Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Asia
Asia: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 68,345 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Asia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Asia recorded 68,345 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 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Asia peaked at 68,345 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 67,152 1000 ha, in 2001.
That places Asia 1st out of 20 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Asia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 67,152 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 67,409 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 67,486 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 67,473 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 67,636 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 67,632 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 67,738 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 67,563 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 67,450 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 67,447 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 67,675 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 67,577 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 67,616 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 67,538 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 67,534 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 67,784 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 67,926 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 67,835 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 68,086 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 68,324 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 68,313 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 68,010 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 68,190 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 68,345 1000 ha | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 67,504 1000 ha | 67,152 1000 ha | 67,738 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 67,702 1000 ha | 67,447 1000 ha | 68,086 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 68,236 1000 ha | 68,010 1000 ha | 68,345 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Asia
- 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
More environment data for Asia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.4 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.4646 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.83 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.229 °C (2025)
- Sawlogs and veneer logs, coniferous — Production 44.07 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Production 80.29 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 400.22 million m3 (2024)
- Wood charcoal — Production 10.14 million t (2024)
- Other industrial roundwood, non-coniferous (production) — Production 66.09 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from modis in Asia?
- Inland water bodies — area from modis in Asia was 68,345 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 Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 68,345 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 67,152 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Asia rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
- Asia ranks 1st out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Asia 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.