Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Western Europe
Western Europe: Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS was 912.16 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat
Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Western Europe, 2015–2019
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2019, inland water bodies — area from cgls in Western Europe stood at 912.16 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.6% over five years.
That places Western Europe 22nd out of 26 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 897.68 1000 ha | — |
| 2016 | 911.01 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 909.97 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 908.48 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 912.16 1000 ha | +0.4% |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
More environment data for Western Europe
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.94 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -3.1 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.485 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.23 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production, annual growth rate -4.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value -2.05 % change on previous year (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.84 Percentage change (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.13 Percentage change (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import 11.81 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from cgls in Western Europe?
- Inland water bodies — area from cgls in Western Europe was 912.16 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 912.16 1000 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from cgls recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 897.68 1000 ha in 2015.
- How does Western Europe rank for inland water bodies — area from cgls?
- Western Europe ranks 22nd out of 26 groups with data for 2019.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.