Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Sudan (former)

Sudan (former): Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 158.67 1000 ha in 2011. ▲ Rising

Latest (2011)
158.67 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.8%
World rank
89th
of 240 countries
All-time high
158.67 1000 ha
in 2011
All-time low
128 1000 ha
in 2006
Years of data
11
2001–2011

Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Sudan (former), 2001–2011

0501001502001200620112001: 152.5 1000 ha2002: 147.4 1000 ha2003: 142.2 1000 ha2004: 135.3 1000 ha2005: 130.9 1000 ha2006: 128 1000 ha2007: 132.5 1000 ha2008: 133.9 1000 ha2009: 158.3 1000 ha2010: 157.3 1000 ha2011: 158.7 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

Sudan (former) recorded 158.67 1000 ha for inland water bodies — area from modis in 2011. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.

The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Sudan (former) peaked at 158.67 1000 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 128 1000 ha, in 2006.

That places Sudan (former) 89th out of 240 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 140.13 1000 ha 128 1000 ha 158.33 1000 ha 9
2010s 158 1000 ha 157.34 1000 ha 158.67 1000 ha 2

Countries ranked near Sudan (former)

  1. 86 Côte d'Ivoire 167.6 1000 ha compare
  2. 87 Denmark 163.46 1000 ha compare
  3. 88 Somalia 162.84 1000 ha compare
  4. 90 Suriname 157.96 1000 ha compare
  5. 91 Ireland 152.57 1000 ha compare
  6. 92 Cameroon 152.36 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is inland water bodies — area from modis in Sudan (former)?
Inland water bodies — area from modis in Sudan (former) was 158.67 1000 ha in 2011, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Sudan (former)?
The highest recorded value was 158.67 1000 ha in 2011.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Sudan (former)?
The lowest recorded value was 128 1000 ha in 2006.
How does Sudan (former) rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
Sudan (former) ranks 89th out of 240 countries with data for 2011.
Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Sudan (former)?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Sudan (former) 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

Indicator
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
Last refreshed

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.