Iceland vs Norway: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS over time
- Iceland
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 2,860 1000 ha against 2,819 1000 ha in Iceland, a difference of 41 1000 ha.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Norway ahead.
Iceland ranks 46th and Norway ranks 45th of 240 countries.
Norway has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iceland | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,866 1000 ha | 2,933 1000 ha | 67.09 1000 ha | Norway |
| 2010s | 2,705 1000 ha | 2,723 1000 ha | 17.29 1000 ha | Norway |
| 2020s | 2,796 1000 ha | 2,843 1000 ha | 47.14 1000 ha | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher terrestrial barren land — area from modis, Iceland or Norway?
- Norway, at 2,860 1000 ha against 2,819 1000 ha in Iceland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in terrestrial barren land — area from modis between Iceland and Norway?
- 41 1000 ha, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Norway?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Iceland and Norway rank globally for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- Iceland ranks 46th and Norway ranks 45th of 240 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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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.