Niger vs Western Africa: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS over time
- Niger
- Western Africa
How they compare
Western Africa currently reports 247,816 1000 ha against 87,268 1000 ha in Niger, a difference of 160,548 1000 ha.
That makes Western Africa's figure about 2.8 times Niger's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Western Africa has been ahead every year.
Niger ranks 9th and Western Africa ranks 6th of 218 countries.
Western Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Niger | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 89,478 1000 ha | 253,817 1000 ha | 164,338 1000 ha | Western Africa |
| 2010s | 88,444 1000 ha | 250,667 1000 ha | 162,223 1000 ha | Western Africa |
| 2020s | 87,582 1000 ha | 248,901 1000 ha | 161,320 1000 ha | Western Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher terrestrial barren land — area from modis, Niger or Western Africa?
- Western Africa, at 247,816 1000 ha against 87,268 1000 ha in Niger as of 2024.
- What is the difference in terrestrial barren land — area from modis between Niger and Western Africa?
- 160,548 1000 ha, with Western Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Niger and Western Africa?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Niger and Western Africa rank globally for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- Niger ranks 9th and Western Africa ranks 6th 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
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.