Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Europe

Europe: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS was 6,949 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
6,949 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.4%
Rank
16th
of 26 groups
All-time high
7,103 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
6,949 1000 ha
in 2019
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

02.0k4.0k6.0k8.0k2015201720192015: 7.1k 1000 ha2016: 7.0k 1000 ha2017: 7.0k 1000 ha2018: 7.0k 1000 ha2019: 6.9k 1000 ha

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 Europe is 6,949 1000 ha, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 2.2% over five years.

That places Europe 16th out of 26 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Europe, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 7,103 1000 ha —
2016 7,031 1000 ha -1.0%
2017 7,000 1000 ha -0.5%
2018 6,975 1000 ha -0.3%
2019 6,949 1000 ha -0.4%

Countries ranked near Europe

  1. 13 Argentina 50,176 1000 ha compare
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  3. 14 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2.86 1000 ha compare
  4. 14 Yemen 38,651 1000 ha compare
  5. 15 Pakistan 38,206 1000 ha compare
  6. 15 Polynesia 0.05 1000 ha compare
  7. 16 Afghanistan 35,310 1000 ha compare
  8. 16 Micronesia 0.01 1000 ha compare
  9. 17 Chile 31,089 1000 ha compare
  10. 18 Oman 30,044 1000 ha compare
  11. 19 Western Sahara 26,469 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in Europe?
Terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in Europe was 6,949 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 Europe?
The highest recorded value was 7,103 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cgls recorded in Europe?
The lowest recorded value was 6,949 1000 ha in 2019.
How does Europe rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cgls?
Europe ranks 16th out of 26 groups with data for 2019.
Where does this Europe 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.