Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 44.04 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Costa Rica, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 44.04 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 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Costa Rica peaked at 45.04 1000 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 44.04 1000 ha, in 2024.
Costa Rica ranks 131st of 223 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 44.73 1000 ha | 44.51 1000 ha | 45.04 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 44.24 1000 ha | 44.15 1000 ha | 44.4 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 44.13 1000 ha | 44.04 1000 ha | 44.21 1000 ha | 5 |
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More environment data for Costa Rica
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.9 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.71 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.257 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.61 °C (2025)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import 20.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import 0 t per person (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.4173 Percentage change (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.64 Percentage change (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value -4.43 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from modis in Costa Rica?
- Inland water bodies — area from modis in Costa Rica was 44.04 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 Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 45.04 1000 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.04 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Costa Rica rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
- Costa Rica ranks 131st out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Costa Rica 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.