Libya vs Northern Africa: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS

Libya
157,304 1000 ha
in 2019
Northern Africa
624,886 1000 ha
in 2019
Libya rank
5th
Northern Africa rank
3rd

Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS over time

  • Libya
  • Northern Africa
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How they compare

Northern Africa currently reports 624,886 1000 ha against 157,304 1000 ha in Libya, a difference of 467,582 1000 ha.

That makes Northern Africa's figure about 4.0 times Libya's.

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

Libya ranks 5th and Northern Africa ranks 3rd of 167 countries.

Northern 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, Libya or Northern Africa?
Northern Africa, at 624,886 1000 ha against 157,304 1000 ha in Libya as of 2019.
What is the difference in terrestrial barren land — area from cgls between Libya and Northern Africa?
467,582 1000 ha, with Northern Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Northern Africa?
5 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2019.
How do Libya and Northern Africa rank globally for terrestrial barren land — area from cgls?
Libya ranks 5th and Northern Africa ranks 3rd of 167 countries.
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.