Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC was 4.78 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)
4.78 1000 ha
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
113th
of 241 countries
All-time high
5.19 1000 ha
in 2004
All-time low
4.59 1000 ha
in 1992
Years of data
31
1992–2022

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

02461992200720221992: 4.6 1000 ha1993: 4.6 1000 ha1994: 4.6 1000 ha1995: 4.7 1000 ha1996: 4.7 1000 ha1997: 4.7 1000 ha1998: 4.8 1000 ha1999: 5 1000 ha2000: 5 1000 ha2001: 5.1 1000 ha2002: 5.1 1000 ha2003: 5.2 1000 ha2004: 5.2 1000 ha2005: 5.2 1000 ha2006: 5.2 1000 ha2007: 5 1000 ha2008: 5 1000 ha2009: 5 1000 ha2010: 5.1 1000 ha2011: 5 1000 ha2012: 5 1000 ha2013: 5 1000 ha2014: 4.7 1000 ha2015: 4.7 1000 ha2016: 4.7 1000 ha2017: 4.7 1000 ha2018: 4.7 1000 ha2019: 4.8 1000 ha2020: 4.8 1000 ha2021: 4.8 1000 ha2022: 4.8 1000 ha

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Sierra Leone is 4.78 1000 ha, measured in 2022.

The figure is down 5.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Sierra Leone peaked at 5.19 1000 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 4.59 1000 ha, in 1992.

Sierra Leone ranks 113th of 241 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 4.72 1000 ha 4.59 1000 ha 5.05 1000 ha 8
2000s 5.11 1000 ha 5.05 1000 ha 5.19 1000 ha 10
2010s 4.86 1000 ha 4.71 1000 ha 5.06 1000 ha 10
2020s 4.78 1000 ha 4.78 1000 ha 4.78 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Sierra Leone

  1. 110 Slovenia 7.21 1000 ha compare
  2. 111 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 6.16 1000 ha compare
  3. 112 Panama 6.12 1000 ha compare
  4. 114 Guinea-Bissau 4.53 1000 ha compare
  5. 115 Caribbean 4.31 1000 ha compare
  6. 116 Malta 3.97 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 Sierra Leone?
Terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Sierra Leone was 4.78 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 Sierra Leone?
The highest recorded value was 5.19 1000 ha in 2004.
What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc recorded in Sierra Leone?
The lowest recorded value was 4.59 1000 ha in 1992.
How does Sierra Leone rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc?
Sierra Leone ranks 113th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
Is terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
Over the last ten years it is down 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Sierra Leone 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.