Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Syrian Arab Republic
Syrian Arab Republic: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 78.86 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Syrian Arab Republic, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Syrian Arab Republic recorded 78.86 1000 ha for inland water bodies — area from modis in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and down 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Syrian Arab Republic peaked at 86.03 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 68.08 1000 ha, in 2018.
That places Syrian Arab Republic 33rd out of 44 regions with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 83.28 1000 ha | 79.29 1000 ha | 86.03 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 78.07 1000 ha | 68.08 1000 ha | 83.77 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 79.27 1000 ha | 77.44 1000 ha | 82.16 1000 ha | 5 |
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More environment data for Syrian Arab Republic
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 2.09 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.561 °C (2025)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 24.04 % (2024)
- Land area — Area 18,363 1000 ha (2024)
- Country area — Area 18,518 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 7.71 % (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 155 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 8,164 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 44.46 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from modis in Syrian Arab Republic?
- Inland water bodies — area from modis in Syrian Arab Republic was 78.86 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 Syrian Arab Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 86.03 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Syrian Arab Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 68.08 1000 ha in 2018.
- How does Syrian Arab Republic rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
- Syrian Arab Republic ranks 33rd out of 44 regions with data for 2024.
- Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Syrian Arab Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Syrian Arab Republic 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.