Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Myanmar

Myanmar: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 709.35 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
709.35 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.0%
World rank
45th
of 240 countries
All-time high
723.57 1000 ha
in 2018
All-time low
676.11 1000 ha
in 2001
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

02004006008002001201220242001: 676.1 1000 ha2002: 698 1000 ha2003: 693.1 1000 ha2004: 693.4 1000 ha2005: 699.4 1000 ha2006: 703.4 1000 ha2007: 715.8 1000 ha2008: 718.7 1000 ha2009: 719.1 1000 ha2010: 710.8 1000 ha2011: 713.1 1000 ha2012: 707.7 1000 ha2013: 705.1 1000 ha2014: 710.1 1000 ha2015: 710.6 1000 ha2016: 718.4 1000 ha2017: 721.1 1000 ha2018: 723.6 1000 ha2019: 710.6 1000 ha2020: 705.5 1000 ha2021: 706.9 1000 ha2022: 705 1000 ha2023: 709.2 1000 ha2024: 709.4 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 Myanmar is 709.35 1000 ha, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of down 0.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Myanmar peaked at 723.57 1000 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 676.11 1000 ha, in 2001.

Myanmar ranks 45th of 240 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 701.89 1000 ha 676.11 1000 ha 719.14 1000 ha 9
2010s 713.09 1000 ha 705.11 1000 ha 723.57 1000 ha 10
2020s 707.19 1000 ha 704.97 1000 ha 709.35 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Myanmar

  1. 42 Egypt 801.56 1000 ha compare
  2. 43 New Zealand 778.2 1000 ha compare
  3. 44 Papua New Guinea 772.79 1000 ha compare
  4. 46 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 696.63 1000 ha compare
  5. 47 Bangladesh 676.8 1000 ha compare
  6. 48 Ghana 668.75 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is inland water bodies — area from modis in Myanmar?
Inland water bodies — area from modis in Myanmar was 709.35 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 Myanmar?
The highest recorded value was 723.57 1000 ha in 2018.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Myanmar?
The lowest recorded value was 676.11 1000 ha in 2001.
How does Myanmar rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
Myanmar ranks 45th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Myanmar?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Myanmar 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

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.