Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Canada

Canada: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS was 17,561 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
17,561 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.5%
World rank
25th
of 184 countries
All-time high
17,940 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
17,561 1000 ha
in 2019
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Canada, 2015–2019

05.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k2015201720192015: 17.9k 1000 ha2016: 17.7k 1000 ha2017: 17.7k 1000 ha2018: 17.6k 1000 ha2019: 17.6k 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 Canada stood at 17,561 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 2.1% over five years.

Canada ranks 25th of 184 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Countries ranked near Canada

  1. 22 Namibia 22,429 1000 ha compare
  2. 23 Turkmenistan 20,507 1000 ha compare
  3. 24 Morocco 18,793 1000 ha compare
  4. 26 Kazakhstan 16,712 1000 ha compare
  5. 27 Uzbekistan 15,813 1000 ha compare
  6. 28 Somalia 14,220 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 212 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in Canada?
Terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in Canada was 17,561 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 Canada?
The highest recorded value was 17,940 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cgls recorded in Canada?
The lowest recorded value was 17,561 1000 ha in 2019.
How does Canada rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cgls?
Canada ranks 25th out of 184 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Canada 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

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.