Iran (Islamic Republic of) vs Libya: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC

Iran (Islamic Republic of)
105,383 1000 ha
in 2022
Libya
154,984 1000 ha
in 2022
Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank
2nd
Libya rank
5th

Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC over time

  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  • Libya
050.0k100.0k150.0k199220072022

How they compare

Libya currently reports 154,984 1000 ha against 105,383 1000 ha in Iran (Islamic Republic of), a difference of 49,601 1000 ha.

That makes Libya's figure about 1.5 times Iran (Islamic Republic of)'s.

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

Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 2nd and Libya ranks 5th of 20 regions.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Iran (Islamic Republic of) Libya Difference Ahead
1990s 103,782 1000 ha 155,163 1000 ha 51,381 1000 ha Libya
2000s 105,699 1000 ha 155,149 1000 ha 49,449 1000 ha Libya
2010s 106,122 1000 ha 155,134 1000 ha 49,012 1000 ha Libya
2020s 105,485 1000 ha 155,024 1000 ha 49,539 1000 ha Libya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc, Iran (Islamic Republic of) or Libya?
Libya, at 154,984 1000 ha against 105,383 1000 ha in Iran (Islamic Republic of) as of 2022.
What is the difference in terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc between Iran (Islamic Republic of) and Libya?
49,601 1000 ha, with Libya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iran (Islamic Republic of) and Libya?
31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do Iran (Islamic Republic of) and Libya rank globally for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc?
Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 2nd and Libya ranks 5th of 20 regions.
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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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.