Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS by country
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Countries reporting
240
Highest
60,248 1000 ha
Canada
Lowest
0 1000 ha
San Marino
Median
74.34 1000 ha
Years covered
24
2001–2024
Data points
6,390
What the numbers show
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS is currently reported for 240 countries. The highest value is 60,248 1000 ha in Canada; the lowest is 0 1000 ha in San Marino.
The median across all reporting countries is 74.34 1000 ha, and the mean is 1,244 1000 ha.
Over the past decade 102 countries rose and 85 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 1,820.8%), and the largest decrease in Morocco (down 16.0%).
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada | 60,248 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 2 | Russian Federation | 42,293 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 3 | Antarctica | 37,923 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 17,833 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 5 | Brazil | 9,006 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 6 | China | 8,896 1000 ha | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 7 | Turkmenistan | 8,865 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 8 | China, mainland | 8,813 1000 ha | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 9 | Azerbaijan | 7,942 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 10 | Greenland | 6,079 1000 ha | 2024 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 11 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 6,034 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 12 | United Republic of Tanzania | 5,831 1000 ha | 2024 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 13 | Australia and New Zealand | 4,201 1000 ha | 2024 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 14 | Indonesia | 4,032 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 15 | Uganda | 3,456 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 16 | Australia | 3,411 1000 ha | 2024 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 17 | Argentina | 3,137 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 18 | Chile | 3,036 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 19 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2,925 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 20 | Malawi | 2,369 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 21 | Sweden | 2,333 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 22 | India | 2,276 1000 ha | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 23 | Mexico | 2,182 1000 ha | 2024 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 24 | Finland | 2,130 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 25 | Norway | 1,989 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 26 | Uzbekistan | 1,980 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 27 | Melanesia | 1,440 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 28 | Mozambique | 1,268 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 29 | Mongolia | 1,163 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 30 | Kenya | 1,151 1000 ha | 2024 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 31 | Caribbean | 1,082 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 32 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 1,077 1000 ha | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 33 | Nicaragua | 1,051 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 34 | Japan | 1,016 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 35 | Zambia | 982.85 1000 ha | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 36 | Ukraine | 979.76 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 37 | Philippines | 978.7 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 38 | Türkiye | 964.19 1000 ha | 2024 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 39 | Colombia | 872.18 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 40 | Peru | 858.87 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 41 | Ethiopia | 813.94 1000 ha | 2024 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 42 | Egypt | 801.56 1000 ha | 2024 | up 40.6% | flat |
| 43 | New Zealand | 778.2 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 44 | Papua New Guinea | 772.79 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 45 | Myanmar | 709.35 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 46 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 696.63 1000 ha | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 47 | Bangladesh | 676.8 1000 ha | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 48 | Ghana | 668.75 1000 ha | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 49 | Kyrgyzstan | 666.06 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 50 | Nigeria | 473.81 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 51 | Viet Nam | 464.4 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 52 | Madagascar | 450.73 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 53 | Iraq | 446.36 1000 ha | 2024 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 54 | Thailand | 434.39 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 55 | Cuba | 431.58 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 56 | Cambodia | 419.5 1000 ha | 2024 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 57 | Greece | 410.07 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 58 | Pakistan | 398.73 1000 ha | 2024 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 59 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 395.54 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 60 | Malaysia | 383.21 1000 ha | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 61 | Uruguay | 379.24 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 62 | Bahamas | 341.4 1000 ha | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 63 | Iceland | 340.6 1000 ha | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 64 | Solomon Islands | 340.56 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 65 | Italy | 323.45 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 66 | France | 293.14 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 67 | Republic of Korea | 279.55 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 68 | Polynesia | 279.13 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 69 | Saudi Arabia | 268.76 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 70 | Germany | 263.48 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 71 | Gabon | 255.03 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 72 | Botswana | 251.28 1000 ha | 2024 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 73 | Estonia | 244.35 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 74 | Micronesia | 240.85 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 75 | Zimbabwe | 229.65 1000 ha | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 76 | Ecuador | 