Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Ecuador

Ecuador: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS was 240.61 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
240.61 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.2%
World rank
56th
of 170 countries
All-time high
247.2 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
240.61 1000 ha
in 2019
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0501001502002502015201720192015: 247.2 1000 ha2016: 243.9 1000 ha2017: 242.2 1000 ha2018: 241.2 1000 ha2019: 240.6 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 Ecuador stood at 240.61 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 2.7% over five years.

Ecuador ranks 56th of 170 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Ecuador, year by year

Annual values for Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Ecuador, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 247.2 1000 ha —
2016 243.87 1000 ha -1.3%
2017 242.2 1000 ha -0.7%
2018 241.19 1000 ha -0.4%
2019 240.61 1000 ha -0.2%

Ecuador compared with similar countries

  • Ecuador's 240.61 1000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 11.47 1000 ha, 21.0× the median. (42 countries reporting)
  • Ecuador's 240.61 1000 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.18 1000 ha, 203.9× the median. (24 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Ecuador

  1. 53 New Zealand 402.26 1000 ha compare
  2. 54 Brazil 334.88 1000 ha compare
  3. 55 Burkina Faso 289.06 1000 ha compare
  4. 57 Sweden 184.96 1000 ha compare
  5. 58 Bhutan 168.97 1000 ha compare
  6. 59 Azerbaijan 167.31 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in Ecuador?
Terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in Ecuador was 240.61 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 Ecuador?
The highest recorded value was 247.2 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cgls recorded in Ecuador?
The lowest recorded value was 240.61 1000 ha in 2019.
How does Ecuador rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cgls?
Ecuador ranks 56th out of 170 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Ecuador 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.