Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Madagascar

Madagascar: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 450.73 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
450.73 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
43rd
of 223 countries
All-time high
453.81 1000 ha
in 2009
All-time low
450.4 1000 ha
in 2022
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

01002003004005002001201220242001: 451.8 1000 ha2002: 452.4 1000 ha2003: 452.8 1000 ha2004: 452.5 1000 ha2005: 453.3 1000 ha2006: 452.9 1000 ha2007: 453.1 1000 ha2008: 453.5 1000 ha2009: 453.8 1000 ha2010: 453 1000 ha2011: 452.4 1000 ha2012: 451.8 1000 ha2013: 451.5 1000 ha2014: 451.2 1000 ha2015: 451.7 1000 ha2016: 451.7 1000 ha2017: 451 1000 ha2018: 451.1 1000 ha2019: 450.9 1000 ha2020: 451 1000 ha2021: 450.9 1000 ha2022: 450.4 1000 ha2023: 450.5 1000 ha2024: 450.7 1000 ha

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

Analysis

In 2024, inland water bodies — area from modis in Madagascar stood at 450.73 1000 ha.

The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Madagascar peaked at 453.81 1000 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 450.4 1000 ha, in 2022.

That places Madagascar 43rd out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.

Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Madagascar, year by year

Annual values for Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Madagascar, 2001 to 2024.
Year 1000 ha Change
2001 451.75 1000 ha —
2002 452.44 1000 ha +0.2%
2003 452.76 1000 ha +0.1%
2004 452.54 1000 ha -0.0%
2005 453.27 1000 ha +0.2%
2006 452.86 1000 ha -0.1%
2007 453.1 1000 ha +0.1%
2008 453.53 1000 ha +0.1%
2009 453.81 1000 ha +0.1%
2010 453.01 1000 ha -0.2%
2011 452.42 1000 ha -0.1%
2012 451.82 1000 ha -0.1%
2013 451.5 1000 ha -0.1%
2014 451.2 1000 ha -0.1%
2015 451.67 1000 ha +0.1%
2016 451.67 1000 ha +0.0%
2017 451.02 1000 ha -0.1%
2018 451.05 1000 ha +0.0%
2019 450.92 1000 ha -0.0%
2020 451 1000 ha +0.0%
2021 450.87 1000 ha -0.0%
2022 450.4 1000 ha -0.1%
2023 450.49 1000 ha +0.0%
2024 450.73 1000 ha +0.1%

Madagascar compared with similar countries

  • Madagascar's 450.73 1000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 106.45 1000 ha, 4.2× the median. (22 countries reporting)
  • Madagascar's 450.73 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 93.19 1000 ha, 4.8× the median. (44 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 452.9 1000 ha 451.75 1000 ha 453.81 1000 ha 9
2010s 451.63 1000 ha 450.92 1000 ha 453.01 1000 ha 10
2020s 450.7 1000 ha 450.4 1000 ha 451 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Madagascar

  1. 40 Ghana 668.75 1000 ha compare
  2. 41 Kyrgyzstan 666.06 1000 ha compare
  3. 42 Nigeria 473.81 1000 ha compare
  4. 44 Iraq 446.36 1000 ha compare
  5. 45 Thailand 434.39 1000 ha compare
  6. 46 Cuba 431.58 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is inland water bodies — area from modis in Madagascar?
Inland water bodies — area from modis in Madagascar was 450.73 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 Madagascar?
The highest recorded value was 453.81 1000 ha in 2009.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Madagascar?
The lowest recorded value was 450.4 1000 ha in 2022.
How does Madagascar rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
Madagascar ranks 43rd out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Madagascar?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Madagascar 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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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.