Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Malaysia

Malaysia: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS was 2.46 1000 ha in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
2.46 1000 ha
Change on year
down 8.2%
World rank
101st
of 170 countries
All-time high
6.17 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
2.46 1000 ha
in 2019
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

02462015201720192015: 6.2 1000 ha2016: 3.9 1000 ha2017: 3.5 1000 ha2018: 2.7 1000 ha2019: 2.5 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

Malaysia recorded 2.46 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 8.2% on the previous year and down 60.1% over five years.

Malaysia ranks 101st of 170 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Malaysia, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 6.17 1000 ha —
2016 3.94 1000 ha -36.1%
2017 3.52 1000 ha -10.7%
2018 2.68 1000 ha -23.9%
2019 2.46 1000 ha -8.2%

Malaysia compared with similar countries

  • Malaysia's 2.46 1000 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 11.47 1000 ha, 21% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
  • Malaysia's 2.46 1000 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4.55 1000 ha, 54% of the median. (18 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Malaysia

  1. 98 Cameroon 2.66 1000 ha compare
  2. 99 Gambia 2.65 1000 ha compare
  3. 100 Cyprus 2.47 1000 ha compare
  4. 102 Albania 2.29 1000 ha compare
  5. 103 Guyana 2.24 1000 ha compare
  6. 104 Germany 2.14 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 Malaysia?
Terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in Malaysia was 2.46 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 Malaysia?
The highest recorded value was 6.17 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cgls recorded in Malaysia?
The lowest recorded value was 2.46 1000 ha in 2019.
How does Malaysia rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cgls?
Malaysia ranks 101st out of 170 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Malaysia 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.