Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Heard Island and McDonald Islands: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 11.01 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Heard Island and McDonald Islands, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, inland water bodies — area from modis in Heard Island and McDonald Islands stood at 11.01 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 8.7% on the previous year and up 14.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Heard Island and McDonald Islands peaked at 11.01 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5.69 1000 ha, in 2001.
Heard Island and McDonald Islands ranks 169th of 223 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Heard Island and McDonald Islands, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5.69 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 8.38 1000 ha | +47.3% |
| 2003 | 9.14 1000 ha | +9.1% |
| 2004 | 8.79 1000 ha | -3.8% |
| 2005 | 8.79 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 7.72 1000 ha | -12.2% |
| 2007 | 7.54 1000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2008 | 8.71 1000 ha | +15.5% |
| 2009 | 9.29 1000 ha | +6.7% |
| 2010 | 9.53 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 8.41 1000 ha | -11.8% |
| 2012 | 9.03 1000 ha | +7.4% |
| 2013 | 9.16 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 9.61 1000 ha | +4.9% |
| 2015 | 9.76 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 10.73 1000 ha | +9.9% |
| 2017 | 10.56 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 10.82 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 9.68 1000 ha | -10.5% |
| 2020 | 8.92 1000 ha | -7.9% |
| 2021 | 8.69 1000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 8.66 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 10.13 1000 ha | +17.0% |
| 2024 | 11.01 1000 ha | +8.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.23 1000 ha | 5.69 1000 ha | 9.29 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 9.73 1000 ha | 8.41 1000 ha | 10.82 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.48 1000 ha | 8.66 1000 ha | 11.01 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Heard Island and McDonald Islands
More environment data for Heard Island and McDonald Islands
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -3.84 Percentage change (2025)
- Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.14 Percentage change (2024)
- Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC 7.63 1000 ha (2022)
- Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Grassland — Area from CCI_LC 1.02 1000 ha (2022)
- Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC 24.99 1000 ha (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from modis in Heard Island and McDonald Islands?
- Inland water bodies — area from modis in Heard Island and McDonald Islands was 11.01 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 Heard Island and McDonald Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 11.01 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Heard Island and McDonald Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.69 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Heard Island and McDonald Islands rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
- Heard Island and McDonald Islands ranks 169th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Heard Island and McDonald Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Heard Island and McDonald Islands 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.