Eastern Africa vs Polynesia: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS over time
- Eastern Africa
- Polynesia
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 30,275 1000 ha against 16.24 1000 ha in Polynesia, a difference of 30,259 1000 ha.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 1,864.2 times Polynesia's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Eastern Africa has been ahead every year.
Eastern Africa ranks 12th and Polynesia ranks 10th of 26 groups.
Eastern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | Polynesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 34,100 1000 ha | 15.62 1000 ha | 34,084 1000 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2010s | 34,459 1000 ha | 13.96 1000 ha | 34,445 1000 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2020s | 31,740 1000 ha | 12.26 1000 ha | 31,727 1000 ha | Eastern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher terrestrial barren land — area from modis, Eastern Africa or Polynesia?
- Eastern Africa, at 30,275 1000 ha against 16.24 1000 ha in Polynesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in terrestrial barren land — area from modis between Eastern Africa and Polynesia?
- 30,259 1000 ha, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Polynesia?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Africa and Polynesia rank globally for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- Eastern Africa ranks 12th and Polynesia ranks 10th 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.