What is inland water bodies — area from cgls in Malta?

Inland water bodies — area from cgls in Malta was 0.54 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 Malta?

The highest recorded value was 0.58 1000 ha in 2015.

What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cgls recorded in Malta?

The lowest recorded value was 0.54 1000 ha in 2019.

How does Malta rank for inland water bodies — area from cgls?

Malta ranks 201st out of 215 countries with data for 2019.

Where does this Malta 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.

Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Malta

Name: Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Malta
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Malta: Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS was 0.54 1000 ha in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)

0.54 1000 ha

Change on year

down 1.8%

World rank

201st

of 215 countries

All-time high

0.58 1000 ha

in 2015

All-time low

0.54 1000 ha

in 2019

Years of data

2015–2019

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

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

Malta recorded 0.54 1000 ha for inland water bodies — area from cgls in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of down 1.8% on the previous year and down 6.9% over five years.

Malta ranks 201st of 215 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Countries ranked near Malta

198 Bahrain 0.95 1000 ha compare
199 Isle of Man 0.87 1000 ha compare
200 Comoros 0.59 1000 ha compare
202 Channel Islands 0.51 1000 ha compare
203 Barbados 0.38 1000 ha compare
204 Montserrat 0.37 1000 ha compare

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More environment data for Malta

Standard Deviation 0.365 °C (2025)
Temperature change 2.16 °C (2025)
Recovered paper — Production 32,846 t (2024)
Total fibre furnish — Production 32,846 t (2024)
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 424 1000 USD (2024)
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 23 t (2024)
Other paper and paperboard — Export value 10,502 1000 USD (2024)
Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 172 t (2024)
Other paper and paperboard — Import value 55,919 1000 USD (2024)
Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 13,419 t (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is inland water bodies — area from cgls in Malta?: Inland water bodies — area from cgls in Malta was 0.54 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 Malta?: The highest recorded value was 0.58 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cgls recorded in Malta?: The lowest recorded value was 0.54 1000 ha in 2019.
How does Malta rank for inland water bodies — area from cgls?: Malta ranks 201st out of 215 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Malta 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
Last refreshed: 12 August 2026

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.