Libya vs Western Asia: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC

Libya
154,984 1000 ha
in 2022
Western Asia
308,504 1000 ha
in 2022
Libya rank
5th
Western Asia rank
4th

Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC over time

  • Libya
  • Western Asia
0100.0k200.0k300.0k199220072022

How they compare

Western Asia currently reports 308,504 1000 ha against 154,984 1000 ha in Libya, a difference of 153,520 1000 ha.

That makes Western Asia's figure about 2.0 times Libya's.

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

Libya ranks 5th and Western Asia ranks 4th of 219 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Libya Western Asia Difference Ahead
1990s 155,163 1000 ha 311,000 1000 ha 155,837 1000 ha Western Asia
2000s 155,149 1000 ha 311,232 1000 ha 156,083 1000 ha Western Asia
2010s 155,134 1000 ha 310,836 1000 ha 155,702 1000 ha Western Asia
2020s 155,024 1000 ha 309,155 1000 ha 154,131 1000 ha Western Asia

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 Asia?
Western Asia, at 308,504 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 Asia?
153,520 1000 ha, with Western Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Western Asia?
31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do Libya and Western Asia rank globally for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc?
Libya ranks 5th and Western Asia ranks 4th of 219 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.