Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 9 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Sao Tome and Principe, 2001–2024
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 Sao Tome and Principe is 9 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 9.02 1000 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 9 1000 ha, in 2001.
That places Sao Tome and Principe 173rd out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Sao Tome and Principe, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 9 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 9 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 9 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 9 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 9 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 9 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 9.02 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 9 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 9 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 9 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 9 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 9 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 9 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 9 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 9 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 9 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 9 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 9 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 9 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 9 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 9 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 9 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 9 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 9 1000 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9 1000 ha | 9 1000 ha | 9.02 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 9 1000 ha | 9 1000 ha | 9 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9 1000 ha | 9 1000 ha | 9 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sao Tome and Principe
- 170 Belgium 10.45 1000 ha compare
- 171 Martinique 9.2 1000 ha compare
- 172 Togo 9.06 1000 ha compare
- 174 Brunei Darussalam 8.93 1000 ha compare
- 175 Bahrain 8.66 1000 ha compare
- 176 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.65 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Sao Tome and Principe
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -16.99 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -12.85 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.214 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.16 °C (2025)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate 54.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per capita 0.0011 t per person (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate 79.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from modis in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Inland water bodies — area from modis in Sao Tome and Principe was 9 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 Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 9.02 1000 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 9 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 173rd out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Sao Tome and Principe 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.