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Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC by country

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...

Countries reporting
185
Highest
207,359 1000 ha
Algeria
Lowest
0 1000 ha
China, Hong Kong SAR
Median
28.99 1000 ha
Years covered
31
1992–2022
Data points
8,231

What the numbers show

Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 207,359 1000 ha in Algeria; the lowest is 0 1000 ha in China, Hong Kong SAR.

The median across all reporting countries is 28.99 1000 ha, and the mean is 11,793 1000 ha.

Over the past decade 66 countries rose and 96 fell. The largest increase was in Congo (up 207.7%), and the largest decrease in China, Hong Kong SAR (down 100.0%).

Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Algeria 207,359 1000 ha 2022 down 0.3% flat
2 Saudi Arabia 180,329 1000 ha 2022 down 0.7% flat
2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 105,383 1000 ha 2022 down 0.8% flat
3 China 164,736 1000 ha 2022 down 0.8% falling
3 China, mainland 164,736 1000 ha 2022 down 0.8% falling
4 Syrian Arab Republic 11,505 1000 ha 2022 down 1.5% flat
5 Libya 154,984 1000 ha 2022 down 0.1% flat
5 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 8,300 1000 ha 2022 down 5.0% flat
6 Sudan (former) 99,540 1000 ha 2011 down 0.9% flat
6 Türkiye 1,447 1000 ha 2022 down 4.8% falling
7 Sudan 97,030 1000 ha 2022 down 2.4% flat
7 United Republic of Tanzania 247.65 1000 ha 2022 up 0.1% rising
8 Egypt 89,696 1000 ha 2022 down 0.4% flat
8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 104.22 1000 ha 2022 down 0.2% flat
9 Mauritania 83,374 1000 ha 2022 down 0.7% flat
9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 37.17 1000 ha 2022 up 5.8% rising
10 Niger 78,000 1000 ha 2022 down 1.9% flat
10 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 19.93 1000 ha 2022 down 6.7% falling
11 Mali 68,464 1000 ha 2022 down 2.0% flat
11 Viet Nam 18.54 1000 ha 2022 up 0.5% flat
12 Mongolia 66,361 1000 ha 2022 down 3.4% flat
12 Melanesia 3.42 1000 ha 2022 up 0.3% flat
13 Chad 62,733 1000 ha 2022 down 1.8% flat
13 Micronesia 0.03 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
14 Canada 40,380 1000 ha 2022 up 0.6% flat
14 Republic of Moldova 0.02 1000 ha 2022 unchanged volatile
15 Yemen 35,398 1000 ha 2022 down 1.2% flat
16 Australia and New Zealand 33,050 1000 ha 2022 down 4.9% falling
17 Russian Federation 32,677 1000 ha 2022 up 1.8% flat
18 Iraq 32,538 1000 ha 2022 down 0.7% flat
19 Turkmenistan 32,432 1000 ha 2022 down 0.7% flat
20 Kazakhstan 32,341 1000 ha 2022 down 5.8% falling
21 Australia 32,055 1000 ha 2022 down 5.0% falling
22 Oman 28,353 1000 ha 2022 down 0.8% flat
23 Western Sahara 26,864 1000 ha 2022 down 0.0% flat
23 Cabo Verde 143.33 1000 ha 2022 down 1.9% falling
24 Uzbekistan 25,009 1000 ha 2022 down 0.3% rising
25 Afghanistan 24,778 1000 ha 2022 down 0.2% flat
25 Caribbean 4.31 1000 ha 2022 up 65.1% rising
26 Pakistan 21,385 1000 ha 2022 down 1.8% falling
26 Côte d'Ivoire 0 1000 ha 2022 — volatile
27 Morocco 18,108 1000 ha 2022 down 2.4% falling
28 Namibia 14,936 1000 ha 2022 down 0.8% flat
29 Chile 12,321 1000 ha 2022 down 9.9% falling
30 Argentina 12,131 1000 ha 2022 down 5.4% flat
31 Peru 9,046 1000 ha 2022 down 5.6% flat
32 Tunisia 8,559 1000 ha 2022 down 3.5% flat
33 Jordan 8,077 1000 ha 2022 down 0.5% flat
34 Ethiopia 6,970 1000 ha 2022 down 3.0% falling
35 United Arab Emirates 6,212 1000 ha 2022 down 0.6% flat
36 Somalia 4,935 1000 ha 2022 down 11.8% falling
37 Eritrea 4,639 1000 ha 2022 down 5.1% falling
38 Norway 3,602 1000 ha 2022 down 1.5% flat
