Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in British Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 7 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in British Virgin Islands, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
British Virgin Islands recorded 7 1000 ha for inland water bodies — area from modis in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in British Virgin Islands peaked at 7.08 1000 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 7 1000 ha, in 2001.
That places British Virgin Islands 183rd out of 218 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.04 1000 ha | 7 1000 ha | 7.08 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 7.05 1000 ha | 7 1000 ha | 7.08 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.01 1000 ha | 7 1000 ha | 7.02 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near British Virgin Islands
- 180 United States Virgin Islands 7.38 1000 ha compare
- 181 Slovak Republic 7.36 1000 ha compare
- 182 Northern Mariana Islands 7.27 1000 ha compare
- 184 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 6.52 1000 ha compare
- 185 Cayman Islands 6.51 1000 ha compare
- 186 Czechia 5.45 1000 ha compare
More environment data for British Virgin Islands
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.15 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.265 °C (2025)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Export value 95 1000 USD (2024)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Import value 8,143 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Production 1,824 m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Import quantity 3,597 m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Import value 688 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood, coniferous — Production 0 m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel — Production 1,824 m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from modis in British Virgin Islands?
- Inland water bodies — area from modis in British Virgin Islands was 7 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 British Virgin Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 7.08 1000 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in British Virgin Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does British Virgin Islands rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
- British Virgin Islands ranks 183rd out of 218 countries with data for 2024.
- Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in British Virgin Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this British Virgin Islands 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.