Northern Africa vs Saudi Arabia: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC over time
- Northern Africa
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Northern Africa currently reports 602,600 1000 ha against 180,329 1000 ha in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 422,271 1000 ha.
That makes Northern Africa's figure about 3.3 times Saudi Arabia's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, Northern Africa has been ahead every year.
Northern Africa ranks 3rd and Saudi Arabia ranks 2nd of 26 groups.
Northern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Northern Africa | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 609,245 1000 ha | 181,875 1000 ha | 427,370 1000 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2000s | 608,789 1000 ha | 181,686 1000 ha | 427,103 1000 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2010s | 606,451 1000 ha | 181,503 1000 ha | 424,948 1000 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2020s | 603,335 1000 ha | 180,719 1000 ha | 422,616 1000 ha | Northern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc, Northern Africa or Saudi Arabia?
- Northern Africa, at 602,600 1000 ha against 180,329 1000 ha in Saudi Arabia as of 2022.
- What is the difference in terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc between Northern Africa and Saudi Arabia?
- 422,271 1000 ha, with Northern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Northern Africa and Saudi Arabia?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do Northern Africa and Saudi Arabia rank globally for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc?
- Northern Africa ranks 3rd and Saudi Arabia ranks 2nd of 26 groups.
- 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.