Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 268.76 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Saudi Arabia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 268.76 1000 ha for inland water bodies — area from modis in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Saudi Arabia peaked at 269.06 1000 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 268.44 1000 ha, in 2001.
Saudi Arabia ranks 69th of 240 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 268.86 1000 ha | 268.44 1000 ha | 269.02 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 268.98 1000 ha | 268.89 1000 ha | 269.06 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 268.84 1000 ha | 268.76 1000 ha | 268.95 1000 ha | 5 |
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More environment data for Saudi Arabia
- Standard Deviation 0.424 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.58 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 1.00 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 1.00 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 33,177 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 19,284 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 149,119 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 252,685 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 818,937 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 1.05 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from modis in Saudi Arabia?
- Inland water bodies — area from modis in Saudi Arabia was 268.76 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 Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 269.06 1000 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 268.44 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 69th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.