European Union (27) vs Saudi Arabia: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS

European Union (27)
722.59 1000 ha
in 2019
Saudi Arabia
186,930 1000 ha
in 2019
European Union (27) rank
20th
Saudi Arabia rank
4th

Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS over time

  • European Union (27)
  • Saudi Arabia
050.0k100.0k150.0k200.0k201520172019

How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports 186,930 1000 ha against 722.59 1000 ha in European Union (27), a difference of 186,207 1000 ha.

That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 258.7 times European Union (27)'s.

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

European Union (27) ranks 20th and Saudi Arabia ranks 4th of 26 groups.

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

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher terrestrial barren land — area from cgls, European Union (27) or Saudi Arabia?
Saudi Arabia, at 186,930 1000 ha against 722.59 1000 ha in European Union (27) as of 2019.
What is the difference in terrestrial barren land — area from cgls between European Union (27) and Saudi Arabia?
186,207 1000 ha, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for European Union (27) and Saudi Arabia?
5 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2019.
How do European Union (27) and Saudi Arabia rank globally for terrestrial barren land — area from cgls?
European Union (27) ranks 20th and Saudi Arabia ranks 4th 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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About this data

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.