Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in Europe
Europe: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC was 41,035 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in Europe, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Europe recorded 41,035 1000 ha for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Europe peaked at 41,035 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 40,464 1000 ha, in 2007.
Europe ranks 12th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in Europe, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 40,639 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 40,624 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 40,606 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 40,602 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 40,747 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 40,771 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 40,754 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 40,810 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 40,890 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 40,834 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 40,767 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 40,755 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 40,574 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 40,538 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 40,484 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 40,464 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 40,483 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 40,530 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 40,534 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 40,564 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 40,584 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 40,598 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 40,629 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 40,704 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 40,629 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 40,595 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 40,771 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 41,017 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 41,002 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 41,016 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 41,035 1000 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 40,694 1000 ha | 40,602 1000 ha | 40,810 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 40,632 1000 ha | 40,464 1000 ha | 40,890 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 40,663 1000 ha | 40,534 1000 ha | 41,017 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 41,017 1000 ha | 41,002 1000 ha | 41,035 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 37.17 1000 ha compare
- 9 Mauritania 83,374 1000 ha compare
- 10 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 19.93 1000 ha compare
- 10 Niger 78,000 1000 ha compare
- 11 Mali 68,464 1000 ha compare
- 11 Viet Nam 18.54 1000 ha compare
- 12 Mongolia 66,361 1000 ha compare
- 12 Melanesia 3.42 1000 ha compare
- 13 Chad 62,733 1000 ha compare
- 13 Micronesia 0.03 1000 ha compare
- 14 Canada 40,380 1000 ha compare
- 14 Republic of Moldova 0.02 1000 ha compare
- 15 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0 1000 ha
- 15 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0 1000 ha
- 15 Timor-Leste 0 1000 ha
- 15 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0 1000 ha
- 15 Yemen 35,398 1000 ha compare
- 15 Polynesia 0 1000 ha
More environment data for Europe
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.75 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.33 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.435 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.71 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 101.18 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 57.94 million t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 94.14 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 73.33 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 49.53 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Europe?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Europe was 41,035 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 41,035 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 40,464 1000 ha in 2007.
- How does Europe rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc?
- Europe ranks 12th out of 26 groups with data for 2022.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Europe 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.