Mongolia vs South America: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS

Mongolia
47,327 1000 ha
in 2024
South America
67,514 1000 ha
in 2024
Mongolia rank
13th
South America rank
11th

Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS over time

  • Mongolia
  • South America
020.0k40.0k60.0k200120122024

How they compare

South America currently reports 67,514 1000 ha against 47,327 1000 ha in Mongolia, a difference of 20,187 1000 ha.

That makes South America's figure about 1.4 times Mongolia's.

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

Mongolia ranks 13th and South America ranks 11th of 218 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Mongolia South America Difference Ahead
2000s 51,374 1000 ha 68,373 1000 ha 16,999 1000 ha South America
2010s 48,847 1000 ha 67,538 1000 ha 18,692 1000 ha South America
2020s 47,473 1000 ha 67,222 1000 ha 19,750 1000 ha South America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher terrestrial barren land — area from modis, Mongolia or South America?
South America, at 67,514 1000 ha against 47,327 1000 ha in Mongolia as of 2024.
What is the difference in terrestrial barren land — area from modis between Mongolia and South America?
20,187 1000 ha, with South America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mongolia and South America?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Mongolia and South America rank globally for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
Mongolia ranks 13th and South America ranks 11th 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.