Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Africa
Africa: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS was 999,717 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Africa, 2015–2019
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in Africa is 999,717 1000 ha, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.7% over five years.
Africa ranks 2nd of 26 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1.01 million 1000 ha | — |
| 2016 | 1.01 million 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 1.01 million 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 1.00 million 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 999,717 1000 ha | -0.1% |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 1 China 242,338 1000 ha compare
- 1 China, mainland 242,338 1000 ha compare
- 2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 101,745 1000 ha compare
- 3 Algeria 210,020 1000 ha compare
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 9,252 1000 ha compare
- 4 Saudi Arabia 186,930 1000 ha compare
- 5 Libya 157,304 1000 ha compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 6,965 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.32 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.213 °C (2025)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Export value 5.54 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood, coniferous — Production 32.26 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Export value 714,851 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity 3.78 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Import value 182,147 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in Africa?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in Africa was 999,717 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 Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.01 million 1000 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cgls recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 999,717 1000 ha in 2019.
- How does Africa rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cgls?
- Africa ranks 2nd out of 26 groups with data for 2019.
- Where does this Africa 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.