Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in Northern America

Northern America: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC was 59,609 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)
59,609 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.0%
Rank
10th
of 26 groups
All-time high
59,609 1000 ha
in 2022
All-time low
58,821 1000 ha
in 1995
Years of data
31
1992–2022

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

020.0k40.0k60.0k1992200720221992: 58.8k 1000 ha1993: 58.8k 1000 ha1994: 58.8k 1000 ha1995: 58.8k 1000 ha1996: 58.8k 1000 ha1997: 58.9k 1000 ha1998: 58.9k 1000 ha1999: 58.9k 1000 ha2000: 58.9k 1000 ha2001: 58.9k 1000 ha2002: 58.9k 1000 ha2003: 59.0k 1000 ha2004: 59.0k 1000 ha2005: 59.0k 1000 ha2006: 59.0k 1000 ha2007: 59.1k 1000 ha2008: 59.1k 1000 ha2009: 59.2k 1000 ha2010: 59.2k 1000 ha2011: 59.2k 1000 ha2012: 59.3k 1000 ha2013: 59.3k 1000 ha2014: 59.4k 1000 ha2015: 59.4k 1000 ha2016: 59.4k 1000 ha2017: 59.4k 1000 ha2018: 59.5k 1000 ha2019: 59.6k 1000 ha2020: 59.6k 1000 ha2021: 59.6k 1000 ha2022: 59.6k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

In 2022, terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Northern America stood at 59,609 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Northern America peaked at 59,609 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 58,821 1000 ha, in 1995.

That places Northern America 10th out of 26 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 58,842 1000 ha 58,821 1000 ha 58,880 1000 ha 8
2000s 59,020 1000 ha 58,917 1000 ha 59,186 1000 ha 10
2010s 59,372 1000 ha 59,237 1000 ha 59,575 1000 ha 10
2020s 59,592 1000 ha 59,562 1000 ha 59,609 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Northern America

  1. 7 Sudan 97,030 1000 ha compare
  2. 8 Egypt 89,696 1000 ha compare
  3. 9 Mauritania 83,374 1000 ha compare
  4. 10 Niger 78,000 1000 ha compare
  5. 11 Mali 68,464 1000 ha compare
  6. 12 Mongolia 66,361 1000 ha compare
  7. 13 Chad 62,733 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 Northern America?
Terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Northern America was 59,609 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 Northern America?
The highest recorded value was 59,609 1000 ha in 2022.
What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc recorded in Northern America?
The lowest recorded value was 58,821 1000 ha in 1995.
How does Northern America rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc?
Northern America ranks 10th out of 26 groups with data for 2022.
Is terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Northern America?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Northern America 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.