Iran (Islamic Republic of) vs Libya: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS

Iran (Islamic Republic of)
96,949 1000 ha
in 2024
Libya
158,782 1000 ha
in 2024
Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank
8th
Libya rank
5th

Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS over time

  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  • Libya
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How they compare

Libya currently reports 158,782 1000 ha against 96,949 1000 ha in Iran (Islamic Republic of), a difference of 61,833 1000 ha.

That makes Libya's figure about 1.6 times Iran (Islamic Republic of)'s.

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

Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 8th and Libya ranks 5th of 44 regions.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Iran (Islamic Republic of) Libya Difference Ahead
2000s 97,871 1000 ha 158,670 1000 ha 60,799 1000 ha Libya
2010s 97,319 1000 ha 158,568 1000 ha 61,250 1000 ha Libya
2020s 96,180 1000 ha 158,575 1000 ha 62,394 1000 ha Libya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher terrestrial barren land — area from modis, Iran (Islamic Republic of) or Libya?
Libya, at 158,782 1000 ha against 96,949 1000 ha in Iran (Islamic Republic of) as of 2024.
What is the difference in terrestrial barren land — area from modis between Iran (Islamic Republic of) and Libya?
61,833 1000 ha, with Libya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iran (Islamic Republic of) and Libya?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Iran (Islamic Republic of) and Libya rank globally for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 8th and Libya ranks 5th of 44 regions.
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

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.