Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Kuwait
Kuwait: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 14.21 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Kuwait, 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 Kuwait is 14.21 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Kuwait peaked at 14.24 1000 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 14.21 1000 ha, in 2001.
Kuwait ranks 183rd of 240 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14.21 1000 ha | 14.21 1000 ha | 14.21 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 14.21 1000 ha | 14.21 1000 ha | 14.21 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.22 1000 ha | 14.21 1000 ha | 14.24 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
- 180 Timor-Leste 15.69 1000 ha compare
- 181 Burkina Faso 15.29 1000 ha compare
- 182 Turks and Caicos Islands 15.22 1000 ha compare
- 184 Palau 13.83 1000 ha compare
- 185 Cyprus 13.59 1000 ha compare
- 186 Netherlands Antilles (former) 13.34 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Kuwait
- Standard Deviation 0.516 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.95 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 170,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 170,000 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 2,275 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 1,317 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 26,355 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 69,208 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 72,512 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 76,723 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from modis in Kuwait?
- Inland water bodies — area from modis in Kuwait was 14.21 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 Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 14.24 1000 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.21 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Kuwait rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
- Kuwait ranks 183rd out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Kuwait 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.