FAO WaPOR v3 Water Productivity
Satellite-based evapotranspiration, interception, and biomass data at up to 20m resolution. Dekadal updates from Jan 2018 to Oct 2025.
wapor.apps.fao.org
At a glance
- Region
- Global
- Coverage
- Africa & Near East (global layers)
- Access
- Free
- Category
- International
- Last updated
- 2025
What's inside
- Evapotranspiration
- Biomass
- Water Productivity
Terms explained
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Irrigation scheduling
Decide when and how much to irrigate.
Because it has: Evapotranspiration
- 02
Water accounting
Track how much water crops actually consume across a command area.
- 03
No-gauge areas
Monitor places with no ground stations.
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Field-scale ET
Estimate crop water use per field by combining satellite and weather with ML.
- 02
Demand forecasts
Predict irrigation demand weeks ahead for canal and pump planning.
- 03
Segmentation
Map water, crops and land use pixel by pixel with deep learning.
Machine access and documentation
Open API
FAO WaPOR v3 REST API
Licence: CC-BY 4.0
Listed in our registry of open water APIs, which WaterDataGPT can query live.
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