European Union (27) vs Libya: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS

European Union (27)
887.15 1000 ha
in 2024
Libya
158,782 1000 ha
in 2024
European Union (27) rank
6th
Libya rank
5th

Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS over time

  • European Union (27)
  • Libya
050.0k100.0k150.0k200120122024

How they compare

Libya currently reports 158,782 1000 ha against 887.15 1000 ha in European Union (27), a difference of 157,895 1000 ha.

That makes Libya's figure about 179.0 times European Union (27)'s.

Across all 24 years both countries report, Libya has been ahead every year.

European Union (27) ranks 6th and Libya ranks 5th of 7 groups.

Libya has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade European Union (27) Libya Difference Ahead
2000s 958.78 1000 ha 158,670 1000 ha 157,711 1000 ha Libya
2010s 903.72 1000 ha 158,568 1000 ha 157,665 1000 ha Libya
2020s 910.42 1000 ha 158,575 1000 ha 157,664 1000 ha Libya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher terrestrial barren land — area from modis, European Union (27) or Libya?
Libya, at 158,782 1000 ha against 887.15 1000 ha in European Union (27) as of 2024.
What is the difference in terrestrial barren land — area from modis between European Union (27) and Libya?
157,895 1000 ha, with Libya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for European Union (27) and Libya?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do European Union (27) and Libya rank globally for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
European Union (27) ranks 6th and Libya ranks 5th of 7 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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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.