Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in Kuwait

Kuwait: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC was 1,621 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)
1,621 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.3%
World rank
49th
of 241 countries
All-time high
1,650 1000 ha
in 1999
All-time low
1,621 1000 ha
in 2022
Years of data
31
1992–2022

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

05001.0k1.5k1992200720221992: 1.6k 1000 ha1993: 1.6k 1000 ha1994: 1.6k 1000 ha1995: 1.6k 1000 ha1996: 1.6k 1000 ha1997: 1.6k 1000 ha1998: 1.6k 1000 ha1999: 1.7k 1000 ha2000: 1.6k 1000 ha2001: 1.6k 1000 ha2002: 1.6k 1000 ha2003: 1.6k 1000 ha2004: 1.6k 1000 ha2005: 1.6k 1000 ha2006: 1.6k 1000 ha2007: 1.6k 1000 ha2008: 1.6k 1000 ha2009: 1.6k 1000 ha2010: 1.6k 1000 ha2011: 1.6k 1000 ha2012: 1.6k 1000 ha2013: 1.6k 1000 ha2014: 1.6k 1000 ha2015: 1.6k 1000 ha2016: 1.6k 1000 ha2017: 1.6k 1000 ha2018: 1.6k 1000 ha2019: 1.6k 1000 ha2020: 1.6k 1000 ha2021: 1.6k 1000 ha2022: 1.6k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

Kuwait recorded 1,621 1000 ha for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Kuwait peaked at 1,650 1000 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 1,621 1000 ha, in 2022.

That places Kuwait 49th out of 241 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1,639 1000 ha 1,630 1000 ha 1,650 1000 ha 8
2000s 1,641 1000 ha 1,636 1000 ha 1,649 1000 ha 10
2010s 1,633 1000 ha 1,629 1000 ha 1,636 1000 ha 10
2020s 1,625 1000 ha 1,621 1000 ha 1,628 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Kuwait

  1. 46 Djibouti 1,875 1000 ha compare
  2. 47 Kenya 1,812 1000 ha compare
  3. 48 Kyrgyzstan 1,681 1000 ha compare
  4. 50 Türkiye 1,447 1000 ha compare
  5. 51 India 1,257 1000 ha compare
  6. 52 Israel 1,170 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 Kuwait?
Terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Kuwait was 1,621 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 Kuwait?
The highest recorded value was 1,650 1000 ha in 1999.
What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc recorded in Kuwait?
The lowest recorded value was 1,621 1000 ha in 2022.
How does Kuwait rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc?
Kuwait ranks 49th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
Is terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Kuwait?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Kuwait 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.