226.76 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 77 | Paraguay | 220.88 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 78 | Spain | 199.13 1000 ha | 2024 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 79 | Romania | 198.43 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 80 | Sudan | 195.6 1000 ha | 2024 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 81 | Honduras | 186.09 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 82 | Burundi | 185.1 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 83 | French Polynesia | 181.97 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 84 | Panama | 172.91 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 85 | Sri Lanka | 172.07 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 86 | Côte d'Ivoire | 167.6 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 87 | Denmark | 163.46 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 88 | Somalia | 162.84 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 89 | Sudan (former) | 158.67 1000 ha | 2011 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 90 | Suriname | 157.96 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 91 | Ireland | 152.57 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 92 | Cameroon | 152.36 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 93 | Senegal | 151.67 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 94 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 149.14 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 95 | Poland | 145.6 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 96 | Yemen | 141.95 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 97 | Fiji | 140.34 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 98 | Guyana | 127.34 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 99 | New Caledonia | 124.4 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 100 | Armenia | 121.23 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 101 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 114.03 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 102 | Rwanda | 111.79 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 103 | Angola | 111.15 1000 ha | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 104 | Chad | 109.59 1000 ha | 2024 | up 13.2% | flat |
| 105 | Guatemala | 108.45 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 106 | Switzerland | 108.41 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 107 | Kiribati | 107.96 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 108 | Guinea-Bissau | 103.32 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 109 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 99.69 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 110 | Croatia | 98.28 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 111 | Algeria | 96.87 1000 ha | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 112 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 83.44 1000 ha | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 113 | Hungary | 83.27 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 114 | Tunisia | 83.16 1000 ha | 2024 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 115 | Eritrea | 83.05 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 116 | French Guiana | 80.32 1000 ha | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 117 | Tajikistan | 79.67 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 118 | Syrian Arab Republic | 78.86 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 119 | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 78.74 1000 ha | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 120 | Portugal | 74.73 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 121 | French Southern Territories | 73.95 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 122 | Lithuania | 72.76 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 123 | Congo | 71.44 1000 ha | 2024 | up 9.3% | flat |
| 124 | Dominican Republic | 69.23 1000 ha | 2024 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 125 | Latvia | 67.05 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 126 | Bulgaria | 64.08 1000 ha | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 127 | Serbia and Montenegro | 63.53 1000 ha | 2005 | — | flat |
| 128 | China, Taiwan Province of | 62.34 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 129 | Vanuatu | 61.61 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 130 | Morocco | 60.46 1000 ha | 2024 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 131 | Mauritania | 59.78 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 132 | Guinea | 58.75 1000 ha | 2024 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 133 | South Sudan | 57.67 1000 ha | 2024 | up 821.2% | volatile |
| 134 | Haiti | 57.5 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 135 | Mali | 56.67 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 136 | Belize | 55.54 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 137 | Oman | 55.43 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 138 | Belarus | 55.13 1000 ha | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 139 | United Arab Emirates | 55.09 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 140 | Albania | 49.35 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 141 | Sierra Leone | 46.79 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 142 | Israel | 46.67 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 143 | Jordan | 45.38 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 144 | United States Minor Outlying Islands | 44.78 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 145 | Costa Rica | 44.04 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 146 | Maldives | 43.19 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 147 | Libya | 41.79 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 148 | North Macedonia | 40.73 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 149 | Marshall Islands | 40.61 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 150 | Liberia | 35.29 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 151 | Seychelles | 34.18 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 152 | Serbia | 32.23 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | Benin | 32.15 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | El Salvador | 31.65 1000 ha | 2024 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 155 | Djibouti | 31.26 1000 ha | 2024 | up 9.8% | flat |
| 156 | Montenegro | 31.05 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 157 | Qatar | 30.46 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 158 | Namibia | 30.24 1000 ha | 2024 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 159 | Niger | 29.58 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1,820.8% | volatile |
