Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Western Africa
Western Africa: Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS was 1,392 1000 ha in 2019. ▲ Rising
Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Western Africa, 2015–2019
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 1,392 1000 ha for inland water bodies — area from cgls in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.3% on the previous year and up 8.2% over five years.
Western Africa ranks 19th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,287 1000 ha | — |
| 2016 | 1,301 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 1,316 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 1,310 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 1,392 1000 ha | +6.3% |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
More environment data for Western Africa
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.59 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -6.69 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.37 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.311 °C (2025)
- Industrial roundwood — Import value 18,051 1000 USD (2024)
- Wood fuel — Production 221.11 million m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 0 m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production 221.11 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Production 20.68 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from cgls in Western Africa?
- Inland water bodies — area from cgls in Western Africa was 1,392 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 Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,392 1000 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cgls recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,287 1000 ha in 2015.
- How does Western Africa rank for inland water bodies — area from cgls?
- Western Africa ranks 19th out of 26 groups with data for 2019.
- Where does this Western Africa 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
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.