Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 1,273 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Southern Europe, 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 Europe stood at 1,273 1000 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Southern Europe peaked at 1,288 1000 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1,269 1000 ha, in 2022.
Southern Europe ranks 21st of 26 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1,277 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 1,272 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 1,276 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 1,280 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 1,278 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 1,277 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 1,278 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,275 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 1,276 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 1,283 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 1,285 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 1,281 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 1,287 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 1,288 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 1,287 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 1,285 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 1,279 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 1,279 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 1,277 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 1,276 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 1,275 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 1,269 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 1,270 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 1,273 1000 ha | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,277 1000 ha | 1,272 1000 ha | 1,280 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1,283 1000 ha | 1,277 1000 ha | 1,288 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,273 1000 ha | 1,269 1000 ha | 1,276 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
More environment data for Southern Europe
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.1235 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.3167 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.323 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.19 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production, annual growth rate 2.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 0.7558 % change on previous year (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.66 Percentage change (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.8967 Percentage change (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import -24.03 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from modis in Southern Europe?
- Inland water bodies — area from modis in Southern Europe was 1,273 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 1,288 1000 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,269 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Southern Europe rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
- Southern Europe ranks 21st out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.