Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Angola

Angola: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 111.15 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
111.15 1000 ha
Change on year
up 2.2%
World rank
103rd
of 240 countries
All-time high
111.15 1000 ha
in 2024
All-time low
92.44 1000 ha
in 2001
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

02550751002001201220242001: 92.4 1000 ha2002: 92.6 1000 ha2003: 93.2 1000 ha2004: 96 1000 ha2005: 97.3 1000 ha2006: 97.2 1000 ha2007: 97.3 1000 ha2008: 97.3 1000 ha2009: 97.4 1000 ha2010: 98 1000 ha2011: 98.5 1000 ha2012: 96.7 1000 ha2013: 98.8 1000 ha2014: 99 1000 ha2015: 99.2 1000 ha2016: 99.4 1000 ha2017: 96.3 1000 ha2018: 99.9 1000 ha2019: 102.6 1000 ha2020: 106.2 1000 ha2021: 105 1000 ha2022: 106.6 1000 ha2023: 108.8 1000 ha2024: 111.2 1000 ha

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

Analysis

In 2024, inland water bodies — area from modis in Angola stood at 111.15 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 12.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Angola peaked at 111.15 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 92.44 1000 ha, in 2001.

Angola ranks 103rd of 240 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 95.63 1000 ha 92.44 1000 ha 97.38 1000 ha 9
2010s 98.83 1000 ha 96.27 1000 ha 102.59 1000 ha 10
2020s 107.55 1000 ha 104.99 1000 ha 111.15 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Angola

  1. 100 Armenia 121.23 1000 ha compare
  2. 101 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 114.03 1000 ha compare
  3. 102 Rwanda 111.79 1000 ha compare
  4. 104 Chad 109.59 1000 ha compare
  5. 105 Guatemala 108.45 1000 ha compare
  6. 106 Switzerland 108.41 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is inland water bodies — area from modis in Angola?
Inland water bodies — area from modis in Angola was 111.15 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 Angola?
The highest recorded value was 111.15 1000 ha in 2024.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Angola?
The lowest recorded value was 92.44 1000 ha in 2001.
How does Angola rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
Angola ranks 103rd out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Angola?
Over the last ten years it is up 12.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Angola 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
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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.