Kuwait vs South Africa: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS

Kuwait
1,636 1000 ha
in 2024
South Africa
1,954 1000 ha
in 2024
Kuwait rank
47th
South Africa rank
45th

Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS over time

  • Kuwait
  • South Africa
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How they compare

South Africa currently reports 1,954 1000 ha against 1,636 1000 ha in Kuwait, a difference of 318 1000 ha.

That makes South Africa's figure about 1.2 times Kuwait's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Kuwait ahead.

Kuwait ranks 47th and South Africa ranks 45th of 223 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 2 and South Africa in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kuwait South Africa Difference Ahead
2000s 1,660 1000 ha 1,437 1000 ha 223.39 1000 ha Kuwait
2010s 1,655 1000 ha 1,547 1000 ha 108.19 1000 ha Kuwait
2020s 1,641 1000 ha 2,298 1000 ha 657.36 1000 ha South Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher terrestrial barren land — area from modis, Kuwait or South Africa?
South Africa, at 1,954 1000 ha against 1,636 1000 ha in Kuwait as of 2024.
What is the difference in terrestrial barren land — area from modis between Kuwait and South Africa?
318 1000 ha, with South Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and South Africa?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Kuwait and South Africa rank globally for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
Kuwait ranks 47th and South Africa ranks 45th of 223 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

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.