Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Southern Europe

Southern Europe: Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS was 990.25 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
990.25 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.2%
Rank
21st
of 26 groups
All-time high
992.65 1000 ha
in 2018
All-time low
977.97 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

02004006008001.0k2015201720192015: 978 1000 ha2016: 991.1 1000 ha2017: 980.8 1000 ha2018: 992.6 1000 ha2019: 990.2 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

Southern Europe recorded 990.25 1000 ha for inland water bodies — area from cgls in 2019.

The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.3% over five years.

That places Southern Europe 21st out of 26 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Southern Europe, year by year

Annual values for Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Southern Europe, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 977.97 1000 ha
2016 991.14 1000 ha +1.3%
2017 980.83 1000 ha -1.0%
2018 992.65 1000 ha +1.2%
2019 990.25 1000 ha -0.2%

Countries ranked near Southern Europe

  1. 18 Greenland 1,693 1000 ha compare
  2. 19 Australia 1,534 1000 ha compare
  3. 20 Norway 1,412 1000 ha compare
  4. 21 Mongolia 1,389 1000 ha compare
  5. 22 Mexico 1,364 1000 ha compare
  6. 23 Peru 1,210 1000 ha compare
  7. 24 Kenya 1,176 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is inland water bodies — area from cgls in Southern Europe?
Inland water bodies — area from cgls in Southern Europe was 990.25 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 Southern Europe?
The highest recorded value was 992.65 1000 ha in 2018.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cgls recorded in Southern Europe?
The lowest recorded value was 977.97 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Southern Europe rank for inland water bodies — area from cgls?
Southern Europe ranks 21st out of 26 groups with data for 2019.
Where does this Southern Europe 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.