Africa vs Saudi Arabia: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS over time
- Africa
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Africa currently reports 998,448 1000 ha against 184,840 1000 ha in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 813,608 1000 ha.
That makes Africa's figure about 5.4 times Saudi Arabia's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Africa has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 2nd and Saudi Arabia ranks 4th of 26 groups.
Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.01 million 1000 ha | 186,746 1000 ha | 821,760 1000 ha | Africa |
| 2010s | 1.00 million 1000 ha | 186,781 1000 ha | 813,293 1000 ha | Africa |
| 2020s | 1.00 million 1000 ha | 185,757 1000 ha | 814,961 1000 ha | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher terrestrial barren land — area from modis, Africa or Saudi Arabia?
- Africa, at 998,448 1000 ha against 184,840 1000 ha in Saudi Arabia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in terrestrial barren land — area from modis between Africa and Saudi Arabia?
- 813,608 1000 ha, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Saudi Arabia?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Africa and Saudi Arabia rank globally for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- Africa ranks 2nd 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 MODIS. 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.