Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Americas
Americas: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 120,255 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Americas, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Americas recorded 120,255 1000 ha for inland water bodies — area from modis in 2024.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Americas peaked at 122,908 1000 ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 118,893 1000 ha, in 2023.
Americas ranks 2nd of 26 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Americas, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 120,037 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 122,036 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 122,274 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 122,393 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 122,783 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 122,908 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 122,562 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 122,641 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 122,470 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 121,606 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 121,014 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 120,903 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 120,851 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 121,045 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 121,355 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 121,927 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 121,476 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 121,419 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 121,587 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 121,197 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 121,017 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 120,812 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 118,893 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 120,255 1000 ha | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 122,234 1000 ha | 120,037 1000 ha | 122,908 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 121,318 1000 ha | 120,851 1000 ha | 121,927 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 120,435 1000 ha | 118,893 1000 ha | 121,197 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 1 Canada 60,248 1000 ha compare
- 2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6,034 1000 ha compare
- 2 Russian Federation 42,293 1000 ha compare
- 3 Antarctica 37,923 1000 ha compare
- 3 United Republic of Tanzania 5,831 1000 ha compare
- 4 Kazakhstan 17,833 1000 ha compare
- 5 Brazil 9,006 1000 ha compare
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,925 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Americas
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.95 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.303 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ 2.72 % (2024)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 78.58 million m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production 263.00 million m3 (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ 1.73 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 525,862 million USD (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ 1.74 % (2024)
- Wood fuel — Production 341.57 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from modis in Americas?
- Inland water bodies — area from modis in Americas was 120,255 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 Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 122,908 1000 ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 118,893 1000 ha in 2023.
- How does Americas rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
- Americas ranks 2nd out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Americas 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.