| 159 | Western Sahara | 29.58 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 161 | Faroe Islands | 24.29 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 162 | Puerto Rico | 24.2 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 163 | Austria | 23.44 1000 ha | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 164 | Jamaica | 23.22 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 165 | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.57 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 166 | Cabo Verde | 20.86 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 167 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 20.82 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 168 | Equatorial Guinea | 20.52 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 169 | Georgia | 20.47 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 170 | Tonga | 19.77 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 171 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 19.36 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 172 | Samoa | 19.35 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 173 | Cook Islands | 18.63 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 174 | Tokelau | 18.36 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 175 | Gambia | 18.01 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 176 | Palestine | 17.95 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 177 | Mauritius | 17.41 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 178 | Republic of Moldova | 16.79 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 179 | Guadeloupe | 16.54 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 180 | Timor-Leste | 15.69 1000 ha | 2024 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 181 | Burkina Faso | 15.29 1000 ha | 2024 | up 125.5% | rising |
| 182 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 15.22 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 183 | Kuwait | 14.21 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 184 | Palau | 13.83 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 185 | Cyprus | 13.59 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 186 | Netherlands Antilles (former) | 13.34 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 187 | Heard Island and McDonald Islands | 11.01 1000 ha | 2024 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 188 | Belgium | 10.45 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 189 | Martinique | 9.2 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 190 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 9.07 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 191 | Togo | 9.06 1000 ha | 2024 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 192 | Sao Tome and Principe | 9 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 193 | Brunei Darussalam | 8.93 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 194 | Bahrain | 8.66 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 195 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8.65 1000 ha | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 196 | Comoros | 8.57 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 197 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 7.86 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 198 | Antigua and Barbuda | 7.77 1000 ha | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 199 | United States Virgin Islands | 7.38 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 200 | Slovakia | 7.36 1000 ha | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 201 | Northern Mariana Islands | 7.27 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 202 | British Virgin Islands | 7 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 203 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6.52 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 204 | Cayman Islands | 6.51 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 205 | Mayotte | 5.5 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 206 | Czechia | 5.45 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 207 | Singapore | 5.19 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 208 | Tuvalu | 4.87 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 209 | Guam | 4.79 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 210 | Grenada | 4.75 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 211 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 4.27 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 212 | Lebanon | 4.06 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 213 | Malta | 3.95 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 214 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.89 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 215 | Saint Lucia | 3.59 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 216 | Nepal | 3.58 1000 ha | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 217 | Barbados | 3.14 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 218 | Afghanistan | 3.07 1000 ha | 2024 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 219 | Bermuda | 2.98 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 220 | Dominica | 2.72 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 221 | Isle of Man | 2.22 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 222 | Aruba | 2.14 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 223 | Channel Islands | 1.94 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 224 | Anguilla | 1.88 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 225 | Eswatini | 1.69 1000 ha | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 226 | Niue | 1.67 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 227 | Montserrat | 1.54 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 228 | Pitcairn | 1.46 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 229 | Slovenia | 1.23 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 230 | China, Macao SAR | 0.96 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 231 | Norfolk Island | 0.79 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 231 | Naoero | 0.79 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 233 | Gibraltar | 0.11 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 234 | Monaco | 0.09 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 235 | Lesotho | 0.06 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 236 | Andorra | 0 1000 ha | 2024 | — | flat |
| 236 | Bhutan | 0 1000 ha | 2024 | — | flat |
| 236 | Liechtenstein | 0 1000 ha | 2024 | — | flat |
| 236 | Luxembourg | 0 1000 ha | 2024 | — | flat |
| 236 | San Marino | 0 1000 ha | 2024 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 311,282 1000 ha
- Americas 120,255 1000 ha
- Northern America 95,273 1000 ha
- Asia 68,345 1000 ha
- Europe 53,838 1000 ha
- Eastern Europe 43,849 1000 ha
- Central Asia 29,424 1000 ha
- United States of America 28,934 1000 ha
- Africa 24,761 1000 ha
- South America 20,069 1000 ha
- Eastern Africa 17,332 1000 ha
- Eastern Asia 11,504 1000 ha
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.