Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Morocco

Morocco: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS was 18,793 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
18,793 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
24th
of 184 countries
All-time high
18,960 1000 ha
in 2017
All-time low
18,624 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

05.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k2015201720192015: 18.6k 1000 ha2016: 18.9k 1000 ha2017: 19.0k 1000 ha2018: 18.8k 1000 ha2019: 18.8k 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 Morocco is 18,793 1000 ha, measured in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.9% over five years.

That places Morocco 24th out of 184 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

Countries ranked near Morocco

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  3. 23 Turkmenistan 20,507 1000 ha compare
  4. 25 Canada 17,561 1000 ha compare
  5. 26 Kazakhstan 16,712 1000 ha compare
  6. 27 Uzbekistan 15,813 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in Morocco?
Terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in Morocco was 18,793 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 Morocco?
The highest recorded value was 18,960 1000 ha in 2017.
What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cgls recorded in Morocco?
The lowest recorded value was 18,624 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Morocco rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cgls?
Morocco ranks 24th out of 184 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Morocco 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

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.