Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC was 33,050 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in Australia and New Zealand, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Australia and New Zealand is 33,050 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
The figure is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 37,794 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 33,050 1000 ha, in 2022.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 16th of 224 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 37,794 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 37,793 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 37,792 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 37,790 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 37,768 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 37,728 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 37,751 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 37,608 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 37,524 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 37,304 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 37,278 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 37,362 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 37,510 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 37,385 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 37,312 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 36,976 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 36,786 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 36,576 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 36,012 1000 ha | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 35,169 1000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 34,736 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 34,742 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 34,704 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 34,704 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 34,568 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 34,483 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 34,241 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 34,010 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 33,874 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 33,450 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 33,050 1000 ha | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 37,753 1000 ha | 37,608 1000 ha | 37,794 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 37,201 1000 ha | 36,576 1000 ha | 37,524 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 34,737 1000 ha | 34,010 1000 ha | 36,012 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 33,458 1000 ha | 33,050 1000 ha | 33,874 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand
- 13 Chad 62,733 1000 ha compare
- 14 Canada 40,380 1000 ha compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 0 1000 ha
- 15 Yemen 35,398 1000 ha compare
- 17 Russian Federation 32,677 1000 ha compare
- 18 Iraq 32,538 1000 ha compare
- 19 Turkmenistan 32,432 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Australia and New Zealand
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.87 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.39 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.39 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.335 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 4.99 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 2.98 million t (2024)
- Cropland — Area 32,246 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 16.72 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 7.63 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Australia and New Zealand?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Australia and New Zealand was 33,050 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 Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 37,794 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 33,050 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 16th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand 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
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.