Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in China
China: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 8,896 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in China, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, inland water bodies — area from modis in China stood at 8,896 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in China peaked at 8,896 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8,240 1000 ha, in 2001.
China ranks 6th of 223 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in China, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 8,240 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 8,317 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 8,340 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 8,337 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 8,364 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 8,369 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 8,374 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 8,393 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 8,414 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 8,428 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 8,472 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 8,485 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 8,549 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 8,542 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 8,549 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 8,578 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 8,653 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 8,695 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 8,751 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 8,720 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 8,776 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 8,764 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 8,820 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 8,896 1000 ha | +0.9% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 8,896 1000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 114.84 1000 ha, 77.5× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- China's 8,896 1000 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 181.97 1000 ha, 48.9× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8,350 1000 ha | 8,240 1000 ha | 8,414 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 8,570 1000 ha | 8,428 1000 ha | 8,751 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,795 1000 ha | 8,720 1000 ha | 8,896 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 3 Antarctica 37,923 1000 ha compare
- 3 United Republic of Tanzania 5,831 1000 ha compare
- 4 Kazakhstan 17,833 1000 ha compare
- 5 Brazil 9,006 1000 ha compare
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,925 1000 ha compare
- 6 Melanesia 1,440 1000 ha compare
- 7 Turkmenistan 8,865 1000 ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,077 1000 ha compare
- 8 China, mainland 8,813 1000 ha compare
- 8 Türkiye 964.19 1000 ha compare
- 9 Azerbaijan 7,942 1000 ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 696.63 1000 ha compare
More environment data for China
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.279 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.92 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 5.29 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.8065 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.2517 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from modis in China?
- Inland water bodies — area from modis in China was 8,896 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?
- The highest recorded value was 8,896 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,240 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does China rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
- China ranks 6th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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.