Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Africa
Africa: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 24,761 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Africa, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for inland water bodies — area from modis in Africa is 24,761 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Africa peaked at 24,761 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 23,731 1000 ha, in 2017.
That places Africa 8th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 24,273 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 24,186 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 24,101 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 23,943 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 23,798 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 23,732 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 23,899 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 23,939 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 24,000 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 24,009 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 23,914 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 23,860 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 23,842 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 23,841 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 23,811 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 23,769 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 23,731 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 23,853 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 23,874 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 24,088 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 24,311 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 24,343 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 24,496 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 24,761 1000 ha | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 23,985 1000 ha | 23,732 1000 ha | 24,273 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 23,850 1000 ha | 23,731 1000 ha | 24,009 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,400 1000 ha | 24,088 1000 ha | 24,761 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 5 Brazil 9,006 1000 ha compare
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,925 1000 ha compare
- 6 China 8,896 1000 ha compare
- 6 Melanesia 1,440 1000 ha compare
- 7 Turkmenistan 8,865 1000 ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,077 1000 ha compare
- 8 China, mainland 8,813 1000 ha compare
- 8 Türkiye 964.19 1000 ha compare
- 9 Azerbaijan 7,942 1000 ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 696.63 1000 ha compare
- 10 Greenland 6,079 1000 ha compare
- 10 Viet Nam 464.4 1000 ha compare
- 11 Australia and New Zealand 4,201 1000 ha compare
- 11 Polynesia 279.13 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.32 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.213 °C (2025)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Export value 5.54 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood, coniferous — Production 32.26 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Export value 714,851 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity 3.78 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Import value 182,147 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from modis in Africa?
- Inland water bodies — area from modis in Africa was 24,761 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 24,761 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 23,731 1000 ha in 2017.
- How does Africa rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
- Africa ranks 8th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this 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 MODIS. 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.