Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in Central Asia

Central Asia: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC was 93,796 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling

Latest (2022)
93,796 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.3%
Rank
10th
of 29 groups
All-time high
99,897 1000 ha
in 1996
All-time low
93,724 1000 ha
in 2020
Years of data
31
1992–2022

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

020.0k40.0k60.0k80.0k100.0k1992200720221992: 99.2k 1000 ha1993: 99.3k 1000 ha1994: 99.4k 1000 ha1995: 99.5k 1000 ha1996: 99.9k 1000 ha1997: 99.9k 1000 ha1998: 99.8k 1000 ha1999: 99.6k 1000 ha2000: 99.3k 1000 ha2001: 99.1k 1000 ha2002: 99.0k 1000 ha2003: 99.5k 1000 ha2004: 98.5k 1000 ha2005: 98.4k 1000 ha2006: 98.1k 1000 ha2007: 98.0k 1000 ha2008: 97.6k 1000 ha2009: 97.5k 1000 ha2010: 96.4k 1000 ha2011: 96.2k 1000 ha2012: 96.1k 1000 ha2013: 96.0k 1000 ha2014: 95.8k 1000 ha2015: 95.8k 1000 ha2016: 95.7k 1000 ha2017: 95.7k 1000 ha2018: 94.8k 1000 ha2019: 93.8k 1000 ha2020: 93.7k 1000 ha2021: 94.1k 1000 ha2022: 93.8k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

Central Asia recorded 93,796 1000 ha for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in 2022.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 2.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Central Asia peaked at 99,897 1000 ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 93,724 1000 ha, in 2020.

That places Central Asia 10th out of 29 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 99,574 1000 ha 99,235 1000 ha 99,897 1000 ha 8
2000s 98,504 1000 ha 97,458 1000 ha 99,525 1000 ha 10
2010s 95,616 1000 ha 93,763 1000 ha 96,390 1000 ha 10
2020s 93,879 1000 ha 93,724 1000 ha 94,117 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Central Asia

  1. 7 Sudan (former) 99,540 1000 ha compare
  2. 8 Sudan 97,030 1000 ha compare
  3. 9 Egypt 89,696 1000 ha compare
  4. 10 Mauritania 83,374 1000 ha compare
  5. 11 Niger 78,000 1000 ha compare
  6. 12 Mali 68,464 1000 ha compare
  7. 13 Mongolia 66,361 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 270 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Central Asia?
Terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Central Asia was 93,796 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 Central Asia?
The highest recorded value was 99,897 1000 ha in 1996.
What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc recorded in Central Asia?
The lowest recorded value was 93,724 1000 ha in 2020.
How does Central Asia rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc?
Central Asia ranks 10th out of 29 groups with data for 2022.
Is terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Central Asia?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Central Asia 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

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.