Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 676.8 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
676.8 1000 ha
Change on year
up 1.5%
World rank
39th
of 218 countries
All-time high
718.47 1000 ha
in 2017
All-time low
624.7 1000 ha
in 2001
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

02004006008002001201220242001: 624.7 1000 ha2002: 630.9 1000 ha2003: 635.5 1000 ha2004: 642.1 1000 ha2005: 666.7 1000 ha2006: 639.5 1000 ha2007: 642 1000 ha2008: 642.6 1000 ha2009: 645.7 1000 ha2010: 671.8 1000 ha2011: 668.8 1000 ha2012: 664 1000 ha2013: 678.7 1000 ha2014: 648 1000 ha2015: 657.1 1000 ha2016: 682.8 1000 ha2017: 718.5 1000 ha2018: 676.9 1000 ha2019: 667.3 1000 ha2020: 670.9 1000 ha2021: 662.4 1000 ha2022: 668.2 1000 ha2023: 666.5 1000 ha2024: 676.8 1000 ha

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

Analysis

Bangladesh recorded 676.8 1000 ha for inland water bodies — area from modis in 2024.

The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Bangladesh peaked at 718.47 1000 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 624.7 1000 ha, in 2001.

That places Bangladesh 39th out of 218 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 641.09 1000 ha 624.7 1000 ha 666.74 1000 ha 9
2010s 673.39 1000 ha 647.96 1000 ha 718.47 1000 ha 10
2020s 668.97 1000 ha 662.43 1000 ha 676.8 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Bangladesh

  1. 36 Cook Islands 18.63 1000 ha compare
  2. 36 New Zealand 778.2 1000 ha compare
  3. 37 Papua New Guinea 772.79 1000 ha compare
  4. 37 Tokelau 18.36 1000 ha compare
  5. 38 Myanmar 709.35 1000 ha compare
  6. 40 Ghana 668.75 1000 ha compare
  7. 41 Kyrgyz Republic 666.06 1000 ha compare
  8. 41 Mayotte 5.5 1000 ha compare
  9. 42 Anguilla, United Kingdom-British Overseas Territory 1.88 1000 ha compare
  10. 42 Nigeria 473.81 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is inland water bodies — area from modis in Bangladesh?
Inland water bodies — area from modis in Bangladesh was 676.8 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 Bangladesh?
The highest recorded value was 718.47 1000 ha in 2017.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Bangladesh?
The lowest recorded value was 624.7 1000 ha in 2001.
How does Bangladesh rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
Bangladesh ranks 39th out of 218 countries with data for 2024.
Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Bangladesh?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Bangladesh 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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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.