Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Chile

Chile: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 3,036 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
3,036 1000 ha
Change on year
up 2.4%
World rank
18th
of 240 countries
All-time high
3,067 1000 ha
in 2002
All-time low
2,943 1000 ha
in 2011
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

01.0k2.0k3.0k2001201220242001: 2.9k 1000 ha2002: 3.1k 1000 ha2003: 3.1k 1000 ha2004: 3.0k 1000 ha2005: 3.0k 1000 ha2006: 3.0k 1000 ha2007: 3.0k 1000 ha2008: 3.0k 1000 ha2009: 3.0k 1000 ha2010: 3.0k 1000 ha2011: 2.9k 1000 ha2012: 2.9k 1000 ha2013: 3.0k 1000 ha2014: 3.0k 1000 ha2015: 3.0k 1000 ha2016: 3.0k 1000 ha2017: 3.0k 1000 ha2018: 3.0k 1000 ha2019: 3.0k 1000 ha2020: 3.0k 1000 ha2021: 3.0k 1000 ha2022: 3.0k 1000 ha2023: 3.0k 1000 ha2024: 3.0k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

Chile recorded 3,036 1000 ha for inland water bodies — area from modis in 2024.

The figure is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Chile peaked at 3,067 1000 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 2,943 1000 ha, in 2011.

That places Chile 18th out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 2,996 1000 ha 2,949 1000 ha 3,067 1000 ha 9
2010s 2,988 1000 ha 2,943 1000 ha 3,040 1000 ha 10
2020s 2,983 1000 ha 2,958 1000 ha 3,036 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Chile

  1. 15 Uganda 3,456 1000 ha compare
  2. 16 Australia 3,411 1000 ha compare
  3. 17 Argentina 3,137 1000 ha compare
  4. 19 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,925 1000 ha compare
  5. 20 Malawi 2,369 1000 ha compare
  6. 21 Sweden 2,333 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is inland water bodies — area from modis in Chile?
Inland water bodies — area from modis in Chile was 3,036 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 Chile?
The highest recorded value was 3,067 1000 ha in 2002.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Chile?
The lowest recorded value was 2,943 1000 ha in 2011.
How does Chile rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
Chile ranks 18th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Chile?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Chile 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.