Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Romania

Romania: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 198.43 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
198.43 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
79th
of 240 countries
All-time high
199.68 1000 ha
in 2006
All-time low
197.1 1000 ha
in 2017
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

0501001502002001201220242001: 198.2 1000 ha2002: 198.3 1000 ha2003: 197.9 1000 ha2004: 198 1000 ha2005: 199 1000 ha2006: 199.7 1000 ha2007: 199 1000 ha2008: 198.9 1000 ha2009: 198.7 1000 ha2010: 198.3 1000 ha2011: 198.7 1000 ha2012: 197.7 1000 ha2013: 198 1000 ha2014: 197.9 1000 ha2015: 197.4 1000 ha2016: 197.3 1000 ha2017: 197.1 1000 ha2018: 197.4 1000 ha2019: 197.5 1000 ha2020: 197.6 1000 ha2021: 197.8 1000 ha2022: 197.3 1000 ha2023: 197.8 1000 ha2024: 198.4 1000 ha

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for inland water bodies — area from modis in Romania is 198.43 1000 ha, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Romania peaked at 199.68 1000 ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 197.1 1000 ha, in 2017.

Romania ranks 79th of 240 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 198.62 1000 ha 197.9 1000 ha 199.68 1000 ha 9
2010s 197.73 1000 ha 197.1 1000 ha 198.65 1000 ha 10
2020s 197.78 1000 ha 197.34 1000 ha 198.43 1000 ha 5

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Frequently asked questions

What is inland water bodies — area from modis in Romania?
Inland water bodies — area from modis in Romania was 198.43 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 Romania?
The highest recorded value was 199.68 1000 ha in 2006.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Romania?
The lowest recorded value was 197.1 1000 ha in 2017.
How does Romania rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
Romania ranks 79th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Romania?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Romania 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

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
Last refreshed

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.