Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 30,947 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Afghanistan, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Afghanistan recorded 30,947 1000 ha for terrestrial barren land — area from modis in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Afghanistan peaked at 36,360 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 29,662 1000 ha, in 2020.
That places Afghanistan 17th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 36,360 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 34,442 1000 ha | -5.3% |
| 2003 | 32,945 1000 ha | -4.3% |
| 2004 | 32,764 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 31,901 1000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 31,806 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 31,240 1000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 31,451 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 30,635 1000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2010 | 30,413 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 30,507 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 30,580 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 30,298 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 30,062 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 30,076 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 29,918 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 29,978 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 30,819 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 30,403 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 29,662 1000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 30,314 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 31,015 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 31,249 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 30,947 1000 ha | -1.0% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 30,947 1000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 19.19 1000 ha, 1612.7× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Afghanistan's 30,947 1000 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 9,557 1000 ha, 3.2× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 32,616 1000 ha | 30,635 1000 ha | 36,360 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 30,305 1000 ha | 29,918 1000 ha | 30,819 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 30,638 1000 ha | 29,662 1000 ha | 31,249 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 14 Canada 44,381 1000 ha compare
- 14 Melanesia 3.55 1000 ha compare
- 15 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2.94 1000 ha compare
- 15 Yemen 36,818 1000 ha compare
- 16 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.49 1000 ha compare
- 16 Pakistan 33,071 1000 ha compare
- 18 Oman 30,045 1000 ha compare
- 18 Timor-Leste 0.06 1000 ha compare
- 19 Republic of Moldova 0 1000 ha compare
- 19 Turkmenistan 29,870 1000 ha compare
- 19 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0 1000 ha
- 20 Iraq 29,036 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Afghanistan
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -19.95 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -17.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.547 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.96 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (1990)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.85 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.7636 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Afghanistan?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Afghanistan was 30,947 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 36,360 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 29,662 1000 ha in 2020.
- How does Afghanistan rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- Afghanistan ranks 17th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.