Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Uganda

Uganda: Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS was 3,606 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
3,606 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.0%
World rank
11th
of 215 countries
All-time high
3,606 1000 ha
in 2018
All-time low
3,591 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

01.0k2.0k3.0k4.0k2015201720192015: 3.6k 1000 ha2016: 3.6k 1000 ha2017: 3.6k 1000 ha2018: 3.6k 1000 ha2019: 3.6k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

In 2019, inland water bodies — area from cgls in Uganda stood at 3,606 1000 ha.

The figure is up 0.4% over five years.

Uganda ranks 11th of 215 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Countries ranked near Uganda

  1. 8 Azerbaijan 7,926 1000 ha compare
  2. 9 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6,143 1000 ha compare
  3. 10 United Republic of Tanzania 5,522 1000 ha compare
  4. 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 3,590 1000 ha compare
  5. 13 Sweden 3,380 1000 ha compare
  6. 14 Argentina 3,190 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is inland water bodies — area from cgls in Uganda?
Inland water bodies — area from cgls in Uganda was 3,606 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 Uganda?
The highest recorded value was 3,606 1000 ha in 2018.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cgls recorded in Uganda?
The lowest recorded value was 3,591 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Uganda rank for inland water bodies — area from cgls?
Uganda ranks 11th out of 215 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Uganda 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

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
Last refreshed

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.