Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Gambia, The

Gambia, The: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 18.01 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
18.01 1000 ha
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
157th
of 218 countries
All-time high
18.01 1000 ha
in 2001
All-time low
18.01 1000 ha
in 2001
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Gambia, The, 2001–2024

051015202001201220242001: 18 1000 ha2002: 18 1000 ha2003: 18 1000 ha2004: 18 1000 ha2005: 18 1000 ha2006: 18 1000 ha2007: 18 1000 ha2008: 18 1000 ha2009: 18 1000 ha2010: 18 1000 ha2011: 18 1000 ha2012: 18 1000 ha2013: 18 1000 ha2014: 18 1000 ha2015: 18 1000 ha2016: 18 1000 ha2017: 18 1000 ha2018: 18 1000 ha2019: 18 1000 ha2020: 18 1000 ha2021: 18 1000 ha2022: 18 1000 ha2023: 18 1000 ha2024: 18 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

Gambia, The recorded 18.01 1000 ha for inland water bodies — area from modis in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Gambia, The peaked at 18.01 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 18.01 1000 ha, in 2001.

Gambia, The ranks 157th of 218 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 18.01 1000 ha 18.01 1000 ha 18.01 1000 ha 9
2010s 18.01 1000 ha 18.01 1000 ha 18.01 1000 ha 10
2020s 18.01 1000 ha 18.01 1000 ha 18.01 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Gambia, The

  1. 154 Tonga 19.77 1000 ha compare
  2. 155 China, Hong Kong SAR 19.36 1000 ha compare
  3. 156 Samoa 19.35 1000 ha compare
  4. 158 Palestine 17.95 1000 ha compare
  5. 159 Mauritius 17.41 1000 ha compare
  6. 160 Guadeloupe 16.54 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is inland water bodies — area from modis in Gambia, The?
Inland water bodies — area from modis in Gambia, The was 18.01 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 Gambia, The?
The highest recorded value was 18.01 1000 ha in 2001.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Gambia, The?
The lowest recorded value was 18.01 1000 ha in 2001.
How does Gambia, The rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
Gambia, The ranks 157th out of 218 countries with data for 2024.
Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Gambia, The?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Gambia, The 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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Indicator
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
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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.