Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Morocco

Morocco: Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS was 70.03 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
70.03 1000 ha
Change on year
up 1.6%
World rank
95th
of 199 countries
All-time high
71.2 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
66.1 1000 ha
in 2017
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0204060802015201720192015: 71.2 1000 ha2016: 69.3 1000 ha2017: 66.1 1000 ha2018: 68.9 1000 ha2019: 70 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 Morocco is 70.03 1000 ha, measured in 2019.

That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and down 1.6% over five years.

Morocco ranks 95th of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Morocco, year by year

Annual values for Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Morocco, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 71.2 1000 ha —
2016 69.3 1000 ha -2.7%
2017 66.1 1000 ha -4.6%
2018 68.9 1000 ha +4.2%
2019 70.03 1000 ha +1.6%

Morocco compared with similar countries

  • Morocco's 70.03 1000 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 89.21 1000 ha, 79% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
  • Morocco's 70.03 1000 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 32.89 1000 ha, 2.1× the median. (21 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Morocco

  1. 92 Angola 77.69 1000 ha compare
  2. 93 Bulgaria 77.55 1000 ha compare
  3. 94 Afghanistan 72.26 1000 ha compare
  4. 96 Panama 63.15 1000 ha compare
  5. 97 Yemen 59.51 1000 ha compare
  6. 98 Austria 58.32 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is inland water bodies — area from cgls in Morocco?
Inland water bodies — area from cgls in Morocco was 70.03 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 Morocco?
The highest recorded value was 71.2 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cgls recorded in Morocco?
The lowest recorded value was 66.1 1000 ha in 2017.
How does Morocco rank for inland water bodies — area from cgls?
Morocco ranks 95th out of 199 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Morocco 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.