Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Russian Federation

Russian Federation: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 42,293 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
42,293 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
2nd
of 218 countries
All-time high
42,412 1000 ha
in 2005
All-time low
42,142 1000 ha
in 2012
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

010.0k20.0k30.0k40.0k2001201220242001: 42.2k 1000 ha2002: 42.3k 1000 ha2003: 42.3k 1000 ha2004: 42.4k 1000 ha2005: 42.4k 1000 ha2006: 42.4k 1000 ha2007: 42.4k 1000 ha2008: 42.4k 1000 ha2009: 42.3k 1000 ha2010: 42.2k 1000 ha2011: 42.2k 1000 ha2012: 42.1k 1000 ha2013: 42.2k 1000 ha2014: 42.2k 1000 ha2015: 42.3k 1000 ha2016: 42.3k 1000 ha2017: 42.3k 1000 ha2018: 42.3k 1000 ha2019: 42.3k 1000 ha2020: 42.3k 1000 ha2021: 42.3k 1000 ha2022: 42.3k 1000 ha2023: 42.3k 1000 ha2024: 42.3k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

Russian Federation recorded 42,293 1000 ha for inland water bodies — area from modis in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Russian Federation peaked at 42,412 1000 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 42,142 1000 ha, in 2012.

That places Russian Federation 2nd out of 218 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 42,357 1000 ha 42,240 1000 ha 42,412 1000 ha 9
2010s 42,235 1000 ha 42,142 1000 ha 42,341 1000 ha 10
2020s 42,294 1000 ha 42,255 1000 ha 42,336 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Russian Federation

  1. 1 Canada 60,248 1000 ha compare
  2. 3 Antarctica 37,923 1000 ha compare
  3. 4 Kazakhstan 17,833 1000 ha compare
  4. 5 Brazil 9,006 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is inland water bodies — area from modis in Russian Federation?
Inland water bodies — area from modis in Russian Federation was 42,293 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 Russian Federation?
The highest recorded value was 42,412 1000 ha in 2005.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Russian Federation?
The lowest recorded value was 42,142 1000 ha in 2012.
How does Russian Federation rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
Russian Federation ranks 2nd out of 218 countries with data for 2024.
Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Russian Federation?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Russian Federation 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.