Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Belgium
Belgium: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 10.45 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Belgium, 2001–2024
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 Belgium is 10.45 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Belgium peaked at 10.51 1000 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 10.45 1000 ha, in 2001.
Belgium ranks 188th of 240 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.46 1000 ha | 10.45 1000 ha | 10.51 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 10.45 1000 ha | 10.45 1000 ha | 10.47 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.45 1000 ha | 10.45 1000 ha | 10.45 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 185 Cyprus 13.59 1000 ha compare
- 186 Netherlands Antilles (former) 13.34 1000 ha compare
- 187 Heard Island and McDonald Islands 11.01 1000 ha compare
- 189 Martinique 9.2 1000 ha compare
- 190 Wallis and Futuna Islands 9.07 1000 ha compare
- 191 Togo 9.06 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Belgium
- Standard Deviation 0.574 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.19 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 1.46 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 1.70 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 33,603 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 4,041 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 1.29 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 1.62 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 1.75 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 2.27 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from modis in Belgium?
- Inland water bodies — area from modis in Belgium was 10.45 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 Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 10.51 1000 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.45 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Belgium rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
- Belgium ranks 188th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Belgium 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.