Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Bahamas

Bahamas: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 341.4 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
341.4 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.7%
World rank
62nd
of 240 countries
All-time high
343.84 1000 ha
in 2023
All-time low
293.07 1000 ha
in 2001
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

01002003002001201220242001: 293.1 1000 ha2002: 326.3 1000 ha2003: 330.4 1000 ha2004: 308.4 1000 ha2005: 309.3 1000 ha2006: 310.4 1000 ha2007: 309.9 1000 ha2008: 312.7 1000 ha2009: 313.9 1000 ha2010: 309.9 1000 ha2011: 307.2 1000 ha2012: 311 1000 ha2013: 321.1 1000 ha2014: 334.5 1000 ha2015: 341.7 1000 ha2016: 339.1 1000 ha2017: 332.1 1000 ha2018: 332.7 1000 ha2019: 338.6 1000 ha2020: 327.7 1000 ha2021: 326.9 1000 ha2022: 334.6 1000 ha2023: 343.8 1000 ha2024: 341.4 1000 ha

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for inland water bodies — area from modis in Bahamas is 341.4 1000 ha, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Bahamas peaked at 343.84 1000 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 293.07 1000 ha, in 2001.

Bahamas ranks 62nd 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 312.7 1000 ha 293.07 1000 ha 330.43 1000 ha 9
2010s 326.8 1000 ha 307.19 1000 ha 341.72 1000 ha 10
2020s 334.88 1000 ha 326.85 1000 ha 343.84 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Bahamas

  1. 59 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 395.54 1000 ha compare
  2. 60 Malaysia 383.21 1000 ha compare
  3. 61 Uruguay 379.24 1000 ha compare
  4. 63 Iceland 340.6 1000 ha compare
  5. 64 Solomon Islands 340.56 1000 ha compare
  6. 65 Italy 323.45 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is inland water bodies — area from modis in Bahamas?
Inland water bodies — area from modis in Bahamas was 341.4 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 Bahamas?
The highest recorded value was 343.84 1000 ha in 2023.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Bahamas?
The lowest recorded value was 293.07 1000 ha in 2001.
How does Bahamas rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
Bahamas ranks 62nd out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Bahamas?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Bahamas 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.