What is terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Americas?

Terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Americas was 105,175 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 Americas?

The highest recorded value was 108,190 1000 ha in 2003.

What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc recorded in Americas?

The lowest recorded value was 105,175 1000 ha in 2022.

How does Americas rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc?

Americas ranks 9th out of 29 groups with data for 2022.

Is terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Americas?

Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.

Where does this Americas 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.

Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in Americas

Name: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in Americas
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Americas: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC was 105,175 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)

105,175 1000 ha

Change on year

down 0.2%

Rank

9th

of 29 groups

All-time high

108,190 1000 ha

in 2003

All-time low

105,175 1000 ha

in 2022

Years of data

1992–2022

Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in Americas, 1992–2022

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

Americas recorded 105,175 1000 ha for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.

The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 2.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Americas peaked at 108,190 1000 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 105,175 1000 ha, in 2022.

That places Americas 9th out of 29 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1990s	107,346 1000 ha	107,154 1000 ha	107,746 1000 ha	8
2000s	108,062 1000 ha	107,747 1000 ha	108,190 1000 ha	10
2010s	107,633 1000 ha	106,043 1000 ha	108,081 1000 ha	10
2020s	105,415 1000 ha	105,175 1000 ha	105,685 1000 ha	3

Countries ranked near Americas

6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 105,383 1000 ha compare
7 Sudan (former) 99,540 1000 ha compare
8 Sudan 97,030 1000 ha compare
9 Egypt 89,696 1000 ha compare
10 Mauritania 83,374 1000 ha compare
11 Niger 78,000 1000 ha compare
12 Mali 68,464 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 270 places →

More environment data for Americas

Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 14.92 kg/cap (2024)
Cropland — Area per capita 0.36 ha/cap (2024)
Arable land — Area 347,983 1000 ha (2024)
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 31.51 % (2024)
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 16.06 g/Int$ (2024)
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 15.65 million t (2024)
Permanent crops — Area 29,878 1000 ha (2024)
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 19.01 million t (2024)
Country area — Area 4.65 million 1000 ha (2024)
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 41.48 kg/ha (2024)

All data for Americas →

Frequently asked questions

What is terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Americas?: Terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Americas was 105,175 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 Americas?: The highest recorded value was 108,190 1000 ha in 2003.
What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc recorded in Americas?: The lowest recorded value was 105,175 1000 ha in 2022.
How does Americas rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc?: Americas ranks 9th out of 29 groups with data for 2022.
Is terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Americas?: Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Americas 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.

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About this data

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
Last refreshed: 12 August 2026

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.