Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in World

World: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS was 2.01 million 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
2.01 million 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.3%
Rank
1st
of 28 groups
All-time high
2.05 million 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
2.01 million 1000 ha
in 2019
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M2015201720192015: 2.0M 1000 ha2016: 2.0M 1000 ha2017: 2.0M 1000 ha2018: 2.0M 1000 ha2019: 2.0M 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

World recorded 2.01 million 1000 ha for terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 1.6% over five years.

That places World 1st out of 28 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

Countries ranked near World

  1. 1 China 242,338 1000 ha compare
  2. 1 China, mainland 242,338 1000 ha compare
  3. 3 Algeria 210,020 1000 ha compare
  4. 4 Saudi Arabia 186,930 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 212 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in World?
Terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in World was 2.01 million 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 World?
The highest recorded value was 2.05 million 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cgls recorded in World?
The lowest recorded value was 2.01 million 1000 ha in 2019.
How does World rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cgls?
World ranks 1st out of 28 groups with data for 2019.
Where does this World 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.