Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Mongolia

Mongolia: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 1,163 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
1,163 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
25th
of 223 countries
All-time high
1,220 1000 ha
in 2001
All-time low
1,163 1000 ha
in 2024
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

02505007501.0k1.2k2001201220242001: 1.2k 1000 ha2002: 1.2k 1000 ha2003: 1.2k 1000 ha2004: 1.2k 1000 ha2005: 1.2k 1000 ha2006: 1.2k 1000 ha2007: 1.2k 1000 ha2008: 1.2k 1000 ha2009: 1.2k 1000 ha2010: 1.2k 1000 ha2011: 1.2k 1000 ha2012: 1.2k 1000 ha2013: 1.2k 1000 ha2014: 1.2k 1000 ha2015: 1.2k 1000 ha2016: 1.2k 1000 ha2017: 1.2k 1000 ha2018: 1.2k 1000 ha2019: 1.2k 1000 ha2020: 1.2k 1000 ha2021: 1.2k 1000 ha2022: 1.2k 1000 ha2023: 1.2k 1000 ha2024: 1.2k 1000 ha

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 Mongolia is 1,163 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.

The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 1.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Mongolia peaked at 1,220 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 1,163 1000 ha, in 2024.

Mongolia ranks 25th of 223 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Annual values for Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Mongolia, 2001 to 2024.
Year 1000 ha Change
2001 1,220 1000 ha —
2002 1,212 1000 ha -0.6%
2003 1,210 1000 ha -0.2%
2004 1,203 1000 ha -0.6%
2005 1,199 1000 ha -0.4%
2006 1,192 1000 ha -0.6%
2007 1,185 1000 ha -0.5%
2008 1,180 1000 ha -0.5%
2009 1,174 1000 ha -0.5%
2010 1,170 1000 ha -0.3%
2011 1,170 1000 ha +0.0%
2012 1,170 1000 ha +0.0%
2013 1,173 1000 ha +0.3%
2014 1,175 1000 ha +0.1%
2015 1,171 1000 ha -0.3%
2016 1,170 1000 ha -0.2%
2017 1,168 1000 ha -0.1%
2018 1,167 1000 ha -0.1%
2019 1,165 1000 ha -0.1%
2020 1,164 1000 ha -0.1%
2021 1,166 1000 ha +0.2%
2022 1,168 1000 ha +0.2%
2023 1,164 1000 ha -0.3%
2024 1,163 1000 ha -0.1%

Mongolia compared with similar countries

  • Mongolia's 1,163 1000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 114.84 1000 ha, 10.1× the median. (52 countries reporting)
  • Mongolia's 1,163 1000 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 181.97 1000 ha, 6.4× the median. (27 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 1,197 1000 ha 1,174 1000 ha 1,220 1000 ha 9
2010s 1,170 1000 ha 1,165 1000 ha 1,175 1000 ha 10
2020s 1,165 1000 ha 1,163 1000 ha 1,168 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Mongolia

  1. 22 Norway 1,989 1000 ha compare
  2. 22 Caribbean 1,082 1000 ha compare
  3. 23 Uzbekistan 1,980 1000 ha compare
  4. 24 Mozambique 1,268 1000 ha compare
  5. 25 Côte d'Ivoire 167.6 1000 ha compare
  6. 26 Cabo Verde 20.86 1000 ha compare
  7. 26 Kenya 1,151 1000 ha compare
  8. 27 Nicaragua 1,051 1000 ha compare
  9. 28 Japan 1,016 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is inland water bodies — area from modis in Mongolia?
Inland water bodies — area from modis in Mongolia was 1,163 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 Mongolia?
The highest recorded value was 1,220 1000 ha in 2001.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Mongolia?
The lowest recorded value was 1,163 1000 ha in 2024.
How does Mongolia rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
Mongolia ranks 25th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Mongolia?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Mongolia 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.