Northern Europe vs Saudi Arabia: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS

Northern Europe
5,859 1000 ha
in 2024
Saudi Arabia
184,840 1000 ha
in 2024
Northern Europe rank
18th
Saudi Arabia rank
4th

Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS over time

  • Northern Europe
  • Saudi Arabia
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How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports 184,840 1000 ha against 5,859 1000 ha in Northern Europe, a difference of 178,981 1000 ha.

That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 31.5 times Northern Europe's.

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

Northern Europe ranks 18th and Saudi Arabia ranks 4th of 26 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Northern Europe Saudi Arabia Difference Ahead
2000s 6,002 1000 ha 186,746 1000 ha 180,745 1000 ha Saudi Arabia
2010s 5,624 1000 ha 186,781 1000 ha 181,157 1000 ha Saudi Arabia
2020s 5,840 1000 ha 185,757 1000 ha 179,916 1000 ha Saudi Arabia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher terrestrial barren land — area from modis, Northern Europe or Saudi Arabia?
Saudi Arabia, at 184,840 1000 ha against 5,859 1000 ha in Northern Europe as of 2024.
What is the difference in terrestrial barren land — area from modis between Northern Europe and Saudi Arabia?
178,981 1000 ha, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Northern Europe and Saudi Arabia?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Northern Europe and Saudi Arabia rank globally for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
Northern Europe ranks 18th and Saudi Arabia ranks 4th of 26 groups.
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.