Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in New Zealand

New Zealand: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC was 994.34 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)
994.34 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.0%
World rank
50th
of 224 countries
All-time high
997.35 1000 ha
in 2014
All-time low
974.26 1000 ha
in 1994
Years of data
31
1992–2022

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

02004006008001.0k1992200720221992: 975.3 1000 ha1993: 974.8 1000 ha1994: 974.3 1000 ha1995: 975.2 1000 ha1996: 975.7 1000 ha1997: 975.5 1000 ha1998: 976 1000 ha1999: 977.4 1000 ha2000: 979.8 1000 ha2001: 980.9 1000 ha2002: 979.6 1000 ha2003: 979.7 1000 ha2004: 981.1 1000 ha2005: 981 1000 ha2006: 980.6 1000 ha2007: 981.2 1000 ha2008: 982.1 1000 ha2009: 982.8 1000 ha2010: 986.5 1000 ha2011: 989.6 1000 ha2012: 993.3 1000 ha2013: 995.3 1000 ha2014: 997.4 1000 ha2015: 997.1 1000 ha2016: 996.9 1000 ha2017: 996 1000 ha2018: 994.6 1000 ha2019: 993.4 1000 ha2020: 992.7 1000 ha2021: 993.9 1000 ha2022: 994.3 1000 ha

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

Analysis

New Zealand recorded 994.34 1000 ha for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in 2022.

The figure is up 0.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in New Zealand peaked at 997.35 1000 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 974.26 1000 ha, in 1994.

New Zealand ranks 50th of 224 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in New Zealand, year by year

Annual values for Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in New Zealand, 1992 to 2022.
Year 1000 ha Change
1992 975.34 1000 ha
1993 974.82 1000 ha -0.1%
1994 974.26 1000 ha -0.1%
1995 975.19 1000 ha +0.1%
1996 975.71 1000 ha +0.1%
1997 975.49 1000 ha -0.0%
1998 975.99 1000 ha +0.1%
1999 977.42 1000 ha +0.1%
2000 979.78 1000 ha +0.2%
2001 980.85 1000 ha +0.1%
2002 979.64 1000 ha -0.1%
2003 979.72 1000 ha +0.0%
2004 981.09 1000 ha +0.1%
2005 981.05 1000 ha -0.0%
2006 980.57 1000 ha -0.0%
2007 981.23 1000 ha +0.1%
2008 982.15 1000 ha +0.1%
2009 982.83 1000 ha +0.1%
2010 986.52 1000 ha +0.4%
2011 989.57 1000 ha +0.3%
2012 993.32 1000 ha +0.4%
2013 995.32 1000 ha +0.2%
2014 997.35 1000 ha +0.2%
2015 997.13 1000 ha -0.0%
2016 996.94 1000 ha -0.0%
2017 995.95 1000 ha -0.1%
2018 994.63 1000 ha -0.1%
2019 993.4 1000 ha -0.1%
2020 992.67 1000 ha -0.1%
2021 993.9 1000 ha +0.1%
2022 994.34 1000 ha +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 975.53 1000 ha 974.26 1000 ha 977.42 1000 ha 8
2000s 980.89 1000 ha 979.64 1000 ha 982.83 1000 ha 10
2010s 994.01 1000 ha 986.52 1000 ha 997.35 1000 ha 10
2020s 993.64 1000 ha 992.67 1000 ha 994.34 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near New Zealand

  1. 47 India 1,257 1000 ha compare
  2. 48 Israel 1,170 1000 ha compare
  3. 49 Qatar 1,050 1000 ha compare
  4. 51 Botswana 901.39 1000 ha compare
  5. 52 Greenland 690.01 1000 ha compare
  6. 53 South Africa 662.2 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 New Zealand?
Terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in New Zealand was 994.34 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 New Zealand?
The highest recorded value was 997.35 1000 ha in 2014.
What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc recorded in New Zealand?
The lowest recorded value was 974.26 1000 ha in 1994.
How does New Zealand rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc?
New Zealand ranks 50th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
Is terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc rising or falling in New Zealand?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this New Zealand 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.