Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in Morocco
Morocco: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC was 18,108 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in Morocco, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Morocco recorded 18,108 1000 ha for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Morocco peaked at 19,598 1000 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 18,108 1000 ha, in 2022.
Morocco ranks 27th of 224 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in Morocco, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 19,590 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 19,589 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 19,588 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 19,598 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 19,566 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 19,557 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 19,538 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 19,494 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 19,462 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 19,332 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 19,222 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 19,189 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 18,990 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 18,968 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 18,932 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 18,750 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 18,661 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 18,592 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 18,578 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 18,568 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 18,558 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 18,553 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 18,544 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 18,543 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 18,520 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 18,503 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 18,424 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 18,390 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 18,360 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 18,211 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 18,108 1000 ha | -0.6% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 18,108 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 8.47 1000 ha, 2137.9× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 18,108 1000 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 8,559 1000 ha, 2.1× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 19,565 1000 ha | 19,494 1000 ha | 19,598 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 19,010 1000 ha | 18,592 1000 ha | 19,462 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,518 1000 ha | 18,390 1000 ha | 18,578 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,226 1000 ha | 18,108 1000 ha | 18,360 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
More environment data for Morocco
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -19.84 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -12.62 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.521 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.14 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.3488 % 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 -1.54 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Morocco?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Morocco was 18,108 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 Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 19,598 1000 ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,108 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Morocco rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc?
- Morocco ranks 27th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Morocco 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.