Italy vs South Africa: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC

Italy
609.51 1000 ha
in 2022
South Africa
662.2 1000 ha
in 2022
Italy rank
54th
South Africa rank
53rd

Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC over time

  • Italy
  • South Africa
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How they compare

South Africa currently reports 662.2 1000 ha against 609.51 1000 ha in Italy, a difference of 52.69 1000 ha.

That makes South Africa's figure about 1.1 times Italy's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 31 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Italy ahead.

Italy ranks 54th and South Africa ranks 53rd of 224 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 2 and South Africa in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Italy South Africa Difference Ahead
1990s 857 1000 ha 648.33 1000 ha 208.67 1000 ha Italy
2000s 722.66 1000 ha 694.73 1000 ha 27.94 1000 ha Italy
2010s 635.75 1000 ha 694.25 1000 ha 58.51 1000 ha South Africa
2020s 615.47 1000 ha 664.92 1000 ha 49.45 1000 ha South Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc, Italy or South Africa?
South Africa, at 662.2 1000 ha against 609.51 1000 ha in Italy as of 2022.
What is the difference in terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc between Italy and South Africa?
52.69 1000 ha, with South Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and South Africa?
31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do Italy and South Africa rank globally for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc?
Italy ranks 54th 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

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.