Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in New Zealand

New Zealand: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS was 402.26 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
402.26 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.3%
World rank
53rd
of 167 countries
All-time high
412.59 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
402.26 1000 ha
in 2019
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

01002003004002015201720192015: 412.6 1000 ha2016: 408.1 1000 ha2017: 405.8 1000 ha2018: 403.6 1000 ha2019: 402.3 1000 ha

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

Analysis

In 2019, terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in New Zealand stood at 402.26 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 2.5% over five years.

New Zealand ranks 53rd of 167 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near New Zealand

  1. 50 Qatar 1,081 1000 ha compare
  2. 51 Israel 1,021 1000 ha compare
  3. 52 Botswana 533.04 1000 ha compare
  4. 54 Brazil 334.88 1000 ha compare
  5. 55 Burkina Faso 289.06 1000 ha compare
  6. 56 Ecuador 240.61 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 New Zealand?
Terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in New Zealand was 402.26 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 New Zealand?
The highest recorded value was 412.59 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cgls recorded in New Zealand?
The lowest recorded value was 402.26 1000 ha in 2019.
How does New Zealand rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cgls?
New Zealand ranks 53rd out of 167 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this New Zealand 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.