Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Western Sahara
Western Sahara: Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS was 29.58 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS in Western Sahara, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, inland water bodies — area from modis in Western Sahara stood at 29.58 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland water bodies — area from modis in Western Sahara peaked at 29.58 1000 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 29.56 1000 ha, in 2001.
Western Sahara ranks 145th of 218 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 29.56 1000 ha | 29.56 1000 ha | 29.58 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 29.58 1000 ha | 29.56 1000 ha | 29.58 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.56 1000 ha | 29.56 1000 ha | 29.58 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Sahara
- 142 Montenegro 31.05 1000 ha compare
- 143 Qatar 30.46 1000 ha compare
- 144 Namibia 30.24 1000 ha compare
- 145 Niger 29.58 1000 ha compare
- 147 Faroe Islands 24.29 1000 ha compare
- 148 Puerto Rico 24.2 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Western Sahara
- Temperature change 1.89 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.503 °C (2025)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 5,000 1000 ha (2024)
- Agriculture — Area 5,004 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 0.08 % (2024)
- Land area — Area 26,600 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Area 4 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 99.92 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 18.8 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland water bodies — area from modis in Western Sahara?
- Inland water bodies — area from modis in Western Sahara was 29.58 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 Sahara?
- The highest recorded value was 29.58 1000 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest inland water bodies — area from modis recorded in Western Sahara?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.56 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Western Sahara rank for inland water bodies — area from modis?
- Western Sahara ranks 145th out of 218 countries with data for 2024.
- Is inland water bodies — area from modis rising or falling in Western Sahara?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Western Sahara 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.