Africa vs Syrian Arab Republic: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS

Africa
999,717 1000 ha
in 2019
Syrian Arab Republic
6,965 1000 ha
in 2019
Africa rank
2nd
Syrian Arab Republic rank
5th

Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS over time

  • Africa
  • Syrian Arab Republic
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How they compare

Africa currently reports 999,717 1000 ha against 6,965 1000 ha in Syrian Arab Republic, a difference of 992,752 1000 ha.

That makes Africa's figure about 143.5 times Syrian Arab Republic's.

Across all 5 years both countries report, Africa has been ahead every year.

Africa ranks 2nd and Syrian Arab Republic ranks 5th of 26 groups.

Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher terrestrial barren land — area from cgls, Africa or Syrian Arab Republic?
Africa, at 999,717 1000 ha against 6,965 1000 ha in Syrian Arab Republic as of 2019.
What is the difference in terrestrial barren land — area from cgls between Africa and Syrian Arab Republic?
992,752 1000 ha, with Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Syrian Arab Republic?
5 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2019.
How do Africa and Syrian Arab Republic rank globally for terrestrial barren land — area from cgls?
Africa ranks 2nd and Syrian Arab Republic ranks 5th of 26 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
212 places, 1,060 data points, 2015–2019
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.