Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in United States of America

United States of America: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS was 23,603 1000 ha in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
23,603 1000 ha
Change on year
down 2.8%
Rank
14th
of 26 groups
All-time high
25,235 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
23,603 1000 ha
in 2019
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in United States of America, 2015–2019

010.0k20.0k30.0k2015201720192015: 25.2k 1000 ha2016: 24.9k 1000 ha2017: 24.7k 1000 ha2018: 24.3k 1000 ha2019: 23.6k 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 United States of America stood at 23,603 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of down 2.8% on the previous year and down 6.5% over five years.

That places United States of America 14th out of 26 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in United States of America, year by year

Annual values for Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in United States of America, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 25,235 1000 ha
2016 24,898 1000 ha -1.3%
2017 24,739 1000 ha -0.6%
2018 24,289 1000 ha -1.8%
2019 23,603 1000 ha -2.8%

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  7. 14 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2.86 1000 ha compare
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  12. 16 Micronesia 0.01 1000 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions

What is terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in United States of America?
Terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in United States of America was 23,603 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 United States of America?
The highest recorded value was 25,235 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cgls recorded in United States of America?
The lowest recorded value was 23,603 1000 ha in 2019.
How does United States of America rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cgls?
United States of America ranks 14th out of 26 groups with data for 2019.
Where does this United States of America 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.