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 223 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Greenland, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5,125 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 6,072 1000 ha | +18.5% |
| 2003 | 6,272 1000 ha | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 6,399 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 6,296 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 6,243 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 6,024 1000 ha | -3.5% |
| 2008 | 6,187 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 6,108 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 5,959 1000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 5,725 1000 ha | -3.9% |
| 2012 | 5,900 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 5,941 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 6,233 1000 ha | +4.9% |
| 2015 | 6,399 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 6,718 1000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2017 | 6,432 1000 ha | -4.3% |
| 2018 | 6,461 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 6,478 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 6,245 1000 ha | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 6,287 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 6,155 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 4,505 1000 ha | -26.8% |
| 2024 | 6,079 1000 ha | +34.9% |
Greenland compared with similar countries
- Greenland's 6,079 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 46.67 1000 ha, 130.3× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Greenland's 6,079 1000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 79.67 1000 ha, 76.3× the median. (51 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Greenland changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | +34.9% | 4,505 1000 ha | 6,079 1000 ha |
| 2023 | -26.8% | 6,155 1000 ha | 4,505 1000 ha |
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
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,077 1000 ha compare
- 8 China, mainland 8,813 1000 ha compare
- 8 Türkiye 964.19 1000 ha compare
- 9 Azerbaijan 7,942 1000 ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 696.63 1000 ha compare
- 10 Viet Nam 464.4 1000 ha compare
- 11 Australia and New Zealand 4,201 1000 ha compare
- 11 Polynesia 279.13 1000 ha compare
- 12 Indonesia 4,032 1000 ha compare
- 12 Micronesia 240.85 1000 ha compare
- 13 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 149.14 1000 ha compare
- 13 Uganda 3,456 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Greenland
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.3961 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 2.17 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.605 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ 17.66 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 100 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 0.59 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value Standard 3,871 million SLC (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$ 544.27 million USD (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value Standard 4,722 million SLC (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 223 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.