39 Angola 3,057 1000 ha 2022 up 1.0% rising
40 Mexico 2,828 1000 ha 2022 up 0.6% flat
41 Tajikistan 2,334 1000 ha 2022 up 3.5% flat
42 Iceland 2,043 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
43 Djibouti 1,875 1000 ha 2022 down 2.3% flat
44 Kenya 1,812 1000 ha 2022 down 3.0% falling
45 Kyrgyzstan 1,681 1000 ha 2022 down 1.5% flat
46 Kuwait 1,621 1000 ha 2022 down 0.8% flat
47 India 1,257 1000 ha 2022 up 0.4% flat
48 Israel 1,170 1000 ha 2022 down 1.4% flat
49 Qatar 1,050 1000 ha 2022 down 1.5% flat
50 New Zealand 994.34 1000 ha 2022 up 0.1% flat
51 Botswana 901.39 1000 ha 2022 down 1.7% flat
52 Greenland 690.01 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
53 South Africa 662.2 1000 ha 2022 down 6.4% rising
54 Italy 609.51 1000 ha 2022 down 5.5% falling
55 Mozambique 602.77 1000 ha 2022 down 0.3% rising
56 French Southern Territories 523.57 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
57 Spain 488.5 1000 ha 2022 down 5.0% flat
58 Azerbaijan 385.03 1000 ha 2022 down 5.4% falling
59 Brazil 370.13 1000 ha 2022 up 0.5% falling
60 Ecuador 356 1000 ha 2022 down 0.0% flat
61 Madagascar 350.74 1000 ha 2022 up 0.0% flat
62 Sweden 270.31 1000 ha 2022 down 0.3% flat
63 Switzerland 265.88 1000 ha 2022 down 0.7% flat
64 Greece 253.97 1000 ha 2022 down 4.0% falling
65 France 225.83 1000 ha 2022 down 1.0% flat
66 Austria 207.39 1000 ha 2022 down 0.0% flat
67 Nepal 180.33 1000 ha 2022 up 2.1% flat
68 Georgia 121.22 1000 ha 2022 down 1.3% flat
69 Burkina Faso 120.28 1000 ha 2022 up 11.3% rising
70 Palestine 111.87 1000 ha 2022 down 3.7% falling
71 Zimbabwe 89.93 1000 ha 2022 down 3.1% flat
72 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 68.81 1000 ha 2022 down 1.0% falling
73 Cyprus 66.45 1000 ha 2022 down 5.0% falling
74 Bulgaria 55.11 1000 ha 2022 down 1.7% falling
75 Albania 48.36 1000 ha 2022 down 5.7% falling
76 Lebanon 43.98 1000 ha 2022 down 7.6% falling
77 Finland 42.28 1000 ha 2022 up 73.5% rising
78 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 40.06 1000 ha 2022 down 0.3% flat
79 Bahrain 38.39 1000 ha 2022 down 8.1% falling
80 Armenia 37.88 1000 ha 2022 down 7.3% falling
81 Republic of Korea 37.7 1000 ha 2022 down 35.1% falling
82 Portugal 36.43 1000 ha 2022 down 5.2% falling
83 Colombia 30.66 1000 ha 2022 up 17.5% rising
84 Bangladesh 30.11 1000 ha 2022 up 9.9% volatile
85 Ireland 28.99 1000 ha 2022 down 0.0% falling
86 South Sudan 26.78 1000 ha 2022 down 2.0% flat
87 Eswatini 25.91 1000 ha 2022 up 0.1% rising
88 Ukraine 20.73 1000 ha 2022 up 1.1% falling
89 Nigeria 19.33 1000 ha 2022 up 19.3% falling
90 Germany 15.94 1000 ha 2022 up 1.9% flat
91 Malawi 12.8 1000 ha 2022 down 1.1% flat
92 Serbia and Montenegro 10 1000 ha 2005 up 11.2% rising
93 Croatia 9.41 1000 ha 2022 down 6.1% flat
94 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 8.98 1000 ha 2022 up 10.3% rising
95 Senegal 8.47 1000 ha 2022 up 2.2% falling
96 North Macedonia 8.14 1000 ha 2022 down 8.6% falling
97 Ghana 8.02 1000 ha 2022 up 23.8% volatile
98 Romania 7.34 1000 ha 2022 up 4.9% flat
99 Serbia 7.31 1000 ha 2022 up 2.2% rising
100 Bhutan 7.26 1000 ha 2022 up 0.6% flat
101 Slovenia 7.21 1000 ha 2022 up 3.0% rising
102 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 6.16 1000 ha 2022 down 1.8% flat
103 Panama 6.12 1000 ha 2022 up 31.9% rising
104 Sierra Leone 4.78 1000 ha 2022 down 5.3% flat
105 Guinea-Bissau 4.53 1000 ha 2022 up 20.2% rising
106 Malta 3.97 1000 ha 2022 down 7.9% falling
107 Zambia 3.93 1000 ha 2022 down 1.8% rising
108 Guyana 3.82 1000 ha 2022 up 1.3% rising
109 Réunion 3.78 1000 ha 2022 up 5.3% rising
