Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Malawi
Malawi: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 2,369 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Malawi, 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 Malawi stood at 2,369 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Malawi peaked at 2,369 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,318 1000 ha, in 2018.
Malawi ranks 20th of 240 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,357 1000 ha | 2,348 1000 ha | 2,359 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 2,340 1000 ha | 2,318 1000 ha | 2,356 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,338 1000 ha | 2,325 1000 ha | 2,369 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
More environment data for Malawi
- Standard Deviation 0.254 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.07 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 1,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 1,000 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 1,743 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 165 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 116 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 53 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 15,306 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 12,609 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from modis in Malawi?
- Inland water bodies — area from modis in Malawi was 2,369 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 Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 2,369 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,318 1000 ha in 2018.
- How does Malawi rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
- Malawi ranks 20th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Malawi 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.