Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS was 283.71 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
283.71 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.2%
World rank
54th
of 199 countries
All-time high
289.97 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
283.71 1000 ha
in 2019
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 2015–2019

01002003002015201720192015: 290 1000 ha2016: 285.9 1000 ha2017: 285.9 1000 ha2018: 284.2 1000 ha2019: 283.7 1000 ha

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

Analysis

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland recorded 283.71 1000 ha for inland water bodies — area from cgls in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 2.2% over five years.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 54th of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year

Annual values for Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 289.97 1000 ha
2016 285.86 1000 ha -1.4%
2017 285.88 1000 ha +0.0%
2018 284.19 1000 ha -0.6%
2019 283.71 1000 ha -0.2%

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  1. 51 Zimbabwe 315.26 1000 ha compare
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  3. 53 South Africa 305.33 1000 ha compare
  4. 55 Italy 277.29 1000 ha compare
  5. 56 France 269.08 1000 ha compare
  6. 57 Cuba 253.75 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is inland water bodies — area from cgls in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
Inland water bodies — area from cgls in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 283.71 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
The highest recorded value was 289.97 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cgls recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
The lowest recorded value was 283.71 1000 ha in 2019.
How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for inland water bodies — area from cgls?
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 54th out of 199 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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.