Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Suriname

Suriname: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS was 1.83 1000 ha in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
1.83 1000 ha
Change on year
up 8.9%
World rank
119th
of 184 countries
All-time high
2.88 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
1.68 1000 ha
in 2018
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

01232015201720192015: 2.9 1000 ha2016: 2.2 1000 ha2017: 1.9 1000 ha2018: 1.7 1000 ha2019: 1.8 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 Suriname stood at 1.83 1000 ha.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.9% on the previous year and down 36.5% over five years.

Suriname ranks 119th of 184 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near Suriname

  1. 116 Guyana 2.24 1000 ha compare
  2. 117 Germany 2.14 1000 ha compare
  3. 118 Haiti 1.93 1000 ha compare
  4. 120 Fiji 1.68 1000 ha compare
  5. 121 Republic of Korea 1.42 1000 ha compare
  6. 122 Zimbabwe 1.09 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in Suriname?
Terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in Suriname was 1.83 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 Suriname?
The highest recorded value was 2.88 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cgls recorded in Suriname?
The lowest recorded value was 1.68 1000 ha in 2018.
How does Suriname rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cgls?
Suriname ranks 119th out of 184 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Suriname 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.