Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Somalia

Somalia: Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS was 12.57 1000 ha in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
12.57 1000 ha
Change on year
up 74.1%
World rank
138th
of 199 countries
All-time high
12.57 1000 ha
in 2019
All-time low
5.28 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0510152015201720192015: 5.3 1000 ha2016: 6.7 1000 ha2017: 6.8 1000 ha2018: 7.2 1000 ha2019: 12.6 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 Somalia is 12.57 1000 ha, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of up 74.1% on the previous year and up 138.1% over five years.

Somalia ranks 138th of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Somalia, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 5.28 1000 ha —
2016 6.67 1000 ha +26.3%
2017 6.79 1000 ha +1.8%
2018 7.22 1000 ha +6.3%
2019 12.57 1000 ha +74.1%

Somalia compared with similar countries

  • Somalia's 12.57 1000 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 65.89 1000 ha, 19% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
  • Somalia's 12.57 1000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 45.72 1000 ha, 27% of the median. (44 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Somalia

  1. 135 Niger 14.87 1000 ha compare
  2. 136 Djibouti 14.53 1000 ha compare
  3. 137 Belgium 13.13 1000 ha compare
  4. 139 United Arab Emirates 11.41 1000 ha compare
  5. 140 Puerto Rico 9.88 1000 ha compare
  6. 141 Guinea 9.31 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is inland water bodies — area from cgls in Somalia?
Inland water bodies — area from cgls in Somalia was 12.57 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 Somalia?
The highest recorded value was 12.57 1000 ha in 2019.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cgls recorded in Somalia?
The lowest recorded value was 5.28 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Somalia rank for inland water bodies — area from cgls?
Somalia ranks 138th out of 199 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Somalia 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.