Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Viet Nam

Viet Nam: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 464.4 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
464.4 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.3%
Rank
27th
of 44 regions
All-time high
464.4 1000 ha
in 2024
All-time low
450.75 1000 ha
in 2001
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

01002003004005002001201220242001: 450.8 1000 ha2002: 452.2 1000 ha2003: 452.7 1000 ha2004: 451.2 1000 ha2005: 452.1 1000 ha2006: 452.7 1000 ha2007: 452.2 1000 ha2008: 452.8 1000 ha2009: 453.9 1000 ha2010: 452.6 1000 ha2011: 452.2 1000 ha2012: 453.5 1000 ha2013: 455.9 1000 ha2014: 457.2 1000 ha2015: 457.1 1000 ha2016: 456.7 1000 ha2017: 458.9 1000 ha2018: 459.5 1000 ha2019: 458.5 1000 ha2020: 458.6 1000 ha2021: 459 1000 ha2022: 460.8 1000 ha2023: 463 1000 ha2024: 464.4 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 Viet Nam stood at 464.4 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.

The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Viet Nam peaked at 464.4 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 450.75 1000 ha, in 2001.

That places Viet Nam 27th out of 44 regions with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 452.3 1000 ha 450.75 1000 ha 453.94 1000 ha 9
2010s 456.22 1000 ha 452.16 1000 ha 459.52 1000 ha 10
2020s 461.17 1000 ha 458.62 1000 ha 464.4 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Viet Nam

  1. 24 Mozambique 1,268 1000 ha compare
  2. 25 Mongolia 1,163 1000 ha compare
  3. 26 Kenya 1,151 1000 ha compare
  4. 27 Nicaragua 1,051 1000 ha compare
  5. 28 Japan 1,016 1000 ha compare
  6. 29 Zambia 982.85 1000 ha compare
  7. 30 Ukraine 979.76 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is inland water bodies — area from modis in Viet Nam?
Inland water bodies — area from modis in Viet Nam was 464.4 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 Viet Nam?
The highest recorded value was 464.4 1000 ha in 2024.
What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Viet Nam?
The lowest recorded value was 450.75 1000 ha in 2001.
How does Viet Nam rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
Viet Nam ranks 27th out of 44 regions with data for 2024.
Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Viet Nam?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Viet Nam 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.