Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Uruguay

Uruguay: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS was 2.75 1000 ha in 2019. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2019)
2.75 1000 ha
Change on year
down 12.7%
World rank
109th
of 184 countries
All-time high
12 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
2.75 1000 ha
in 2019
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

246810122015201720192015: 12 1000 ha2016: 4.8 1000 ha2017: 3.7 1000 ha2018: 3.1 1000 ha2019: 2.8 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 Uruguay stood at 2.75 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 12.7% on the previous year and down 77.1% over five years.

That places Uruguay 109th out of 184 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 106 Dominican Republic 3.03 1000 ha compare
  2. 107 Solomon Islands 2.93 1000 ha compare
  3. 108 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2.86 1000 ha compare
  4. 110 Vanuatu 2.73 1000 ha compare
  5. 111 Cameroon 2.66 1000 ha compare
  6. 112 Gambia 2.65 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in Uruguay?
Terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in Uruguay was 2.75 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 Uruguay?
The highest recorded value was 12 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cgls recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 2.75 1000 ha in 2019.
How does Uruguay rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cgls?
Uruguay ranks 109th out of 184 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Uruguay 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.