Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Namibia
Namibia: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 30.24 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Namibia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Namibia recorded 30.24 1000 ha for inland water bodies — area from modis in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Namibia peaked at 35.35 1000 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 29.21 1000 ha, in 2005.
Namibia ranks 144th of 223 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Namibia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 29.68 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 29.77 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 29.57 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 29.25 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 29.21 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 29.72 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 29.81 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 31.78 1000 ha | +6.6% |
| 2009 | 33.98 1000 ha | +6.9% |
| 2010 | 33.96 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 35.18 1000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 35.35 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 32.42 1000 ha | -8.3% |
| 2014 | 32.31 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 31.82 1000 ha | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 29.79 1000 ha | -6.4% |
| 2017 | 29.94 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 29.89 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 29.59 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 29.74 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 30.17 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 30.32 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 30.37 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 30.24 1000 ha | -0.4% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 30.24 1000 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 107.96 1000 ha, 28% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 30.24 1000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 93.19 1000 ha, 32% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 30.31 1000 ha | 29.21 1000 ha | 33.98 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 32.02 1000 ha | 29.59 1000 ha | 35.35 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.17 1000 ha | 29.74 1000 ha | 30.37 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
- 141 Djibouti 31.26 1000 ha compare
- 142 Montenegro 31.05 1000 ha compare
- 143 Qatar 30.46 1000 ha compare
- 145 Niger 29.58 1000 ha compare
- 145 Western Sahara 29.58 1000 ha compare
- 147 Faroe Islands 24.29 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Namibia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.99 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.14 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.319 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.979 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 4.07 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from modis in Namibia?
- Inland water bodies — area from modis in Namibia was 30.24 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 Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 35.35 1000 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.21 1000 ha in 2005.
- How does Namibia rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
- Namibia ranks 144th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Namibia 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.