Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in South Africa
South Africa: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS was 12,383 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in South Africa, 2015–2019
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 South Africa is 12,383 1000 ha, measured in 2019.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.4% over five years.
South Africa ranks 28th of 167 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 25 Kazakhstan 16,712 1000 ha compare
- 26 Uzbekistan 15,813 1000 ha compare
- 27 Somalia 14,220 1000 ha compare
- 29 Australia and New Zealand 11,290 1000 ha compare
- 30 Peru 11,169 1000 ha compare
- 31 Australia 10,888 1000 ha compare
More environment data for South Africa
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 5.46 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 8.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.275 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.05 °C (2025)
- Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -11.78 Percentage change (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -12.27 Percentage change (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value -6.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 0.0005 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production, annual growth rate -3.15 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in South Africa?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in South Africa was 12,383 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 South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 12,443 1000 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cgls recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,355 1000 ha in 2018.
- How does South Africa rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cgls?
- South Africa ranks 28th out of 167 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this South Africa 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
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.