Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in Africa
Africa: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC was 937,204 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in Africa, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2022, terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Africa stood at 937,204 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Africa peaked at 954,443 1000 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 937,204 1000 ha, in 2022.
That places Africa 2nd out of 29 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 954,119 1000 ha | 953,840 1000 ha | 954,443 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 951,948 1000 ha | 949,445 1000 ha | 953,663 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 946,161 1000 ha | 940,656 1000 ha | 948,751 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 938,717 1000 ha | 937,204 1000 ha | 940,343 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 1 Algeria 207,359 1000 ha compare
- 2 Saudi Arabia 180,329 1000 ha compare
- 3 China 164,736 1000 ha compare
- 3 China, mainland 164,736 1000 ha compare
- 5 Libya 154,984 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Africa
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 359.84 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Arable land — Area 266,831 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.21 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 10.45 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 26.39 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 312,792 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Area 1.19 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 2.99 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Agriculture — Area 1.19 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 22.51 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Africa?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Africa was 937,204 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 954,443 1000 ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 937,204 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Africa rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc?
- Africa ranks 2nd out of 29 groups with data for 2022.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 31 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
About this data
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.