Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Nepal
Nepal: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 3.58 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Nepal, 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 Nepal stood at 3.58 1000 ha.
That represents a change of up 9.1% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Nepal peaked at 3.81 1000 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 2.85 1000 ha, in 2001.
That places Nepal 216th out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.36 1000 ha | 2.85 1000 ha | 3.81 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 3.49 1000 ha | 3.21 1000 ha | 3.81 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.36 1000 ha | 3.17 1000 ha | 3.58 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 213 Malta 3.95 1000 ha compare
- 214 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3.89 1000 ha compare
- 215 Saint Lucia 3.59 1000 ha compare
- 217 Barbados 3.14 1000 ha compare
- 218 Afghanistan 3.07 1000 ha compare
- 219 Bermuda 2.98 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Nepal
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 70.24 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 1,369 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 383.1 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 12.52 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 47.95 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 1,795 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 3.87 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 145 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 48.18 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 1,804 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from modis in Nepal?
- Inland water bodies — area from modis in Nepal was 3.58 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 Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 3.81 1000 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.85 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Nepal rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
- Nepal ranks 216th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nepal 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.