Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Americas

Americas: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 120,255 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
120,255 1000 ha
Change on year
up 1.1%
Rank
2nd
of 29 groups
All-time high
122,908 1000 ha
in 2006
All-time low
118,893 1000 ha
in 2023
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

025.0k50.0k75.0k100.0k125.0k2001201220242001: 120.0k 1000 ha2002: 122.0k 1000 ha2003: 122.3k 1000 ha2004: 122.4k 1000 ha2005: 122.8k 1000 ha2006: 122.9k 1000 ha2007: 122.6k 1000 ha2008: 122.6k 1000 ha2009: 122.5k 1000 ha2010: 121.6k 1000 ha2011: 121.0k 1000 ha2012: 120.9k 1000 ha2013: 120.9k 1000 ha2014: 121.0k 1000 ha2015: 121.4k 1000 ha2016: 121.9k 1000 ha2017: 121.5k 1000 ha2018: 121.4k 1000 ha2019: 121.6k 1000 ha2020: 121.2k 1000 ha2021: 121.0k 1000 ha2022: 120.8k 1000 ha2023: 118.9k 1000 ha2024: 120.3k 1000 ha

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 29 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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. 1 Canada 60,248 1000 ha compare
  2. 2 Russian Federation 42,293 1000 ha compare
  3. 3 Antarctica 37,923 1000 ha compare
  4. 4 Kazakhstan 17,833 1000 ha compare
  5. 5 Brazil 9,006 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

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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 29 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

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
Last refreshed

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.