Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in South Africa
South Africa: Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS was 305.33 1000 ha in 2019. ▲ Rising
Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in South Africa, 2015–2019
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
South Africa recorded 305.33 1000 ha for inland water bodies — area from cgls in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 13.2% over five years.
That places South Africa 53rd out of 199 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in South Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 269.61 1000 ha | — |
| 2016 | 242.02 1000 ha | -10.2% |
| 2017 | 290.23 1000 ha | +19.9% |
| 2018 | 304.89 1000 ha | +5.1% |
| 2019 | 305.33 1000 ha | +0.1% |
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More environment data for South Africa
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 5.46 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 8.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.275 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.05 °C (2025)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate 42.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, per capita 0.0047 t per person (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import value, annual growth rate 21.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from cgls in South Africa?
- Inland water bodies — area from cgls in South Africa was 305.33 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 South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 305.33 1000 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cgls recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 242.02 1000 ha in 2016.
- How does South Africa rank for inland water bodies — area from cgls?
- South Africa ranks 53rd out of 199 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this South 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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About this data
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.