Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS was 31,258 1000 ha in 2019. ▼ Falling
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Eastern Africa, 2015–2019
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2019, terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in Eastern Africa stood at 31,258 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 4.9% over five years.
That places Eastern Africa 13th out of 26 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 32,859 1000 ha | — |
| 2016 | 32,968 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 32,788 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 31,573 1000 ha | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 31,258 1000 ha | -1.0% |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 10 Mali 70,270 1000 ha compare
- 10 Melanesia 15.43 1000 ha compare
- 11 Chad 67,078 1000 ha compare
- 11 Lao People's Democratic Republic 6.44 1000 ha compare
- 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.67 1000 ha compare
- 12 Mongolia 56,047 1000 ha compare
- 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 Afghanistan 35,310 1000 ha compare
- 16 Micronesia 0.01 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Eastern Africa
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.18 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.229 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.28 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 107,047 million USD (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Export value 97,059 1000 USD (2024)
- Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Production 4.52 million m3 (2024)
- Wood charcoal — Production 17.47 million t (2024)
- Other industrial roundwood, non-coniferous (production) — Production 11.13 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in Eastern Africa?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in Eastern Africa was 31,258 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 Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 32,968 1000 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cgls recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 31,258 1000 ha in 2019.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cgls?
- Eastern Africa ranks 13th out of 26 groups with data for 2019.
- Where does this Eastern 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.