Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Middle Africa

Middle Africa: Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS was 4,338 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
4,338 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.4%
Rank
4th
of 18 regions
All-time high
4,354 1000 ha
in 2018
All-time low
4,245 1000 ha
in 2016
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

01.0k2.0k3.0k4.0k2015201720192015: 4.3k 1000 ha2016: 4.2k 1000 ha2017: 4.3k 1000 ha2018: 4.4k 1000 ha2019: 4.3k 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 Middle Africa stood at 4,338 1000 ha.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.3% over five years.

Countries ranked near Middle Africa

  1. 1 Canada 97,133 1000 ha compare
  2. 2 Russian Federation 50,119 1000 ha compare
  3. 3 Kazakhstan 16,657 1000 ha compare
  4. 4 China (People’s Republic of) 11,528 1000 ha compare
  5. 5 China, mainland 11,471 1000 ha compare
  6. 6 Brazil 9,289 1000 ha compare
  7. 7 Turkmenistan 8,903 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is inland water bodies — area from cgls in Middle Africa?
Inland water bodies — area from cgls in Middle Africa was 4,338 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 Middle Africa?
The highest recorded value was 4,354 1000 ha in 2018.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cgls recorded in Middle Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 4,245 1000 ha in 2016.
How does Middle Africa rank for inland water bodies — area from cgls?
Middle Africa ranks 4th out of 18 regions with data for 2019.
Where does this Middle Africa 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.