Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in Australia
Australia: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC was 32,055 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in Australia, 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 is 32,055 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Australia peaked at 36,818 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 32,055 1000 ha, in 2022.
That places Australia 21st out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it 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, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 36,818 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 36,818 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 36,818 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 36,815 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 36,792 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 36,753 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 36,775 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 36,631 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 36,545 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 36,323 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 36,299 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 36,382 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 36,528 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 36,404 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 36,331 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 35,994 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 35,804 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 35,593 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 35,026 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 34,180 1000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 33,743 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 33,747 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 33,707 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 33,706 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 33,571 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 33,487 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 33,246 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 33,017 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 32,882 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 32,456 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 32,055 1000 ha | -1.2% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 32,055 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 2.85 1000 ha, 11247.4× the median. (73 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 36,778 1000 ha | 36,631 1000 ha | 36,818 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 36,220 1000 ha | 35,593 1000 ha | 36,545 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 33,743 1000 ha | 33,017 1000 ha | 35,026 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 32,464 1000 ha | 32,055 1000 ha | 32,882 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 18 Iraq 32,538 1000 ha compare
- 19 Turkmenistan 32,432 1000 ha compare
- 20 Kazakhstan 32,341 1000 ha compare
- 22 Oman 28,353 1000 ha compare
- 23 Cabo Verde 143.33 1000 ha compare
- 23 Western Sahara 26,864 1000 ha compare
- 24 Uzbekistan 25,009 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Australia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.75 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.345 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -1.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.6708 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.0861 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Australia?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Australia was 32,055 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?
- The highest recorded value was 36,818 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 32,055 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Australia rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc?
- Australia ranks 21st out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia 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.