Democratic Republic of the Congo vs Polynesia: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS

Democratic Republic of the Congo
5.92 1000 ha
in 2024
Polynesia
16.24 1000 ha
in 2024
Democratic Republic of the Congo rank
12th
Polynesia rank
10th

Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS over time

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Polynesia
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How they compare

Polynesia currently reports 16.24 1000 ha against 5.92 1000 ha in Democratic Republic of the Congo, a difference of 10.32 1000 ha.

That makes Polynesia's figure about 2.7 times Democratic Republic of the Congo's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Polynesia ahead.

Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 12th and Polynesia ranks 10th of 20 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Democratic Republic of the Congo averaged higher in 1 and Polynesia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Democratic Republic of the Congo Polynesia Difference Ahead
2000s 18.07 1000 ha 15.62 1000 ha 2.45 1000 ha Democratic Republic of the Congo
2010s 11.18 1000 ha 13.96 1000 ha 2.77 1000 ha Polynesia
2020s 5.71 1000 ha 12.26 1000 ha 6.56 1000 ha Polynesia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher terrestrial barren land — area from modis, Democratic Republic of the Congo or Polynesia?
Polynesia, at 16.24 1000 ha against 5.92 1000 ha in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2024.
What is the difference in terrestrial barren land — area from modis between Democratic Republic of the Congo and Polynesia?
10.32 1000 ha, with Polynesia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of the Congo and Polynesia?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Democratic Republic of the Congo and Polynesia rank globally for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 12th and Polynesia ranks 10th of 20 countries.
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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Indicator
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
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.