Niger vs Northern America: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS

Niger
87,268 1000 ha
in 2024
Northern America
81,557 1000 ha
in 2024
Niger rank
9th
Northern America rank
9th

Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS over time

  • Niger
  • Northern America
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How they compare

Niger currently reports 87,268 1000 ha against 81,557 1000 ha in Northern America, a difference of 5,711 1000 ha.

That makes Niger's figure about 1.1 times Northern America's.

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

Niger ranks 9th and Northern America ranks 9th of 223 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Niger averaged higher in 2 and Northern America in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Niger Northern America Difference Ahead
2000s 89,478 1000 ha 90,285 1000 ha 806.82 1000 ha Northern America
2010s 88,444 1000 ha 84,602 1000 ha 3,842 1000 ha Niger
2020s 87,582 1000 ha 84,222 1000 ha 3,360 1000 ha Niger

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher terrestrial barren land — area from modis, Niger or Northern America?
Niger, at 87,268 1000 ha against 81,557 1000 ha in Northern America as of 2024.
What is the difference in terrestrial barren land — area from modis between Niger and Northern America?
5,711 1000 ha, with Niger ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Niger and Northern America?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Niger and Northern America rank globally for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
Niger ranks 9th and Northern America ranks 9th 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.