Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 506.21 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Southern Africa, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 506.21 1000 ha for inland water bodies — area from modis in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and down 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Southern Africa peaked at 597.72 1000 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 417.13 1000 ha, in 2005.
That places Southern Africa 24th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 483.9 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 432.75 1000 ha | -10.6% |
| 2003 | 435.07 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 430.81 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 417.13 1000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 449.83 1000 ha | +7.8% |
| 2007 | 437.18 1000 ha | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 452.39 1000 ha | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 509.8 1000 ha | +12.7% |
| 2010 | 520.75 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 518.95 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 496.32 1000 ha | -4.4% |
| 2013 | 485.16 1000 ha | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 532.06 1000 ha | +9.7% |
| 2015 | 523.81 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 515.24 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 589.58 1000 ha | +14.4% |
| 2018 | 597.72 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 582.02 1000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 526.39 1000 ha | -9.6% |
| 2021 | 547.4 1000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 521.77 1000 ha | -4.7% |
| 2023 | 505.04 1000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 506.21 1000 ha | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 449.87 1000 ha | 417.13 1000 ha | 509.8 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 536.16 1000 ha | 485.16 1000 ha | 597.72 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 521.36 1000 ha | 505.04 1000 ha | 547.4 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
More environment data for Southern Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 4.17 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 7.61 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 0.892 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.282 °C (2025)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 770,000 m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Export quantity 427,327 m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import value 35,013 1000 USD (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity 161,260 m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Production 17.26 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from modis in Southern Africa?
- Inland water bodies — area from modis in Southern Africa was 506.21 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 Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 597.72 1000 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 417.13 1000 ha in 2005.
- How does Southern Africa rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
- Southern Africa ranks 24th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Africa 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.