Inland waters — Area in Northern Europe
Northern Europe: Inland waters — Area was 11,035 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Inland waters — Area in Northern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Northern Europe recorded 11,035 1000 ha for inland waters — area in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inland waters — area in Northern Europe peaked at 11,112 1000 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 10,231 1000 ha, in 1961.
Northern Europe ranks 21st of 34 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,231 1000 ha | 10,231 1000 ha | 10,231 1000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,231 1000 ha | 10,231 1000 ha | 10,231 1000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,231 1000 ha | 10,231 1000 ha | 10,231 1000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,858 1000 ha | 10,231 1000 ha | 11,014 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,049 1000 ha | 11,014 1000 ha | 11,111 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,067 1000 ha | 11,025 1000 ha | 11,112 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,065 1000 ha | 11,035 1000 ha | 11,076 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Europe
More environment data for Northern Europe
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 2.08 million t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 524,860 t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 27.46 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 4.82 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 108.86 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 2.32 million t (2024)
- Country area — Area 214,061 1000 ha (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export value 1.86 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 19.09 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 1.56 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inland waters — area in Northern Europe?
- Inland waters — area in Northern Europe was 11,035 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest inland waters — area recorded in Northern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 11,112 1000 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest inland waters — area recorded in Northern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,231 1000 ha in 1961.
- How does Northern Europe rank for inland waters — area?
- Northern Europe ranks 21st out of 34 groups with data for 2024.
- Is inland waters — area rising or falling in Northern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern Europe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Inland waters — Area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.