Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in Sudan (former)

Sudan (former): Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC was 99,540 1000 ha in 2011. ▬ Flat

Latest (2011)
99,540 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
7th
of 241 countries
All-time high
100,556 1000 ha
in 2000
All-time low
99,540 1000 ha
in 2011
Years of data
20
1992–2011

Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in Sudan (former), 1992–2011

025.0k50.0k75.0k100.0k1992200120111992: 100.4k 1000 ha1993: 100.4k 1000 ha1994: 100.4k 1000 ha1995: 100.4k 1000 ha1996: 100.4k 1000 ha1997: 100.4k 1000 ha1998: 100.4k 1000 ha1999: 100.4k 1000 ha2000: 100.6k 1000 ha2001: 100.5k 1000 ha2002: 100.5k 1000 ha2003: 100.4k 1000 ha2004: 100.1k 1000 ha2005: 100.1k 1000 ha2006: 100.1k 1000 ha2007: 100.0k 1000 ha2008: 99.9k 1000 ha2009: 99.8k 1000 ha2010: 99.6k 1000 ha2011: 99.5k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

Sudan (former) recorded 99,540 1000 ha for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in 2011. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.

The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Sudan (former) peaked at 100,556 1000 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 99,540 1000 ha, in 2011.

That places Sudan (former) 7th out of 241 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the top 10%.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 100,381 1000 ha 100,356 1000 ha 100,423 1000 ha 8
2000s 100,184 1000 ha 99,751 1000 ha 100,556 1000 ha 10
2010s 99,567 1000 ha 99,540 1000 ha 99,594 1000 ha 2

Countries ranked near Sudan (former)

  1. 5 Libya 154,984 1000 ha compare
  2. 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 105,383 1000 ha compare
  3. 8 Sudan 97,030 1000 ha
  4. 9 Egypt 89,696 1000 ha compare
  5. 10 Mauritania 83,374 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 Sudan (former)?
Terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Sudan (former) was 99,540 1000 ha in 2011, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc recorded in Sudan (former)?
The highest recorded value was 100,556 1000 ha in 2000.
What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc recorded in Sudan (former)?
The lowest recorded value was 99,540 1000 ha in 2011.
How does Sudan (former) rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc?
Sudan (former) ranks 7th out of 241 countries with data for 2011.
Is terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Sudan (former)?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Sudan (former) 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.