Saudi Arabia vs Sudan (former): Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS

Saudi Arabia
184,840 1000 ha
in 2024
Sudan (former)
113,270 1000 ha
in 2011
Saudi Arabia rank
4th
Sudan (former) rank
6th

Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS over time

  • Saudi Arabia
  • Sudan (former)
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How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports 184,840 1000 ha against 113,270 1000 ha in Sudan (former), a difference of 71,570 1000 ha.

That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 1.6 times Sudan (former)'s.

Across all 11 years both countries report, Saudi Arabia has been ahead every year.

Saudi Arabia ranks 4th and Sudan (former) ranks 6th of 218 countries.

Saudi Arabia has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Saudi Arabia Sudan (former) Difference Ahead
2000s 186,746 1000 ha 113,136 1000 ha 73,611 1000 ha Saudi Arabia
2010s 187,098 1000 ha 113,017 1000 ha 74,082 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, Saudi Arabia or Sudan (former)?
Saudi Arabia, at 184,840 1000 ha against 113,270 1000 ha in Sudan (former) as of 2024.
What is the difference in terrestrial barren land — area from modis between Saudi Arabia and Sudan (former)?
71,570 1000 ha, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Saudi Arabia and Sudan (former)?
11 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2011.
How do Saudi Arabia and Sudan (former) rank globally for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
Saudi Arabia ranks 4th and Sudan (former) 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

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.