Central America vs Western Sahara: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS over time
- Central America
- Western Sahara
How they compare
Western Sahara currently reports 26,790 1000 ha against 5,566 1000 ha in Central America, a difference of 21,224 1000 ha.
That makes Western Sahara's figure about 4.8 times Central America's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Western Sahara has been ahead every year.
Central America ranks 19th and Western Sahara ranks 22nd of 26 groups.
Western Sahara has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central America | Western Sahara | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6,752 1000 ha | 26,854 1000 ha | 20,103 1000 ha | Western Sahara |
| 2010s | 5,432 1000 ha | 26,787 1000 ha | 21,355 1000 ha | Western Sahara |
| 2020s | 5,361 1000 ha | 26,779 1000 ha | 21,418 1000 ha | Western Sahara |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher terrestrial barren land — area from modis, Central America or Western Sahara?
- Western Sahara, at 26,790 1000 ha against 5,566 1000 ha in Central America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in terrestrial barren land — area from modis between Central America and Western Sahara?
- 21,224 1000 ha, with Western Sahara ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and Western Sahara?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Central America and Western Sahara rank globally for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- Central America ranks 19th and Western Sahara ranks 22nd 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.