Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Republic of Moldova

Republic of Moldova: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 16.79 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
16.79 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.1%
Rank
17th
of 20 groups
All-time high
16.9 1000 ha
in 2010
All-time low
16.79 1000 ha
in 2001
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Republic of Moldova, 2001–2024

0510152001201220242001: 16.8 1000 ha2002: 16.8 1000 ha2003: 16.8 1000 ha2004: 16.8 1000 ha2005: 16.8 1000 ha2006: 16.8 1000 ha2007: 16.8 1000 ha2008: 16.8 1000 ha2009: 16.8 1000 ha2010: 16.9 1000 ha2011: 16.9 1000 ha2012: 16.9 1000 ha2013: 16.9 1000 ha2014: 16.9 1000 ha2015: 16.8 1000 ha2016: 16.8 1000 ha2017: 16.8 1000 ha2018: 16.8 1000 ha2019: 16.8 1000 ha2020: 16.8 1000 ha2021: 16.8 1000 ha2022: 16.8 1000 ha2023: 16.8 1000 ha2024: 16.8 1000 ha

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

Analysis

Republic of Moldova recorded 16.79 1000 ha for inland water bodies — area from modis in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Republic of Moldova peaked at 16.9 1000 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 16.79 1000 ha, in 2001.

Republic of Moldova ranks 17th of 20 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Republic of Moldova, year by year

Annual values for Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Republic of Moldova, 2001 to 2024.
Year 1000 ha Change
2001 16.79 1000 ha
2002 16.79 1000 ha +0.0%
2003 16.79 1000 ha +0.0%
2004 16.79 1000 ha +0.0%
2005 16.79 1000 ha +0.0%
2006 16.79 1000 ha +0.0%
2007 16.79 1000 ha +0.0%
2008 16.79 1000 ha +0.0%
2009 16.81 1000 ha +0.1%
2010 16.9 1000 ha +0.5%
2011 16.9 1000 ha +0.0%
2012 16.85 1000 ha -0.3%
2013 16.9 1000 ha +0.3%
2014 16.87 1000 ha -0.2%
2015 16.79 1000 ha -0.5%
2016 16.79 1000 ha +0.0%
2017 16.79 1000 ha +0.0%
2018 16.79 1000 ha +0.0%
2019 16.79 1000 ha +0.0%
2020 16.79 1000 ha +0.0%
2021 16.81 1000 ha +0.1%
2022 16.79 1000 ha -0.1%
2023 16.81 1000 ha +0.1%
2024 16.79 1000 ha -0.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 16.79 1000 ha 16.79 1000 ha 16.81 1000 ha 9
2010s 16.84 1000 ha 16.79 1000 ha 16.9 1000 ha 10
2020s 16.8 1000 ha 16.79 1000 ha 16.81 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Republic of Moldova

  1. 14 Australia 3,411 1000 ha compare
  2. 15 Argentina 3,137 1000 ha compare
  3. 16 Chile 3,036 1000 ha compare
  4. 17 Malawi 2,369 1000 ha compare
  5. 18 Sweden 2,333 1000 ha compare
  6. 19 India 2,276 1000 ha compare
  7. 20 Mexico 2,182 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is inland water bodies — area from modis in Republic of Moldova?
Inland water bodies — area from modis in Republic of Moldova was 16.79 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 Republic of Moldova?
The highest recorded value was 16.9 1000 ha in 2010.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Republic of Moldova?
The lowest recorded value was 16.79 1000 ha in 2001.
How does Republic of Moldova rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
Republic of Moldova ranks 17th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Republic of Moldova?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Republic of Moldova 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.