Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Vanuatu

Vanuatu: Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS was 34.48 1000 ha in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
34.48 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.8%
World rank
131st
of 215 countries
All-time high
36.91 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
34.19 1000 ha
in 2018
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0102030402015201720192015: 36.9 1000 ha2016: 34.2 1000 ha2017: 34.2 1000 ha2018: 34.2 1000 ha2019: 34.5 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 Vanuatu stood at 34.48 1000 ha.

The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and down 6.6% over five years.

That places Vanuatu 131st out of 215 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near Vanuatu

  1. 128 Senegal 41.1 1000 ha compare
  2. 129 Haiti 38.88 1000 ha compare
  3. 130 Fiji 35.47 1000 ha compare
  4. 132 Tunisia 32.89 1000 ha compare
  5. 133 Namibia 32.73 1000 ha compare
  6. 134 Costa Rica 31.35 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is inland water bodies — area from cgls in Vanuatu?
Inland water bodies — area from cgls in Vanuatu was 34.48 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 Vanuatu?
The highest recorded value was 36.91 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cgls recorded in Vanuatu?
The lowest recorded value was 34.19 1000 ha in 2018.
How does Vanuatu rank for inland water bodies — area from cgls?
Vanuatu ranks 131st out of 215 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Vanuatu 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.