Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Hungary

Hungary: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 83.27 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
83.27 1000 ha
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
113th
of 240 countries
All-time high
84.35 1000 ha
in 2001
All-time low
83.27 1000 ha
in 2023
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

0204060802001201220242001: 84.3 1000 ha2002: 84.1 1000 ha2003: 84 1000 ha2004: 84.2 1000 ha2005: 84.3 1000 ha2006: 84.2 1000 ha2007: 84.1 1000 ha2008: 84.2 1000 ha2009: 84.2 1000 ha2010: 84.2 1000 ha2011: 84.1 1000 ha2012: 84 1000 ha2013: 83.9 1000 ha2014: 83.8 1000 ha2015: 83.7 1000 ha2016: 83.7 1000 ha2017: 83.5 1000 ha2018: 83.4 1000 ha2019: 83.4 1000 ha2020: 83.4 1000 ha2021: 83.4 1000 ha2022: 83.3 1000 ha2023: 83.3 1000 ha2024: 83.3 1000 ha

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

Analysis

Hungary recorded 83.27 1000 ha for inland water bodies — area from modis in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Hungary peaked at 84.35 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 83.27 1000 ha, in 2023.

Hungary ranks 113th of 240 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 84.17 1000 ha 83.96 1000 ha 84.35 1000 ha 9
2010s 83.77 1000 ha 83.36 1000 ha 84.22 1000 ha 10
2020s 83.32 1000 ha 83.27 1000 ha 83.38 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Hungary

  1. 110 Croatia 98.28 1000 ha compare
  2. 111 Algeria 96.87 1000 ha compare
  3. 112 Lao People's Democratic Republic 83.44 1000 ha compare
  4. 114 Tunisia 83.16 1000 ha compare
  5. 115 Eritrea 83.05 1000 ha compare
  6. 116 French Guiana 80.32 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is inland water bodies — area from modis in Hungary?
Inland water bodies — area from modis in Hungary was 83.27 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 Hungary?
The highest recorded value was 84.35 1000 ha in 2001.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Hungary?
The lowest recorded value was 83.27 1000 ha in 2023.
How does Hungary rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
Hungary ranks 113th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Hungary?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Hungary 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

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.