Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Northern America
Northern America: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 95,273 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Northern America, 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 Northern America stood at 95,273 1000 ha.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Northern America peaked at 97,713 1000 ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 93,974 1000 ha, in 2023.
Northern America ranks 3rd of 26 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Northern America, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 95,306 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 96,914 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 97,113 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 97,287 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 97,628 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 97,713 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 97,382 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 97,460 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 97,293 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 96,547 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 95,970 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 95,879 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 95,871 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 96,077 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 96,426 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 97,080 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 96,605 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 96,506 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 96,611 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 96,320 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 96,202 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 95,926 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 93,974 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 95,273 1000 ha | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 97,122 1000 ha | 95,306 1000 ha | 97,713 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 96,357 1000 ha | 95,871 1000 ha | 97,080 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 95,539 1000 ha | 93,974 1000 ha | 96,320 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
- 1 Canada 60,248 1000 ha compare
- 2 Russian Federation 42,293 1000 ha compare
- 3 Antarctica 37,923 1000 ha compare
- 4 Kazakhstan 17,833 1000 ha compare
- 5 Brazil 9,006 1000 ha compare
- 6 China (People’s Republic of) 8,896 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Northern America
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.25 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.23 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.466 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.49 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 43.74 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 92.54 million t (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 40.32 % (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 11.92 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area — Area 2.59 million 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from modis in Northern America?
- Inland water bodies — area from modis in Northern America was 95,273 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 Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 97,713 1000 ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 93,974 1000 ha in 2023.
- How does Northern America rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
- Northern America ranks 3rd out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Northern America 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.