Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Greenland
Greenland: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS was 2,187 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Greenland, 2015–2019
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Greenland recorded 2,187 1000 ha for terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.7% over five years.
Greenland ranks 43rd of 170 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Greenland, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2,203 1000 ha | — |
| 2016 | 2,193 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 2,191 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 2,190 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 2,187 1000 ha | -0.1% |
Greenland compared with similar countries
- Greenland's 2,187 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 2.24 1000 ha, 976.4× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Greenland's 2,187 1000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2.29 1000 ha, 955.1× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Greenland
More environment data for Greenland
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.3961 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 2.17 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.605 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ 17.66 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 100 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 0.59 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value Standard 3,871 million SLC (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$ 544.27 million USD (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value Standard 4,722 million SLC (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in Greenland?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in Greenland was 2,187 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 Greenland?
- The highest recorded value was 2,203 1000 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cgls recorded in Greenland?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,187 1000 ha in 2019.
- How does Greenland rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cgls?
- Greenland ranks 43rd out of 170 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this Greenland 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.