Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 2,925 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 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 Democratic Republic of the Congo is 2,925 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Democratic Republic of the Congo peaked at 2,927 1000 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 2,868 1000 ha, in 2017.
Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 5th of 20 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Democratic Republic of the Congo, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2,912 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 2,923 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 2,927 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 2,907 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 2,909 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 2,906 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 2,909 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 2,916 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 2,926 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 2,922 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 2,913 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 2,896 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 2,887 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 2,879 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 2,877 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 2,877 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 2,868 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 2,868 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 2,872 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 2,881 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 2,895 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 2,897 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 2,912 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 2,925 1000 ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,915 1000 ha | 2,906 1000 ha | 2,927 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 2,886 1000 ha | 2,868 1000 ha | 2,922 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,902 1000 ha | 2,881 1000 ha | 2,925 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 2 Russian Federation 42,293 1000 ha compare
- 3 Antarctica 37,923 1000 ha compare
- 4 Kazakhstan 17,833 1000 ha compare
- 5 Brazil 9,006 1000 ha compare
- 6 China 8,896 1000 ha compare
- 7 Turkmenistan 8,865 1000 ha compare
- 8 China, mainland 8,813 1000 ha compare
- 8 Türkiye 964.19 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -10.22 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -10.46 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.193 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.17 °C (2025)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.17 ha/cap (2024)
- Country area — Area 234,541 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 8.16 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 50.42 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 18,510 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from modis in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Inland water bodies — area from modis in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 2,925 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 Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 2,927 1000 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,868 1000 ha in 2017.
- How does Democratic Republic of the Congo rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 5th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Democratic Republic of the Congo 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.