Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in China, mainland
China, mainland: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 8,813 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in China, mainland, 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 China, mainland is 8,813 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in China, mainland peaked at 8,813 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8,158 1000 ha, in 2001.
That places China, mainland 8th out of 218 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8,267 1000 ha | 8,158 1000 ha | 8,331 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 8,488 1000 ha | 8,345 1000 ha | 8,668 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,713 1000 ha | 8,637 1000 ha | 8,813 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China, mainland
- 5 Brazil 9,006 1000 ha compare
- 6 China (People’s Republic of) 8,896 1000 ha compare
- 7 Turkmenistan 8,865 1000 ha compare
- 9 Azerbaijan 7,942 1000 ha compare
- 10 Greenland 6,079 1000 ha compare
- 11 Australia and New Zealand 4,201 1000 ha compare
More environment data for China, mainland
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.279 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.92 °C (2025)
- Cropland — Area 128,608 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.09 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 32.82 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 13.7 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 108,466 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 27.68 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 20,142 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from modis in China, mainland?
- Inland water bodies — area from modis in China, mainland was 8,813 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 China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 8,813 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,158 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does China, mainland rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
- China, mainland ranks 8th out of 218 countries with data for 2024.
- Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China, mainland 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.