Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in South Sudan

South Sudan: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC was 26.78 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)
26.78 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.5%
World rank
86th
of 219 countries
All-time high
27.4 1000 ha
in 2014
All-time low
26.78 1000 ha
in 2022
Years of data
11
2012–2022

Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in South Sudan, 2012–2022

01020302012201720222012: 27.3 1000 ha2013: 27.4 1000 ha2014: 27.4 1000 ha2015: 27.4 1000 ha2016: 27.2 1000 ha2017: 27.1 1000 ha2018: 27 1000 ha2019: 26.9 1000 ha2020: 26.9 1000 ha2021: 26.9 1000 ha2022: 26.8 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 South Sudan stood at 26.78 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.

That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in South Sudan peaked at 27.4 1000 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 26.78 1000 ha, in 2022.

That places South Sudan 86th out of 219 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 27.22 1000 ha 26.92 1000 ha 27.4 1000 ha 8
2020s 26.87 1000 ha 26.78 1000 ha 26.92 1000 ha 3

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  4. 87 Eswatini 25.91 1000 ha compare
  5. 88 Ukraine 20.73 1000 ha compare
  6. 89 Nigeria 19.33 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in South Sudan?
Terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in South Sudan was 26.78 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 South Sudan?
The highest recorded value was 27.4 1000 ha in 2014.
What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc recorded in South Sudan?
The lowest recorded value was 26.78 1000 ha in 2022.
How does South Sudan rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc?
South Sudan ranks 86th out of 219 countries with data for 2022.
Is terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc rising or falling in South Sudan?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this South Sudan 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.