Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Northern Europe

Northern Europe: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 7,918 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
7,918 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.3%
Rank
14th
of 26 groups
All-time high
8,057 1000 ha
in 2004
All-time low
7,893 1000 ha
in 2023
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

02.0k4.0k6.0k8.0k2001201220242001: 7.9k 1000 ha2002: 8.0k 1000 ha2003: 8.0k 1000 ha2004: 8.1k 1000 ha2005: 8.0k 1000 ha2006: 8.0k 1000 ha2007: 8.0k 1000 ha2008: 8.0k 1000 ha2009: 8.0k 1000 ha2010: 7.9k 1000 ha2011: 7.9k 1000 ha2012: 7.9k 1000 ha2013: 7.9k 1000 ha2014: 7.9k 1000 ha2015: 8.0k 1000 ha2016: 8.0k 1000 ha2017: 8.0k 1000 ha2018: 8.0k 1000 ha2019: 7.9k 1000 ha2020: 7.9k 1000 ha2021: 7.9k 1000 ha2022: 7.9k 1000 ha2023: 7.9k 1000 ha2024: 7.9k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

Northern Europe recorded 7,918 1000 ha for inland water bodies — area from modis in 2024.

The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Northern Europe peaked at 8,057 1000 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 7,893 1000 ha, in 2023.

Northern Europe ranks 14th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Northern Europe, year by year

Annual values for Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Northern Europe, 2001 to 2024.
Year 1000 ha Change
2001 7,930 1000 ha
2002 7,996 1000 ha +0.8%
2003 8,023 1000 ha +0.3%
2004 8,057 1000 ha +0.4%
2005 8,048 1000 ha -0.1%
2006 8,015 1000 ha -0.4%
2007 7,993 1000 ha -0.3%
2008 7,982 1000 ha -0.1%
2009 7,960 1000 ha -0.3%
2010 7,923 1000 ha -0.5%
2011 7,904 1000 ha -0.2%
2012 7,920 1000 ha +0.2%
2013 7,938 1000 ha +0.2%
2014 7,941 1000 ha +0.0%
2015 7,974 1000 ha +0.4%
2016 7,996 1000 ha +0.3%
2017 7,991 1000 ha -0.1%
2018 7,958 1000 ha -0.4%
2019 7,908 1000 ha -0.6%
2020 7,922 1000 ha +0.2%
2021 7,926 1000 ha +0.0%
2022 7,913 1000 ha -0.2%
2023 7,893 1000 ha -0.3%
2024 7,918 1000 ha +0.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 8,000 1000 ha 7,930 1000 ha 8,057 1000 ha 9
2010s 7,945 1000 ha 7,904 1000 ha 7,996 1000 ha 10
2020s 7,914 1000 ha 7,893 1000 ha 7,926 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Northern Europe

  1. 11 Australia and New Zealand 4,201 1000 ha compare
  2. 12 Indonesia 4,032 1000 ha compare
  3. 13 Uganda 3,456 1000 ha compare
  4. 14 Australia 3,411 1000 ha compare
  5. 15 Argentina 3,137 1000 ha compare
  6. 16 Chile 3,036 1000 ha compare
  7. 17 Malawi 2,369 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 Northern Europe?
Inland water bodies — area from modis in Northern Europe was 7,918 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 Europe?
The highest recorded value was 8,057 1000 ha in 2004.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Northern Europe?
The lowest recorded value was 7,893 1000 ha in 2023.
How does Northern Europe rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
Northern Europe ranks 14th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Northern Europe?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Northern Europe 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.