Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Western Asia
Western Asia: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 10,276 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Western Asia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for inland water bodies — area from modis in Western Asia is 10,276 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Western Asia peaked at 10,417 1000 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 10,264 1000 ha, in 2023.
Western Asia ranks 9th of 44 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10,321 1000 ha | 10,269 1000 ha | 10,365 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 10,319 1000 ha | 10,289 1000 ha | 10,351 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,318 1000 ha | 10,264 1000 ha | 10,417 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 6 China (People’s Republic of) 8,896 1000 ha compare
- 7 Turkmenistan 8,865 1000 ha compare
- 8 China, mainland 8,813 1000 ha compare
- 9 Azerbaijan 7,942 1000 ha compare
- 10 Greenland 6,079 1000 ha compare
- 11 Australia and New Zealand 4,201 1000 ha compare
- 12 Indonesia 4,032 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Western Asia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.404 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.7 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 5.50 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 5.65 million t (2024)
- Cropland — Area 45,596 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 1.25 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.95 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area — Area 484,480 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 479,195 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from modis in Western Asia?
- Inland water bodies — area from modis in Western Asia was 10,276 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 Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 10,417 1000 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,264 1000 ha in 2023.
- How does Western Asia rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
- Western Asia ranks 9th out of 44 groups with data for 2024.
- Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Western Asia 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.