Eastern Africa vs Iraq: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC over time
- Eastern Africa
- Iraq
How they compare
Iraq currently reports 32,538 1000 ha against 22,093 1000 ha in Eastern Africa, a difference of 10,445 1000 ha.
That makes Iraq's figure about 1.5 times Eastern Africa's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, Iraq has been ahead every year.
Eastern Africa ranks 15th and Iraq ranks 18th of 26 groups.
Iraq has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | Iraq | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 24,486 1000 ha | 32,163 1000 ha | 7,677 1000 ha | Iraq |
| 2000s | 23,657 1000 ha | 32,710 1000 ha | 9,053 1000 ha | Iraq |
| 2010s | 23,100 1000 ha | 32,732 1000 ha | 9,632 1000 ha | Iraq |
| 2020s | 22,210 1000 ha | 32,548 1000 ha | 10,338 1000 ha | Iraq |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc, Eastern Africa or Iraq?
- Iraq, at 32,538 1000 ha against 22,093 1000 ha in Eastern Africa as of 2022.
- What is the difference in terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc between Eastern Africa and Iraq?
- 10,445 1000 ha, with Iraq ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Iraq?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do Eastern Africa and Iraq rank globally for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc?
- Eastern Africa ranks 15th and Iraq ranks 18th 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.