Mongolia vs United States of America: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS

Mongolia
47,327 1000 ha
in 2024
United States of America
22,046 1000 ha
in 2024
Mongolia rank
13th
United States of America rank
13th

Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS over time

  • Mongolia
  • United States of America
020.0k40.0k60.0k200120122024

How they compare

Mongolia currently reports 47,327 1000 ha against 22,046 1000 ha in United States of America, a difference of 25,281 1000 ha.

That makes Mongolia's figure about 2.1 times United States of America's.

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

Mongolia ranks 13th and United States of America ranks 13th of 223 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Mongolia United States of America Difference Ahead
2000s 51,374 1000 ha 25,442 1000 ha 25,932 1000 ha Mongolia
2010s 48,847 1000 ha 22,362 1000 ha 26,484 1000 ha Mongolia
2020s 47,473 1000 ha 22,634 1000 ha 24,838 1000 ha Mongolia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher terrestrial barren land — area from modis, Mongolia or United States of America?
Mongolia, at 47,327 1000 ha against 22,046 1000 ha in United States of America as of 2024.
What is the difference in terrestrial barren land — area from modis between Mongolia and United States of America?
25,281 1000 ha, with Mongolia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mongolia and United States of America?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Mongolia and United States of America rank globally for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
Mongolia ranks 13th and United States of America ranks 13th 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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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.