Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Poland

Poland: Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS was 318.37 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
318.37 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
50th
of 199 countries
All-time high
318.85 1000 ha
in 2017
All-time low
313.79 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

01002003002015201720192015: 313.8 1000 ha2016: 317.8 1000 ha2017: 318.9 1000 ha2018: 316.7 1000 ha2019: 318.4 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 Poland is 318.37 1000 ha, measured in 2019.

That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 1.5% over five years.

Poland ranks 50th of 199 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Annual values for Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Poland, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 313.79 1000 ha —
2016 317.76 1000 ha +1.3%
2017 318.85 1000 ha +0.3%
2018 316.71 1000 ha -0.7%
2019 318.37 1000 ha +0.5%

Poland compared with similar countries

  • Poland's 318.37 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 46.55 1000 ha, 6.8× the median. (67 countries reporting)
  • Poland's 318.37 1000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 102.1 1000 ha, 3.1× the median. (50 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Poland

  1. 47 Nigeria 349.47 1000 ha compare
  2. 48 Germany 347.14 1000 ha compare
  3. 49 Sudan 342.34 1000 ha compare
  4. 51 Zimbabwe 315.26 1000 ha compare
  5. 52 Paraguay 305.36 1000 ha compare
  6. 53 South Africa 305.33 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is inland water bodies — area from cgls in Poland?
Inland water bodies — area from cgls in Poland was 318.37 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 Poland?
The highest recorded value was 318.85 1000 ha in 2017.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cgls recorded in Poland?
The lowest recorded value was 313.79 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Poland rank for inland water bodies — area from cgls?
Poland ranks 50th out of 199 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Poland 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.