Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Namibia

Namibia: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS was 22,429 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
22,429 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.0%
World rank
22nd
of 184 countries
All-time high
22,446 1000 ha
in 2016
All-time low
22,429 1000 ha
in 2019
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

05.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k2015201720192015: 22.4k 1000 ha2016: 22.4k 1000 ha2017: 22.4k 1000 ha2018: 22.4k 1000 ha2019: 22.4k 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 Namibia is 22,429 1000 ha, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.0% over five years.

That places Namibia 22nd out of 184 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

Countries ranked near Namibia

  1. 19 Oman 30,044 1000 ha compare
  2. 20 Western Sahara 26,469 1000 ha compare
  3. 21 Iraq 24,142 1000 ha compare
  4. 23 Turkmenistan 20,507 1000 ha compare
  5. 24 Morocco 18,793 1000 ha compare
  6. 25 Canada 17,561 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in Namibia?
Terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in Namibia was 22,429 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 Namibia?
The highest recorded value was 22,446 1000 ha in 2016.
What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cgls recorded in Namibia?
The lowest recorded value was 22,429 1000 ha in 2019.
How does Namibia rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cgls?
Namibia ranks 22nd out of 184 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Namibia 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.