Central America vs Western Sahara: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC over time
- Central America
- Western Sahara
How they compare
Western Sahara currently reports 26,864 1000 ha against 2,845 1000 ha in Central America, a difference of 24,019 1000 ha.
That makes Western Sahara's figure about 9.4 times Central America's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, Western Sahara has been ahead every year.
Central America ranks 19th and Western Sahara ranks 23rd of 26 groups.
Western Sahara has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central America | Western Sahara | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,840 1000 ha | 26,859 1000 ha | 24,019 1000 ha | Western Sahara |
| 2000s | 2,830 1000 ha | 26,866 1000 ha | 24,037 1000 ha | Western Sahara |
| 2010s | 2,829 1000 ha | 26,865 1000 ha | 24,037 1000 ha | Western Sahara |
| 2020s | 2,842 1000 ha | 26,865 1000 ha | 24,022 1000 ha | Western Sahara |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc, Central America or Western Sahara?
- Western Sahara, at 26,864 1000 ha against 2,845 1000 ha in Central America as of 2022.
- What is the difference in terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc between Central America and Western Sahara?
- 24,019 1000 ha, with Western Sahara ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and Western Sahara?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do Central America and Western Sahara rank globally for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc?
- Central America ranks 19th and Western Sahara ranks 23rd of 26 groups.
- 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.