Botswana vs South Africa: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC over time
- Botswana
- South Africa
How they compare
Botswana currently reports 901.39 1000 ha against 662.2 1000 ha in South Africa, a difference of 239.19 1000 ha.
That makes Botswana's figure about 1.4 times South Africa's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, Botswana has been ahead every year.
Botswana ranks 51st and South Africa ranks 53rd of 224 countries.
Botswana has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 918.82 1000 ha | 648.33 1000 ha | 270.49 1000 ha | Botswana |
| 2000s | 926.15 1000 ha | 694.73 1000 ha | 231.43 1000 ha | Botswana |
| 2010s | 908.73 1000 ha | 694.25 1000 ha | 214.48 1000 ha | Botswana |
| 2020s | 900.52 1000 ha | 664.92 1000 ha | 235.61 1000 ha | Botswana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc, Botswana or South Africa?
- Botswana, at 901.39 1000 ha against 662.2 1000 ha in South Africa as of 2022.
- What is the difference in terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc between Botswana and South Africa?
- 239.19 1000 ha, with Botswana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and South Africa?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do Botswana and South Africa rank globally for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc?
- Botswana ranks 51st and South Africa ranks 53rd of 224 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.