Libya vs Syrian Arab Republic: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS

Libya
158,782 1000 ha
in 2024
Syrian Arab Republic
9,568 1000 ha
in 2024
Libya rank
5th
Syrian Arab Republic rank
4th

Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS over time

  • Libya
  • Syrian Arab Republic
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How they compare

Libya currently reports 158,782 1000 ha against 9,568 1000 ha in Syrian Arab Republic, a difference of 149,214 1000 ha.

That makes Libya's figure about 16.6 times Syrian Arab Republic's.

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

Libya ranks 5th and Syrian Arab Republic ranks 4th of 223 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Libya Syrian Arab Republic Difference Ahead
2000s 158,670 1000 ha 10,014 1000 ha 148,656 1000 ha Libya
2010s 158,568 1000 ha 10,746 1000 ha 147,822 1000 ha Libya
2020s 158,575 1000 ha 9,846 1000 ha 148,729 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 Syrian Arab Republic?
Libya, at 158,782 1000 ha against 9,568 1000 ha in Syrian Arab Republic as of 2024.
What is the difference in terrestrial barren land — area from modis between Libya and Syrian Arab Republic?
149,214 1000 ha, with Libya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Syrian Arab Republic?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Libya and Syrian Arab Republic rank globally for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
Libya ranks 5th and Syrian Arab Republic ranks 4th 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.