Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Türkiye

Türkiye: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 964.19 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
964.19 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
38th
of 240 countries
All-time high
1,014 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
963.69 1000 ha
in 2023
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Türkiye, 2001–2024

02505007501.0k2001201220242001: 965.4 1000 ha2002: 985 1000 ha2003: 998.9 1000 ha2004: 985.8 1000 ha2005: 997 1000 ha2006: 997.6 1000 ha2007: 973.9 1000 ha2008: 974.5 1000 ha2009: 989.6 1000 ha2010: 996.6 1000 ha2011: 1.0k 1000 ha2012: 1.0k 1000 ha2013: 1.0k 1000 ha2014: 995 1000 ha2015: 1.0k 1000 ha2016: 1.0k 1000 ha2017: 993.7 1000 ha2018: 991.9 1000 ha2019: 996.3 1000 ha2020: 984.3 1000 ha2021: 971.7 1000 ha2022: 967 1000 ha2023: 963.7 1000 ha2024: 964.2 1000 ha

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

Analysis

In 2024, inland water bodies — area from modis in Türkiye stood at 964.19 1000 ha.

That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Türkiye peaked at 1,014 1000 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 963.69 1000 ha, in 2023.

Türkiye ranks 38th of 240 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 985.31 1000 ha 965.37 1000 ha 998.94 1000 ha 9
2010s 1,001 1000 ha 991.94 1000 ha 1,014 1000 ha 10
2020s 970.16 1000 ha 963.69 1000 ha 984.27 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Türkiye

  1. 35 Zambia 982.85 1000 ha compare
  2. 36 Ukraine 979.76 1000 ha compare
  3. 37 Philippines 978.7 1000 ha compare
  4. 39 Colombia 872.18 1000 ha compare
  5. 40 Peru 858.87 1000 ha compare
  6. 41 Ethiopia 813.94 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

More environment data for Türkiye

All data for Türkiye →

Frequently asked questions

What is inland water bodies — area from modis in Türkiye?
Inland water bodies — area from modis in Türkiye was 964.19 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 Türkiye?
The highest recorded value was 1,014 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Türkiye?
The lowest recorded value was 963.69 1000 ha in 2023.
How does Türkiye rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
Türkiye ranks 38th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Türkiye?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Türkiye 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 24 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

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.