349.47 1000 ha compare
  5. 57 Germany 347.14 1000 ha compare
  6. 58 Sudan 342.34 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 243 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is inland water bodies — area from cgls in Malaysia?
Inland water bodies — area from cgls in Malaysia was 367.88 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 Malaysia?
The highest recorded value was 367.89 1000 ha in 2018.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cgls recorded in Malaysia?
The lowest recorded value was 339.38 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Malaysia rank for inland water bodies — area from cgls?
Malaysia ranks 55th out of 215 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Malaysia 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.