Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 78.74 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands recorded 78.74 1000 ha for inland water bodies — area from modis in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 8.0% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands peaked at 78.74 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 55.99 1000 ha, in 2001.
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ranks 105th of 223 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 55.99 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 71.47 1000 ha | +27.6% |
| 2003 | 68.89 1000 ha | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 66.39 1000 ha | -3.6% |
| 2005 | 64.17 1000 ha | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 65.11 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 64.04 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 64.68 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 64.71 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 64.79 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 61.77 1000 ha | -4.7% |
| 2012 | 65.37 1000 ha | +5.8% |
| 2013 | 71.22 1000 ha | +8.9% |
| 2014 | 74.26 1000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 73.67 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 69 1000 ha | -6.3% |
| 2017 | 67.03 1000 ha | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 66.3 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 66.37 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 67.51 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 69.84 1000 ha | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 70.42 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 72.94 1000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2024 | 78.74 1000 ha | +8.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 65.05 1000 ha | 55.99 1000 ha | 71.47 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 67.98 1000 ha | 61.77 1000 ha | 74.26 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 71.89 1000 ha | 67.51 1000 ha | 78.74 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- 102 Eritrea 83.05 1000 ha compare
- 103 French Guiana 80.32 1000 ha compare
- 104 Tajikistan 79.67 1000 ha compare
- 106 Portugal 74.73 1000 ha compare
- 107 French Southern Territories 73.95 1000 ha compare
- 108 Lithuania 72.76 1000 ha compare
More environment data for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.08 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.35 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.429 °C (2025)
- Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.2512 Percentage change (2024)
- Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC 2.06 1000 ha (2022)
- Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC 40.06 1000 ha (2022)
- Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from modis in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands?
- Inland water bodies — area from modis in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands was 78.74 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 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 78.74 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 55.99 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ranks 105th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 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.