Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in South America

South America: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS was 102,541 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
102,541 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.1%
Rank
8th
of 38 groups
All-time high
106,870 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
102,541 1000 ha
in 2019
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

025.0k50.0k75.0k100.0k2015201720192015: 106.9k 1000 ha2016: 105.4k 1000 ha2017: 103.0k 1000 ha2018: 102.6k 1000 ha2019: 102.5k 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 South America is 102,541 1000 ha, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 4.1% over five years.

That places South America 8th out of 38 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

Countries ranked near South America

  1. 5 Libya 157,304 1000 ha compare
  2. 6 Sudan 111,643 1000 ha compare
  3. 7 Egypt, Arab Republic of 92,282 1000 ha compare
  4. 8 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 84,386 1000 ha compare
  5. 9 Niger 84,256 1000 ha compare
  6. 10 Mali 70,270 1000 ha compare
  7. 11 Chad 67,078 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in South America?
Terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in South America was 102,541 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 America?
The highest recorded value was 106,870 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cgls recorded in South America?
The lowest recorded value was 102,541 1000 ha in 2019.
How does South America rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cgls?
South America ranks 8th out of 38 groups with data for 2019.
Where does this South America 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.