Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS was 109.5 1000 ha in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
109.5 1000 ha
Change on year
up 1.1%
World rank
84th
of 197 countries
All-time high
116.6 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
105.83 1000 ha
in 2017
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

02550751001252015201720192015: 116.6 1000 ha2016: 111.2 1000 ha2017: 105.8 1000 ha2018: 108.3 1000 ha2019: 109.5 1000 ha

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

Analysis

Sri Lanka recorded 109.5 1000 ha for inland water bodies — area from cgls in 2019.

That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and down 6.1% over five years.

Sri Lanka ranks 84th of 197 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near Sri Lanka

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  3. 83 Guyana 111.4 1000 ha compare
  4. 85 Saudi Arabia 109.18 1000 ha compare
  5. 86 Honduras 100.73 1000 ha compare
  6. 87 Denmark 91.36 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is inland water bodies — area from cgls in Sri Lanka?
Inland water bodies — area from cgls in Sri Lanka was 109.5 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 Sri Lanka?
The highest recorded value was 116.6 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cgls recorded in Sri Lanka?
The lowest recorded value was 105.83 1000 ha in 2017.
How does Sri Lanka rank for inland water bodies — area from cgls?
Sri Lanka ranks 84th out of 197 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Sri Lanka 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.