Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in United States of America

United States of America: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 28,934 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
28,934 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.1%
Rank
7th
of 26 groups
All-time high
29,144 1000 ha
in 2002
All-time low
28,775 1000 ha
in 2022
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in United States of America, 2001–2024

010.0k20.0k30.0k2001201220242001: 29.0k 1000 ha2002: 29.1k 1000 ha2003: 29.1k 1000 ha2004: 29.0k 1000 ha2005: 29.0k 1000 ha2006: 29.0k 1000 ha2007: 28.9k 1000 ha2008: 28.9k 1000 ha2009: 28.9k 1000 ha2010: 28.9k 1000 ha2011: 28.9k 1000 ha2012: 28.9k 1000 ha2013: 28.9k 1000 ha2014: 28.8k 1000 ha2015: 28.8k 1000 ha2016: 28.9k 1000 ha2017: 29.0k 1000 ha2018: 28.9k 1000 ha2019: 29.0k 1000 ha2020: 28.9k 1000 ha2021: 28.8k 1000 ha2022: 28.8k 1000 ha2023: 28.9k 1000 ha2024: 28.9k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

United States of America recorded 28,934 1000 ha for inland water bodies — area from modis in 2024.

That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in United States of America peaked at 29,144 1000 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 28,775 1000 ha, in 2022.

United States of America ranks 7th of 26 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.

Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in United States of America, year by year

Annual values for Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in United States of America, 2001 to 2024.
Year 1000 ha Change
2001 29,016 1000 ha
2002 29,144 1000 ha +0.4%
2003 29,136 1000 ha -0.0%
2004 29,046 1000 ha -0.3%
2005 29,009 1000 ha -0.1%
2006 29,000 1000 ha -0.0%
2007 28,945 1000 ha -0.2%
2008 28,903 1000 ha -0.1%
2009 28,944 1000 ha +0.1%
2010 28,906 1000 ha -0.1%
2011 28,934 1000 ha +0.1%
2012 28,893 1000 ha -0.1%
2013 28,898 1000 ha +0.0%
2014 28,845 1000 ha -0.2%
2015 28,843 1000 ha -0.0%
2016 28,923 1000 ha +0.3%
2017 28,995 1000 ha +0.2%
2018 28,945 1000 ha -0.2%
2019 28,996 1000 ha +0.2%
2020 28,934 1000 ha -0.2%
2021 28,850 1000 ha -0.3%
2022 28,775 1000 ha -0.3%
2023 28,901 1000 ha +0.4%
2024 28,934 1000 ha +0.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 29,016 1000 ha 28,903 1000 ha 29,144 1000 ha 9
2010s 28,918 1000 ha 28,843 1000 ha 28,996 1000 ha 10
2020s 28,879 1000 ha 28,775 1000 ha 28,934 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near United States of America

  1. 4 Kazakhstan 17,833 1000 ha compare
  2. 5 Brazil 9,006 1000 ha compare
  3. 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,925 1000 ha compare
  4. 6 China 8,896 1000 ha compare
  5. 6 Melanesia 1,440 1000 ha compare
  6. 7 Turkmenistan 8,865 1000 ha compare
  7. 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,077 1000 ha compare
  8. 8 China, mainland 8,813 1000 ha compare
  9. 8 Türkiye 964.19 1000 ha compare
  10. 9 Azerbaijan 7,942 1000 ha compare
  11. 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 696.63 1000 ha compare
  12. 10 Greenland 6,079 1000 ha compare
  13. 10 Viet Nam 464.4 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is inland water bodies — area from modis in United States of America?
Inland water bodies — area from modis in United States of America was 28,934 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 United States of America?
The highest recorded value was 29,144 1000 ha in 2002.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in United States of America?
The lowest recorded value was 28,775 1000 ha in 2022.
How does United States of America rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
United States of America ranks 7th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in United States of America?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this United States of America 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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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
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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.