Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 9,608 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Southern Asia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, inland water bodies — area from modis in Southern Asia stood at 9,608 1000 ha.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Southern Asia peaked at 9,647 1000 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 9,243 1000 ha, in 2018.
Southern Asia ranks 13th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9,359 1000 ha | 9,289 1000 ha | 9,515 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 9,367 1000 ha | 9,243 1000 ha | 9,525 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,600 1000 ha | 9,495 1000 ha | 9,647 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
More environment data for Southern Asia
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 6.69 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.4009 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.274 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.44 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 8.45 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 15.39 million t (2024)
- Cropland — Area 238,515 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 1.52 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 4.25 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from modis in Southern Asia?
- Inland water bodies — area from modis in Southern Asia was 9,608 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 Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 9,647 1000 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,243 1000 ha in 2018.
- How does Southern Asia rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
- Southern Asia ranks 13th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.