Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS was 35,310 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Afghanistan, 2015–2019
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Afghanistan recorded 35,310 1000 ha for terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.8% over five years.
That places Afghanistan 16th out of 170 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 35,598 1000 ha | — |
| 2016 | 35,566 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 35,530 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 35,394 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 35,310 1000 ha | -0.2% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 35,310 1000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 186.43 1000 ha, 189.4× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Afghanistan's 35,310 1000 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 13,584 1000 ha, 2.6× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 13 Argentina 50,176 1000 ha compare
- 13 Timor-Leste 3.39 1000 ha compare
- 14 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2.86 1000 ha compare
- 14 Yemen 38,651 1000 ha compare
- 15 Pakistan 38,206 1000 ha compare
- 15 Polynesia 0.05 1000 ha compare
- 16 Micronesia 0.01 1000 ha compare
- 17 Chile 31,089 1000 ha compare
- 18 Oman 30,044 1000 ha compare
- 19 Western Sahara 26,469 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Afghanistan
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -19.95 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -17.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.547 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.96 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (1990)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.85 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.7636 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in Afghanistan?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in Afghanistan was 35,310 1000 ha in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest terrestrial barren land — area from cgls recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 35,598 1000 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cgls recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 35,310 1000 ha in 2019.
- How does Afghanistan rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cgls?
- Afghanistan ranks 16th out of 170 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS. 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.