Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC was 1,481 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in Southern Europe, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Southern Europe recorded 1,481 1000 ha for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Southern Europe peaked at 1,821 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 1,481 1000 ha, in 2022.
Southern Europe ranks 21st of 26 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,793 1000 ha | 1,772 1000 ha | 1,821 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 1,660 1000 ha | 1,582 1000 ha | 1,763 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,534 1000 ha | 1,502 1000 ha | 1,574 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,491 1000 ha | 1,481 1000 ha | 1,501 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
- 18 Iraq 32,538 1000 ha compare
- 19 Turkmenistan 32,432 1000 ha compare
- 20 Kazakhstan 32,341 1000 ha compare
- 21 Australia 32,055 1000 ha compare
- 22 Oman 28,353 1000 ha compare
- 23 Western Sahara 26,864 1000 ha compare
- 24 Uzbekistan 25,009 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Southern Europe
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.1235 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.3167 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.323 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.19 °C (2025)
- Roundwood — Production 73.08 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 48.29 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, coniferous — Production 24.80 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Export value 783,078 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity 6.44 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Southern Europe?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Southern Europe was 1,481 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 Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 1,821 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,481 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Southern Europe rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc?
- Southern Europe ranks 21st out of 26 groups with data for 2022.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.