Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in United Republic of Tanzania

United Republic of Tanzania: Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS was 5,522 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
5,522 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.5%
World rank
3rd
of 18 countries
All-time high
5,549 1000 ha
in 2018
All-time low
5,485 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in United Republic of Tanzania, 2015–2019

02.0k4.0k6.0k2015201720192015: 5.5k 1000 ha2016: 5.5k 1000 ha2017: 5.5k 1000 ha2018: 5.5k 1000 ha2019: 5.5k 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 United Republic of Tanzania stood at 5,522 1000 ha.

That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and up 0.7% over five years.

Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in United Republic of Tanzania, year by year

Annual values for Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in United Republic of Tanzania, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 5,485 1000 ha
2016 5,528 1000 ha +0.8%
2017 5,501 1000 ha -0.5%
2018 5,549 1000 ha +0.9%
2019 5,522 1000 ha -0.5%

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  3. 2 Russian Federation 50,119 1000 ha compare
  4. 3 Kazakhstan 16,657 1000 ha compare
  5. 4 China 11,528 1000 ha compare
  6. 5 China, mainland 11,471 1000 ha compare
  7. 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 3,590 1000 ha compare
  8. 6 Brazil 9,289 1000 ha compare
  9. 6 Türkiye 1,120 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is inland water bodies — area from cgls in United Republic of Tanzania?
Inland water bodies — area from cgls in United Republic of Tanzania was 5,522 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 Republic of Tanzania?
The highest recorded value was 5,549 1000 ha in 2018.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cgls recorded in United Republic of Tanzania?
The lowest recorded value was 5,485 1000 ha in 2015.
How does United Republic of Tanzania rank for inland water bodies — area from cgls?
United Republic of Tanzania ranks 3rd out of 18 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this United Republic of Tanzania 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
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.