What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Americas?

Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Americas was 154,717 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 Americas?

The highest recorded value was 173,927 1000 ha in 2001.

What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Americas?

The lowest recorded value was 153,589 1000 ha in 2012.

How does Americas rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?

Americas ranks 9th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.

Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Americas?

Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Americas 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.

Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Americas

Name: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Americas
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Americas: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 154,717 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

154,717 1000 ha

Change on year

up 0.2%

Rank

9th

of 29 groups

All-time high

173,927 1000 ha

in 2001

All-time low

153,589 1000 ha

in 2012

Years of data

2001–2024

Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Americas, 2001–2024

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

Analysis

Americas recorded 154,717 1000 ha for terrestrial barren land — area from modis in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 3.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Americas peaked at 173,927 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 153,589 1000 ha, in 2012.

Americas ranks 9th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
2000s	165,576 1000 ha	158,269 1000 ha	173,927 1000 ha	9
2010s	157,674 1000 ha	153,589 1000 ha	160,241 1000 ha	10
2020s	156,873 1000 ha	154,419 1000 ha	159,814 1000 ha	5

Countries ranked near Americas

6 Sudan (former) 113,270 1000 ha compare
7 Sudan 109,141 1000 ha compare
8 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 96,949 1000 ha compare
9 Egypt 92,423 1000 ha compare
10 Niger 87,268 1000 ha compare
11 Mauritania 87,105 1000 ha compare
12 Mali 73,085 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

More environment data for Americas

Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 14.92 kg/cap (2024)
Cropland — Area per capita 0.36 ha/cap (2024)
Arable land — Area 347,983 1000 ha (2024)
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 31.51 % (2024)
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 16.06 g/Int$ (2024)
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 15.65 million t (2024)
Permanent crops — Area 29,878 1000 ha (2024)
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 19.01 million t (2024)
Country area — Area 4.65 million 1000 ha (2024)
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 41.48 kg/ha (2024)

All data for Americas →

Frequently asked questions

What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Americas?: Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Americas was 154,717 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 Americas?: The highest recorded value was 173,927 1000 ha in 2001.
What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Americas?: The lowest recorded value was 153,589 1000 ha in 2012.
How does Americas rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?: Americas ranks 9th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Americas?: Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Americas 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

Indicator: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS
Unit: 1000 ha
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
Last refreshed: 12 August 2026

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.