Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Türkiye

Türkiye: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS was 637.76 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
637.76 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.6%
World rank
6th
of 16 countries
All-time high
646.94 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
637.76 1000 ha
in 2019
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

02004006002015201720192015: 646.9 1000 ha2016: 644.5 1000 ha2017: 642.9 1000 ha2018: 641.7 1000 ha2019: 637.8 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 Türkiye is 637.76 1000 ha, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 1.4% over five years.

Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Türkiye, year by year

Annual values for Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Türkiye, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 646.94 1000 ha —
2016 644.47 1000 ha -0.4%
2017 642.89 1000 ha -0.2%
2018 641.72 1000 ha -0.2%
2019 637.76 1000 ha -0.6%

Countries ranked near Türkiye

  1. 3 Algeria 210,020 1000 ha compare
  2. 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 9,252 1000 ha compare
  3. 4 Saudi Arabia 186,930 1000 ha compare
  4. 5 Libya 157,304 1000 ha compare
  5. 5 Syrian Arab Republic 6,965 1000 ha compare
  6. 6 Sudan 111,643 1000 ha compare
  7. 7 Egypt 92,282 1000 ha compare
  8. 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 170.85 1000 ha compare
  9. 8 Mauritania 84,386 1000 ha compare
  10. 8 United Republic of Tanzania 153.07 1000 ha compare
  11. 9 Niger 84,256 1000 ha compare
  12. 9 Viet Nam 21.71 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in Türkiye?
Terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in Türkiye was 637.76 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 Türkiye?
The highest recorded value was 646.94 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cgls recorded in Türkiye?
The lowest recorded value was 637.76 1000 ha in 2019.
How does Türkiye rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cgls?
Türkiye ranks 6th out of 16 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Türkiye 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
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.