Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Albania

Albania: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 49.35 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
49.35 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
126th
of 223 countries
All-time high
49.35 1000 ha
in 2024
All-time low
48.51 1000 ha
in 2001
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Albania, 2001–2024

010203040502001201220242001: 48.5 1000 ha2002: 48.7 1000 ha2003: 48.9 1000 ha2004: 49 1000 ha2005: 49.2 1000 ha2006: 49.2 1000 ha2007: 49.1 1000 ha2008: 49.1 1000 ha2009: 49.1 1000 ha2010: 49.2 1000 ha2011: 49 1000 ha2012: 49 1000 ha2013: 49.1 1000 ha2014: 49 1000 ha2015: 49.1 1000 ha2016: 49 1000 ha2017: 49.1 1000 ha2018: 49.2 1000 ha2019: 49.2 1000 ha2020: 49.1 1000 ha2021: 49.1 1000 ha2022: 49 1000 ha2023: 49.3 1000 ha2024: 49.4 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

Albania recorded 49.35 1000 ha for inland water bodies — area from modis in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Albania peaked at 49.35 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 48.51 1000 ha, in 2001.

Albania ranks 126th of 223 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Albania, year by year

Annual values for Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Albania, 2001 to 2024.
Year 1000 ha Change
2001 48.51 1000 ha —
2002 48.66 1000 ha +0.3%
2003 48.9 1000 ha +0.5%
2004 49.05 1000 ha +0.3%
2005 49.16 1000 ha +0.2%
2006 49.18 1000 ha +0.0%
2007 49.07 1000 ha -0.2%
2008 49.09 1000 ha +0.0%
2009 49.14 1000 ha +0.1%
2010 49.22 1000 ha +0.2%
2011 49.03 1000 ha -0.4%
2012 49.01 1000 ha -0.0%
2013 49.09 1000 ha +0.2%
2014 49.05 1000 ha -0.1%
2015 49.07 1000 ha +0.0%
2016 49.01 1000 ha -0.1%
2017 49.14 1000 ha +0.3%
2018 49.18 1000 ha +0.1%
2019 49.22 1000 ha +0.1%
2020 49.12 1000 ha -0.2%
2021 49.14 1000 ha +0.0%
2022 49.05 1000 ha -0.2%
2023 49.27 1000 ha +0.4%
2024 49.35 1000 ha +0.2%

Albania compared with similar countries

  • Albania's 49.35 1000 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 114.84 1000 ha, 43% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
  • Albania's 49.35 1000 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 79.67 1000 ha, 62% of the median. (51 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 48.97 1000 ha 48.51 1000 ha 49.18 1000 ha 9
2010s 49.1 1000 ha 49.01 1000 ha 49.22 1000 ha 10
2020s 49.19 1000 ha 49.05 1000 ha 49.35 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Albania

  1. 123 Oman 55.43 1000 ha compare
  2. 124 Belarus 55.13 1000 ha compare
  3. 125 United Arab Emirates 55.09 1000 ha compare
  4. 127 Sierra Leone 46.79 1000 ha compare
  5. 128 Israel 46.67 1000 ha compare
  6. 129 Jordan 45.38 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is inland water bodies — area from modis in Albania?
Inland water bodies — area from modis in Albania was 49.35 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 Albania?
The highest recorded value was 49.35 1000 ha in 2024.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Albania?
The lowest recorded value was 48.51 1000 ha in 2001.
How does Albania rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
Albania ranks 126th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Albania?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Albania 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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Indicator
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
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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.