Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 4,201 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Australia and New Zealand, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Australia and New Zealand recorded 4,201 1000 ha for inland water bodies — area from modis in 2024.
The figure is up 5.3% on the previous year and up 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 4,345 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 3,818 1000 ha, in 2019.
That places Australia and New Zealand 11th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 4,345 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 4,016 1000 ha | -7.6% |
| 2003 | 3,931 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 3,932 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 3,872 1000 ha | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 3,854 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 3,830 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 3,820 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 3,826 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 3,847 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 3,965 1000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 3,954 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 3,943 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 3,956 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 3,933 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 3,948 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 4,000 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 3,888 1000 ha | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 3,818 1000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 3,842 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 3,858 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 3,934 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 3,988 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 4,201 1000 ha | +5.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3,936 1000 ha | 3,820 1000 ha | 4,345 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 3,925 1000 ha | 3,818 1000 ha | 4,000 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,965 1000 ha | 3,842 1000 ha | 4,201 1000 ha | 5 |
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More environment data for Australia and New Zealand
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.87 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.39 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.39 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.335 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 4.99 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 2.98 million t (2024)
- Cropland — Area 32,246 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 16.72 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 7.63 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from modis in Australia and New Zealand?
- Inland water bodies — area from modis in Australia and New Zealand was 4,201 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 Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 4,345 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,818 1000 ha in 2019.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 11th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand 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.