Polynesia vs United Republic of Tanzania: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS

Polynesia
16.24 1000 ha
in 2024
United Republic of Tanzania
76.57 1000 ha
in 2024
Polynesia rank
10th
United Republic of Tanzania rank
7th

Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS over time

  • Polynesia
  • United Republic of Tanzania
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How they compare

United Republic of Tanzania currently reports 76.57 1000 ha against 16.24 1000 ha in Polynesia, a difference of 60.33 1000 ha.

That makes United Republic of Tanzania's figure about 4.7 times Polynesia's.

Across all 24 years both countries report, United Republic of Tanzania has been ahead every year.

Polynesia ranks 10th and United Republic of Tanzania ranks 7th of 20 countries.

United Republic of Tanzania has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Polynesia United Republic of Tanzania Difference Ahead
2000s 15.62 1000 ha 149 1000 ha 133.38 1000 ha United Republic of Tanzania
2010s 13.96 1000 ha 144.12 1000 ha 130.16 1000 ha United Republic of Tanzania
2020s 12.26 1000 ha 73.88 1000 ha 61.62 1000 ha United Republic of Tanzania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher terrestrial barren land — area from modis, Polynesia or United Republic of Tanzania?
United Republic of Tanzania, at 76.57 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 United Republic of Tanzania?
60.33 1000 ha, with United Republic of Tanzania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Polynesia and United Republic of Tanzania?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Polynesia and United Republic of Tanzania rank globally for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
Polynesia ranks 10th and United Republic of Tanzania 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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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.