Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Southern Africa

Southern Africa: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS was 35,345 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
35,345 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.1%
Rank
12th
of 38 groups
All-time high
35,454 1000 ha
in 2016
All-time low
35,319 1000 ha
in 2018
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

010.0k20.0k30.0k40.0k2015201720192015: 35.4k 1000 ha2016: 35.5k 1000 ha2017: 35.4k 1000 ha2018: 35.3k 1000 ha2019: 35.3k 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 Southern Africa is 35,345 1000 ha, measured in 2019.

The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.3% over five years.

That places Southern Africa 12th out of 38 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near Southern Africa

  1. 9 Niger 84,256 1000 ha compare
  2. 10 Mali 70,270 1000 ha compare
  3. 11 Chad 67,078 1000 ha compare
  4. 12 Mongolia 56,047 1000 ha compare
  5. 13 Argentina 50,176 1000 ha compare
  6. 14 Yemen 38,651 1000 ha compare
  7. 15 Pakistan 38,206 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in Southern Africa?
Terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in Southern Africa was 35,345 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 Southern Africa?
The highest recorded value was 35,454 1000 ha in 2016.
What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cgls recorded in Southern Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 35,319 1000 ha in 2018.
How does Southern Africa rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cgls?
Southern Africa ranks 12th out of 38 groups with data for 2019.
Where does this Southern 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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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.