Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Australia and New Zealand

Australia and New Zealand: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS was 11,290 1000 ha in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
11,290 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
29th
of 170 countries
All-time high
11,290 1000 ha
in 2019
All-time low
10,205 1000 ha
in 2016
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Australia and New Zealand, 2015–2019

02.5k5.0k7.5k10.0k12.5k2015201720192015: 10.7k 1000 ha2016: 10.2k 1000 ha2017: 10.2k 1000 ha2018: 11.3k 1000 ha2019: 11.3k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

In 2019, terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in Australia and New Zealand stood at 11,290 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 5.3% over five years.

That places Australia and New Zealand 29th out of 170 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Australia and New Zealand, year by year

Annual values for Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Australia and New Zealand, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 10,724 1000 ha
2016 10,205 1000 ha -4.8%
2017 10,244 1000 ha +0.4%
2018 11,280 1000 ha +10.1%
2019 11,290 1000 ha +0.1%

Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand

  1. 26 Uzbekistan 15,813 1000 ha compare
  2. 27 Somalia 14,220 1000 ha compare
  3. 28 South Africa 12,383 1000 ha compare
  4. 30 Peru 11,169 1000 ha compare
  5. 31 Australia 10,888 1000 ha compare
  6. 32 Tunisia 8,374 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in Australia and New Zealand?
Terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in Australia and New Zealand was 11,290 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 Australia and New Zealand?
The highest recorded value was 11,290 1000 ha in 2019.
What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cgls recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
The lowest recorded value was 10,205 1000 ha in 2016.
How does Australia and New Zealand rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cgls?
Australia and New Zealand ranks 29th out of 170 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Australia and New Zealand 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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Indicator
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
212 places, 1,060 data points, 2015–2019
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.