Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe: Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS was 1.09 1000 ha in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
1.09 1000 ha
Change on year
down 4.4%
World rank
109th
of 170 countries
All-time high
1.74 1000 ha
in 2016
All-time low
1.09 1000 ha
in 2019
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

00.511.52015201720192015: 1.7 1000 ha2016: 1.7 1000 ha2017: 1.2 1000 ha2018: 1.1 1000 ha2019: 1.1 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 Zimbabwe stood at 1.09 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of down 4.4% on the previous year and down 35.9% over five years.

Zimbabwe ranks 109th of 170 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS in Zimbabwe, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 1.7 1000 ha —
2016 1.74 1000 ha +2.4%
2017 1.21 1000 ha -30.5%
2018 1.14 1000 ha -5.8%
2019 1.09 1000 ha -4.4%

Zimbabwe compared with similar countries

  • Zimbabwe's 1.09 1000 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 33.11 1000 ha, 3% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
  • Zimbabwe's 1.09 1000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3.65 1000 ha, 30% of the median. (42 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Zimbabwe

  1. 106 Suriname 1.83 1000 ha compare
  2. 107 Fiji 1.68 1000 ha compare
  3. 108 Republic of Korea 1.42 1000 ha compare
  4. 110 Bulgaria 1.03 1000 ha compare
  5. 111 Portugal 0.91 1000 ha compare
  6. 111 Slovenia 0.91 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in Zimbabwe?
Terrestrial barren land — area from cgls in Zimbabwe was 1.09 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 Zimbabwe?
The highest recorded value was 1.74 1000 ha in 2016.
What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from cgls recorded in Zimbabwe?
The lowest recorded value was 1.09 1000 ha in 2019.
How does Zimbabwe rank for terrestrial barren land — area from cgls?
Zimbabwe ranks 109th out of 170 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Zimbabwe 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.