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 240 countries on this measure, 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 | 8,350 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
- 4 Kazakhstan 17,833 1000 ha compare
- 5 Brazil 9,006 1000 ha compare
- 7 Turkmenistan 8,865 1000 ha compare
- 8 China, mainland 8,813 1000 ha compare
- 9 Azerbaijan 7,942 1000 ha compare
More environment data for China
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 57.9 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 74,915 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 17,531 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 27.93 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 67.04 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 263,216 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 5.18 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 20,327 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 27.78 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 109,061 1000 ha (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 240 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.