Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in India
India: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 2,276 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in India, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for inland water bodies — area from modis in India is 2,276 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 2.6% on the previous year and up 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in India peaked at 2,337 1000 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,811 1000 ha, in 2003.
That places India 22nd out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,895 1000 ha | 1,811 1000 ha | 2,041 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 2,053 1000 ha | 1,950 1000 ha | 2,194 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,241 1000 ha | 2,165 1000 ha | 2,337 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
More environment data for India
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 44.94 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 75,500 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 31,407 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 3.43 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 5.73 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 10,210 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 7.97 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 14,200 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 86.3 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 153,810 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from modis in India?
- Inland water bodies — area from modis in India was 2,276 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 2,337 1000 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,811 1000 ha in 2003.
- How does India rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
- India ranks 22nd out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.