Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in Western Asia
Western Asia: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC was 308,504 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC in Western Asia, 1992–2022
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 Western Asia is 308,504 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Western Asia peaked at 311,329 1000 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 308,504 1000 ha, in 2022.
Western Asia ranks 4th of 44 regions on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 311,000 1000 ha | 310,839 1000 ha | 311,121 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 311,232 1000 ha | 311,030 1000 ha | 311,329 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 310,836 1000 ha | 309,967 1000 ha | 311,208 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 309,155 1000 ha | 308,504 1000 ha | 309,814 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 1 Algeria 207,359 1000 ha compare
- 2 Saudi Arabia 180,329 1000 ha compare
- 3 China (People’s Republic of) 164,736 1000 ha compare
- 3 China, mainland 164,736 1000 ha compare
- 5 Libya 154,984 1000 ha compare
- 6 Sudan (former) 99,540 1000 ha compare
- 7 Sudan 97,030 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Western Asia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.404 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.7 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 5.50 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 5.65 million t (2024)
- Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value US$ 106.1 USD (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 386,319 t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 8.43 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 1.25 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.95 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Western Asia?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc in Western Asia was 308,504 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 Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 311,329 1000 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 308,504 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Western Asia rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc?
- Western Asia ranks 4th out of 44 regions with data for 2022.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Western Asia 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.