Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Philippines

Philippines: Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS was 491.62 1000 ha in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
491.62 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.9%
World rank
49th
of 215 countries
All-time high
537.36 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
491.62 1000 ha
in 2019
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

02004006002015201720192015: 537.4 1000 ha2016: 493 1000 ha2017: 503.6 1000 ha2018: 495.9 1000 ha2019: 491.6 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 Philippines is 491.62 1000 ha, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 8.5% over five years.

Philippines ranks 49th of 215 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Countries ranked near Philippines

  1. 46 Thailand 517.5 1000 ha compare
  2. 47 Iraq 517.1 1000 ha compare
  3. 48 Viet Nam 506.06 1000 ha compare
  4. 50 Bangladesh 474.6 1000 ha compare
  5. 51 Papua New Guinea 452.86 1000 ha compare
  6. 52 Cambodia 395.86 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is inland water bodies — area from cgls in Philippines?
Inland water bodies — area from cgls in Philippines was 491.62 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 Philippines?
The highest recorded value was 537.36 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cgls recorded in Philippines?
The lowest recorded value was 491.62 1000 ha in 2019.
How does Philippines rank for inland water bodies — area from cgls?
Philippines ranks 49th out of 215 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Philippines 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.