Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Nicaragua

Nicaragua: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 1,051 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)
1,051 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.0%
World rank
27th
of 218 countries
All-time high
1,051 1000 ha
in 2014
All-time low
1,050 1000 ha
in 2001
Years of data
22
2001–2022

Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Nicaragua, 2001–2022

02505007501.0k2001201120222001: 1.1k 1000 ha2002: 1.1k 1000 ha2003: 1.1k 1000 ha2004: 1.1k 1000 ha2005: 1.1k 1000 ha2006: 1.1k 1000 ha2007: 1.1k 1000 ha2008: 1.1k 1000 ha2009: 1.1k 1000 ha2010: 1.1k 1000 ha2011: 1.1k 1000 ha2012: 1.1k 1000 ha2013: 1.1k 1000 ha2014: 1.1k 1000 ha2015: 1.1k 1000 ha2016: 1.1k 1000 ha2017: 1.1k 1000 ha2018: 1.1k 1000 ha2019: 1.1k 1000 ha2020: 1.1k 1000 ha2021: 1.1k 1000 ha2022: 1.1k 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

In 2022, inland water bodies — area from modis in Nicaragua stood at 1,051 1000 ha.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Nicaragua peaked at 1,051 1000 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1,050 1000 ha, in 2001.

Nicaragua ranks 27th of 218 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 1,051 1000 ha 1,050 1000 ha 1,051 1000 ha 9
2010s 1,051 1000 ha 1,051 1000 ha 1,051 1000 ha 10
2020s 1,051 1000 ha 1,051 1000 ha 1,051 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Nicaragua

  1. 24 Mozambique, Republic of 1,268 1000 ha compare
  2. 25 Mongolia 1,163 1000 ha compare
  3. 26 Kenya 1,151 1000 ha compare
  4. 28 Japan 1,016 1000 ha compare
  5. 29 Zambia 982.85 1000 ha compare
  6. 30 Ukraine 979.76 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 Nicaragua?
Inland water bodies — area from modis in Nicaragua was 1,051 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Nicaragua?
The highest recorded value was 1,051 1000 ha in 2014.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Nicaragua?
The lowest recorded value was 1,050 1000 ha in 2001.
How does Nicaragua rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
Nicaragua ranks 27th out of 218 countries with data for 2022.
Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Nicaragua?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Nicaragua 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.