Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS was 20,507 1000 ha in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
20,507 1000 ha
Change on year
down 1.3%
World rank
22nd
of 170 countries
All-time high
21,994 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
20,507 1000 ha
in 2019
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

05.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k2015201720192015: 22.0k 1000 ha2016: 21.9k 1000 ha2017: 22.0k 1000 ha2018: 20.8k 1000 ha2019: 20.5k 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 Turkmenistan is 20,507 1000 ha, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and down 6.8% over five years.

Turkmenistan ranks 22nd of 170 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Annual values for Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Turkmenistan, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 21,994 1000 ha —
2016 21,915 1000 ha -0.4%
2017 21,957 1000 ha +0.2%
2018 20,781 1000 ha -5.4%
2019 20,507 1000 ha -1.3%

Turkmenistan compared with similar countries

  • Turkmenistan's 20,507 1000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 11.47 1000 ha, 1787.9× the median. (42 countries reporting)
  • Turkmenistan's 20,507 1000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2.29 1000 ha, 8955.2× the median. (45 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Turkmenistan

  1. 19 Western Sahara 26,469 1000 ha compare
  2. 20 Iraq 24,142 1000 ha compare
  3. 21 Namibia 22,429 1000 ha compare
  4. 23 Morocco 18,793 1000 ha compare
  5. 24 Cabo Verde 78.15 1000 ha compare
  6. 24 Canada 17,561 1000 ha compare
  7. 25 Kazakhstan 16,712 1000 ha compare
  8. 25 Caribbean 5.86 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in Turkmenistan?
Terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in Turkmenistan was 20,507 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 Turkmenistan?
The highest recorded value was 21,994 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cgls recorded in Turkmenistan?
The lowest recorded value was 20,507 1000 ha in 2019.
How does Turkmenistan rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cgls?
Turkmenistan ranks 22nd out of 170 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Turkmenistan 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.