Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Türkiye

Türkiye: Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS was 1,120 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
1,120 1000 ha
Change on year
up 1.0%
Rank
20th
of 39 regions
All-time high
1,120 1000 ha
in 2019
All-time low
1,104 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

02505007501.0k2015201720192015: 1.1k 1000 ha2016: 1.1k 1000 ha2017: 1.1k 1000 ha2018: 1.1k 1000 ha2019: 1.1k 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 Türkiye is 1,120 1000 ha, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 1.4% over five years.

That places Türkiye 20th out of 39 regions with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near Türkiye

  1. 17 Australia and New Zealand 2,058 1000 ha compare
  2. 18 Greenland 1,693 1000 ha compare
  3. 19 Australia 1,534 1000 ha compare
  4. 20 Norway 1,412 1000 ha compare
  5. 21 Mongolia 1,389 1000 ha compare
  6. 22 Mexico 1,364 1000 ha compare
  7. 23 Peru 1,210 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is inland water bodies — area from cgls in Türkiye?
Inland water bodies — area from cgls in Türkiye was 1,120 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 Türkiye?
The highest recorded value was 1,120 1000 ha in 2019.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cgls recorded in Türkiye?
The lowest recorded value was 1,104 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Türkiye rank for inland water bodies — area from cgls?
Türkiye ranks 20th out of 39 regions with data for 2019.
Where does this Türkiye 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.