Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in South America
South America: Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS was 20,357 1000 ha in 2019. ▲ Rising
Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in South America, 2015–2019
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 South America is 20,357 1000 ha, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 5.2% over five years.
South America ranks 9th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in South America, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 19,346 1000 ha | — |
| 2016 | 19,706 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 20,182 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 20,272 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 20,357 1000 ha | +0.4% |
Countries ranked near South America
More environment data for South America
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.23 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.218 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production, annual growth rate 4.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -9.52 Percentage change (2024)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled 107,789 t (2024)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, annual growth rate 5.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Newsprint — Import value, gaps filled 60,764 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from cgls in South America?
- Inland water bodies — area from cgls in South America was 20,357 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 America?
- The highest recorded value was 20,357 1000 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cgls recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,346 1000 ha in 2015.
- How does South America rank for inland water bodies — area from cgls?
- South America ranks 9th out of 26 groups with data for 2019.
- Where does this South America 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.