Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 3,662 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Middle Africa, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Middle Africa recorded 3,662 1000 ha for inland water bodies — area from modis in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Middle Africa peaked at 3,662 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3,554 1000 ha, in 2017.
That places Middle Africa 16th out of 44 regions with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3,632 1000 ha | 3,619 1000 ha | 3,647 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 3,589 1000 ha | 3,554 1000 ha | 3,642 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,617 1000 ha | 3,586 1000 ha | 3,662 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
More environment data for Middle Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -9.88 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -9.38 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.13 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.198 °C (2025)
- Industrial roundwood — Import value 1,530 1000 USD (2024)
- Wood fuel — Production 122.87 million m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 0 m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production 122.87 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Production 16.92 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from modis in Middle Africa?
- Inland water bodies — area from modis in Middle Africa was 3,662 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 Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 3,662 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,554 1000 ha in 2017.
- How does Middle Africa rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
- Middle Africa ranks 16th out of 44 regions with data for 2024.
- Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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.