Northern Africa vs Sudan (former): Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC

Northern Africa
602,600 1000 ha
in 2022
Sudan (former)
99,540 1000 ha
in 2011
Northern Africa rank
3rd
Sudan (former) rank
6th

Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC over time

  • Northern Africa
  • Sudan (former)
0200.0k400.0k600.0k199220072022

How they compare

Northern Africa currently reports 602,600 1000 ha against 99,540 1000 ha in Sudan (former), a difference of 503,060 1000 ha.

That makes Northern Africa's figure about 6.1 times Sudan (former)'s.

Across all 20 years both countries report, Northern Africa has been ahead every year.

Northern Africa ranks 3rd and Sudan (former) ranks 6th of 26 groups.

Northern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Northern Africa Sudan (former) Difference Ahead
1990s 609,245 1000 ha 100,381 1000 ha 508,864 1000 ha Northern Africa
2000s 608,789 1000 ha 100,184 1000 ha 508,605 1000 ha Northern Africa
2010s 607,262 1000 ha 99,567 1000 ha 507,695 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 Sudan (former)?
Northern Africa, at 602,600 1000 ha against 99,540 1000 ha in Sudan (former) as of 2022.
What is the difference in terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc between Northern Africa and Sudan (former)?
503,060 1000 ha, with Northern Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Northern Africa and Sudan (former)?
20 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2011.
How do Northern Africa and Sudan (former) rank globally for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc?
Northern Africa ranks 3rd and Sudan (former) ranks 6th 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

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.