France vs Switzerland: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC

France
225.83 1000 ha
in 2022
Switzerland
265.88 1000 ha
in 2022
France rank
65th
Switzerland rank
63rd

Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC over time

  • France
  • Switzerland
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How they compare

Switzerland currently reports 265.88 1000 ha against 225.83 1000 ha in France, a difference of 40.05 1000 ha.

That makes Switzerland's figure about 1.2 times France's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, Switzerland has been ahead every year.

France ranks 65th and Switzerland ranks 63rd of 224 countries.

Switzerland has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade France Switzerland Difference Ahead
1990s 222.4 1000 ha 262.92 1000 ha 40.52 1000 ha Switzerland
2000s 228.99 1000 ha 268.26 1000 ha 39.27 1000 ha Switzerland
2010s 227.88 1000 ha 267.58 1000 ha 39.69 1000 ha Switzerland
2020s 226.35 1000 ha 266.26 1000 ha 39.91 1000 ha Switzerland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc, France or Switzerland?
Switzerland, at 265.88 1000 ha against 225.83 1000 ha in France as of 2022.
What is the difference in terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc between France and Switzerland?
40.05 1000 ha, with Switzerland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for France and Switzerland?
31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do France and Switzerland rank globally for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc?
France ranks 65th and Switzerland ranks 63rd 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

Indicator
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
270 places, 8,231 data points, 1992–2022
Last refreshed

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.