Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Netherlands (Kingdom of the)

Netherlands (Kingdom of the): Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS was 0.46 1000 ha in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
0.46 1000 ha
Change on year
down 4.2%
World rank
116th
of 170 countries
All-time high
0.52 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
0.46 1000 ha
in 2019
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Netherlands (Kingdom of the), 2015–2019

00.20.40.62015201720192015: 0.52 1000 ha2016: 0.5 1000 ha2017: 0.49 1000 ha2018: 0.48 1000 ha2019: 0.46 1000 ha

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

Analysis

Netherlands (Kingdom of the) recorded 0.46 1000 ha for terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is down 4.2% on the previous year and down 11.5% over five years.

That places Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 116th out of 170 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Netherlands (Kingdom of the), year by year

Annual values for Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Netherlands (Kingdom of the), 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 0.52 1000 ha
2016 0.5 1000 ha -3.8%
2017 0.49 1000 ha -2.0%
2018 0.48 1000 ha -2.0%
2019 0.46 1000 ha -4.2%

Countries ranked near Netherlands (Kingdom of the)

  1. 113 Estonia 0.87 1000 ha compare
  2. 114 Paraguay 0.53 1000 ha compare
  3. 115 New Caledonia 0.5 1000 ha compare
  4. 117 Aruba 0.43 1000 ha compare
  5. 118 French Guiana 0.42 1000 ha compare
  6. 119 Cuba 0.37 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in Netherlands (Kingdom of the)?
Terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in Netherlands (Kingdom of the) was 0.46 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 Netherlands (Kingdom of the)?
The highest recorded value was 0.52 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cgls recorded in Netherlands (Kingdom of the)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.46 1000 ha in 2019.
How does Netherlands (Kingdom of the) rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cgls?
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) ranks 116th out of 170 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 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
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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.