Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Spain

Spain: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS was 159.91 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
159.91 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.0%
World rank
65th
of 184 countries
All-time high
159.93 1000 ha
in 2018
All-time low
157.99 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0501001502015201720192015: 158 1000 ha2016: 158.7 1000 ha2017: 159.2 1000 ha2018: 159.9 1000 ha2019: 159.9 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 Spain is 159.91 1000 ha, measured in 2019.

The figure is up 1.2% over five years.

Spain ranks 65th of 184 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near Spain

  1. 62 Bhutan 168.97 1000 ha compare
  2. 63 Azerbaijan 167.31 1000 ha compare
  3. 64 Switzerland 163.48 1000 ha compare
  4. 66 United Republic of Tanzania 153.07 1000 ha compare
  5. 67 Italy 136.13 1000 ha compare
  6. 68 Austria 103.59 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in Spain?
Terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in Spain was 159.91 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 Spain?
The highest recorded value was 159.93 1000 ha in 2018.
What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cgls recorded in Spain?
The lowest recorded value was 157.99 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Spain rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cgls?
Spain ranks 65th out of 184 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Spain 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

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
Last refreshed

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.