Polynesia vs Southern Asia: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS

Polynesia
16.24 1000 ha
in 2024
Southern Asia
169,076 1000 ha
in 2024
Polynesia rank
10th
Southern Asia rank
7th

Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS over time

  • Polynesia
  • Southern Asia
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How they compare

Southern Asia currently reports 169,076 1000 ha against 16.24 1000 ha in Polynesia, a difference of 169,060 1000 ha.

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

Polynesia ranks 10th and Southern Asia ranks 7th of 20 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Polynesia Southern Asia Difference Ahead
2000s 15.62 1000 ha 182,317 1000 ha 182,301 1000 ha Southern Asia
2010s 13.96 1000 ha 174,478 1000 ha 174,464 1000 ha Southern Asia
2020s 12.26 1000 ha 171,217 1000 ha 171,205 1000 ha Southern Asia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher terrestrial barren land — area from modis, Polynesia or Southern Asia?
Southern Asia, at 169,076 1000 ha against 16.24 1000 ha in Polynesia as of 2024.
What is the difference in terrestrial barren land — area from modis between Polynesia and Southern Asia?
169,060 1000 ha, with Southern Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Polynesia and Southern Asia?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Polynesia and Southern Asia rank globally for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
Polynesia ranks 10th and Southern Asia ranks 7th of 20 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.