Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in Eastern Asia

Eastern Asia: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC was 231,158 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)
231,158 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.2%
Rank
5th
of 26 groups
All-time high
241,900 1000 ha
in 1995
All-time low
231,158 1000 ha
in 2022
Years of data
31
1992–2022

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

050.0k100.0k150.0k200.0k250.0k1992200720221992: 241.6k 1000 ha1993: 241.6k 1000 ha1994: 241.6k 1000 ha1995: 241.9k 1000 ha1996: 241.9k 1000 ha1997: 241.9k 1000 ha1998: 241.7k 1000 ha1999: 240.7k 1000 ha2000: 240.2k 1000 ha2001: 240.3k 1000 ha2002: 239.8k 1000 ha2003: 239.5k 1000 ha2004: 238.5k 1000 ha2005: 238.2k 1000 ha2006: 237.8k 1000 ha2007: 237.3k 1000 ha2008: 236.7k 1000 ha2009: 236.4k 1000 ha2010: 235.9k 1000 ha2011: 235.3k 1000 ha2012: 234.9k 1000 ha2013: 234.7k 1000 ha2014: 234.0k 1000 ha2015: 234.0k 1000 ha2016: 233.9k 1000 ha2017: 233.8k 1000 ha2018: 232.9k 1000 ha2019: 232.5k 1000 ha2020: 232.0k 1000 ha2021: 231.6k 1000 ha2022: 231.2k 1000 ha

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 Eastern Asia is 231,158 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.

That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 1.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Eastern Asia peaked at 241,900 1000 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 231,158 1000 ha, in 2022.

Eastern Asia ranks 5th of 26 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.

Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in Eastern Asia, year by year

Annual values for Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in Eastern Asia, 1992 to 2022.
Year 1000 ha Change
1992 241,639 1000 ha —
1993 241,634 1000 ha -0.0%
1994 241,630 1000 ha -0.0%
1995 241,900 1000 ha +0.1%
1996 241,893 1000 ha -0.0%
1997 241,883 1000 ha -0.0%
1998 241,742 1000 ha -0.1%
1999 240,652 1000 ha -0.5%
2000 240,205 1000 ha -0.2%
2001 240,280 1000 ha +0.0%
2002 239,840 1000 ha -0.2%
2003 239,543 1000 ha -0.1%
2004 238,519 1000 ha -0.4%
2005 238,241 1000 ha -0.1%
2006 237,845 1000 ha -0.2%
2007 237,350 1000 ha -0.2%
2008 236,701 1000 ha -0.3%
2009 236,443 1000 ha -0.1%
2010 235,944 1000 ha -0.2%
2011 235,333 1000 ha -0.3%
2012 234,864 1000 ha -0.2%
2013 234,695 1000 ha -0.1%
2014 233,994 1000 ha -0.3%
2015 233,992 1000 ha -0.0%
2016 233,931 1000 ha -0.0%
2017 233,765 1000 ha -0.1%
2018 232,883 1000 ha -0.4%
2019 232,461 1000 ha -0.2%
2020 231,974 1000 ha -0.2%
2021 231,622 1000 ha -0.2%
2022 231,158 1000 ha -0.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 241,622 1000 ha 240,652 1000 ha 241,900 1000 ha 8
2000s 238,497 1000 ha 236,443 1000 ha 240,280 1000 ha 10
2010s 234,186 1000 ha 232,461 1000 ha 235,944 1000 ha 10
2020s 231,585 1000 ha 231,158 1000 ha 231,974 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Eastern Asia

  1. 2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 105,383 1000 ha compare
  2. 2 Saudi Arabia 180,329 1000 ha compare
  3. 3 China 164,736 1000 ha compare
  4. 3 China, mainland 164,736 1000 ha compare
  5. 4 Syrian Arab Republic 11,505 1000 ha compare
  6. 5 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 8,300 1000 ha compare
  7. 5 Libya 154,984 1000 ha compare
  8. 6 Sudan (former) 99,540 1000 ha compare
  9. 6 Türkiye 1,447 1000 ha compare
  10. 7 Sudan 97,030 1000 ha compare
  11. 7 United Republic of Tanzania 247.65 1000 ha compare
  12. 8 Egypt 89,696 1000 ha compare
  13. 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 104.22 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 Eastern Asia?
Terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Eastern Asia was 231,158 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 Eastern Asia?
The highest recorded value was 241,900 1000 ha in 1995.
What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc recorded in Eastern Asia?
The lowest recorded value was 231,158 1000 ha in 2022.
How does Eastern Asia rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc?
Eastern Asia ranks 5th out of 26 groups with data for 2022.
Is terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Eastern 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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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
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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.