Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Greenland
Greenland: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 6,079 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Greenland, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Greenland recorded 6,079 1000 ha for inland water bodies — area from modis in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 34.9% on the previous year and down 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Greenland peaked at 6,718 1000 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 4,505 1000 ha, in 2023.
Greenland ranks 10th of 240 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6,081 1000 ha | 5,125 1000 ha | 6,399 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 6,225 1000 ha | 5,725 1000 ha | 6,718 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,854 1000 ha | 4,505 1000 ha | 6,287 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greenland
- 7 Turkmenistan 8,865 1000 ha compare
- 8 China, mainland 8,813 1000 ha compare
- 9 Azerbaijan 7,942 1000 ha compare
- 11 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6,034 1000 ha compare
- 12 United Republic of Tanzania 5,831 1000 ha compare
- 13 Australia and New Zealand 4,201 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Greenland
- Capture fisheries production 331,285 metric tons (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 0.59 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 243.11 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 100 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 0.59 % (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 22 t (2024)
- Total fisheries production 331,315 metric tons (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.0075 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0008 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste 0.001 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from modis in Greenland?
- Inland water bodies — area from modis in Greenland was 6,079 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 Greenland?
- The highest recorded value was 6,718 1000 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Greenland?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,505 1000 ha in 2023.
- How does Greenland rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
- Greenland ranks 10th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Greenland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Greenland 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.