Libya vs Western Africa: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC over time
- Libya
- Western Africa
How they compare
Western Africa currently reports 230,154 1000 ha against 154,984 1000 ha in Libya, a difference of 75,170 1000 ha.
That makes Western Africa's figure about 1.5 times Libya's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, Western Africa has been ahead every year.
Libya ranks 5th and Western Africa ranks 6th of 224 countries.
Western Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Libya | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 155,163 1000 ha | 236,771 1000 ha | 81,608 1000 ha | Western Africa |
| 2000s | 155,149 1000 ha | 235,626 1000 ha | 80,477 1000 ha | Western Africa |
| 2010s | 155,134 1000 ha | 233,158 1000 ha | 78,024 1000 ha | Western Africa |
| 2020s | 155,024 1000 ha | 230,683 1000 ha | 75,659 1000 ha | Western Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc, Libya or Western Africa?
- Western Africa, at 230,154 1000 ha against 154,984 1000 ha in Libya as of 2022.
- What is the difference in terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc between Libya and Western Africa?
- 75,170 1000 ha, with Western Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Western Africa?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do Libya and Western Africa rank globally for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc?
- Libya ranks 5th and Western Africa ranks 6th 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
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.