Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Western Africa
Western Africa: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 1,952 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Western Africa, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 1,952 1000 ha for inland water bodies — area from modis in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Western Africa peaked at 1,952 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,865 1000 ha, in 2007.
That places Western Africa 19th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1,907 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 1,892 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 1,891 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 1,883 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 1,877 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 1,869 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 1,865 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 1,867 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 1,873 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 1,875 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 1,877 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 1,879 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 1,892 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 1,888 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 1,886 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 1,883 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 1,883 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1,888 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 1,901 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 1,906 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 1,906 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1,906 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 1,931 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 1,952 1000 ha | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,880 1000 ha | 1,865 1000 ha | 1,907 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1,885 1000 ha | 1,875 1000 ha | 1,901 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,920 1000 ha | 1,906 1000 ha | 1,952 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
More environment data for Western Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -6.69 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.59 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.37 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.311 °C (2025)
- Industrial roundwood — Import value 18,051 1000 USD (2024)
- Wood fuel — Production 221.11 million m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 0 m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production 221.11 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Production 20.68 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from modis in Western Africa?
- Inland water bodies — area from modis in Western Africa was 1,952 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 Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,952 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,865 1000 ha in 2007.
- How does Western Africa rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
- Western Africa ranks 19th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Western Africa 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.