110 Montenegro 3.73 1000 ha 2022 up 3.9% rising
111 Uruguay 3.55 1000 ha 2022 up 0.3% rising
112 Slovakia 3.54 1000 ha 2022 up 1.7% rising
113 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 3.35 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
114 Japan 3.26 1000 ha 2022 down 7.6% falling
115 Poland 2.85 1000 ha 2022 down 0.7% flat
116 Nicaragua 2.8 1000 ha 2022 up 2.9% rising
117 Denmark 2.76 1000 ha 2022 up 1.1% flat
118 Cuba 2.65 1000 ha 2022 up 167.7% volatile
119 Myanmar 2.55 1000 ha 2022 up 97.7% rising
120 Costa Rica 2.49 1000 ha 2022 up 5.1% flat
121 Vanuatu 2.41 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
122 Guatemala 2.39 1000 ha 2022 up 4.4% rising
123 Andorra 2.33 1000 ha 2022 up 0.9% flat
124 Cambodia 2.25 1000 ha 2022 up 1.8% rising
125 Guinea 2.24 1000 ha 2022 up 21.1% rising
126 Sri Lanka 1.68 1000 ha 2022 up 1.2% flat
127 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.64 1000 ha 2022 up 33.3% rising
128 Gambia 1.63 1000 ha 2022 up 8.7% rising
129 Estonia 1.45 1000 ha 2022 up 7.4% rising
130 Cameroon 1.43 1000 ha 2022 down 0.7% volatile
131 El Salvador 1.34 1000 ha 2022 up 3.9% rising
132 Central African Republic 1.08 1000 ha 2022 up 66.2% rising
133 Lithuania 1.07 1000 ha 2022 up 3.9% flat
134 Hungary 1.06 1000 ha 2022 down 5.4% falling
135 Isle of Man 1 1000 ha 2022 up 9.9% rising
135 Papua New Guinea 1 1000 ha 2022 unchanged rising
137 Latvia 0.91 1000 ha 2022 up 11.0% rising
138 Belize 0.88 1000 ha 2022 up 3.5% rising
139 Honduras 0.79 1000 ha 2022 up 41.1% rising
140 Paraguay 0.69 1000 ha 2022 up 21.1% rising
141 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.66 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
142 Belgium 0.61 1000 ha 2022 down 10.3% rising
143 Faroe Islands 0.58 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
144 Lesotho 0.56 1000 ha 2022 down 11.1% falling
145 Bahamas 0.48 1000 ha 2022 unchanged volatile
145 Seychelles 0.48 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
145 Belgium-Luxembourg 0.48 1000 ha 1999 down 2.0% flat
148 Congo 0.4 1000 ha 2022 up 207.7% volatile
149 Czechia 0.39 1000 ha 2022 up 8.3% falling
150 Dominican Republic 0.37 1000 ha 2022 up 2.8% falling
151 Maldives 0.24 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
152 Liechtenstein 0.22 1000 ha 2022 up 10.0% rising
153 Uganda 0.21 1000 ha 2022 up 61.5% rising
154 Benin 0.2 1000 ha 2022 down 4.8% volatile
155 San Marino 0.18 1000 ha 2022 down 21.7% falling
155 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.18 1000 ha 2022 down 5.3% falling
157 Mauritius 0.1 1000 ha 2022 up 25.0% rising
158 Belarus 0.08 1000 ha 2022 unchanged falling
158 Norfolk Island 0.08 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
160 Thailand 0.07 1000 ha 2022 down 53.3% falling
161 Haiti 0.05 1000 ha 2022 up 66.7% rising
161 Puerto Rico 0.05 1000 ha 2022 unchanged rising
163 Togo 0.04 1000 ha 2022 down 63.6% volatile
164 Northern Mariana Islands 0.03 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
164 Anguilla 0.03 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
166 Rwanda 0.01 1000 ha 2022 unchanged volatile
166 United States Virgin Islands 0.01 1000 ha 2022 — volatile
166 Netherlands Antilles (former) 0.01 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
169 Gibraltar 0 1000 ha 2022 — volatile
169 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 1000 ha 2022 down 100.0% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
270 places, 8,231 data points, 1992–2022
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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.