Libya vs Northern Europe: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS

Libya
158,782 1000 ha
in 2024
Northern Europe
5,859 1000 ha
in 2024
Libya rank
5th
Northern Europe rank
5th

Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS over time

  • Libya
  • Northern Europe
050.0k100.0k150.0k200120122024

How they compare

Libya currently reports 158,782 1000 ha against 5,859 1000 ha in Northern Europe, a difference of 152,923 1000 ha.

That makes Libya's figure about 27.1 times Northern Europe's.

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

Libya ranks 5th and Northern Europe ranks 5th of 218 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Libya Northern Europe Difference Ahead
2000s 158,670 1000 ha 6,002 1000 ha 152,668 1000 ha Libya
2010s 158,568 1000 ha 5,624 1000 ha 152,945 1000 ha Libya
2020s 158,575 1000 ha 5,840 1000 ha 152,734 1000 ha Libya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher terrestrial barren land — area from modis, Libya or Northern Europe?
Libya, at 158,782 1000 ha against 5,859 1000 ha in Northern Europe as of 2024.
What is the difference in terrestrial barren land — area from modis between Libya and Northern Europe?
152,923 1000 ha, with Libya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Northern Europe?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Libya and Northern Europe rank globally for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
Libya ranks 5th and Northern Europe ranks 5th of 218 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.