Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Americas
Americas: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 154,717 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
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 8th of 26 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.
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Americas, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 173,927 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 171,807 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 171,276 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 166,138 1000 ha | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 163,085 1000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 162,248 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 162,992 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 160,441 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 158,269 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 156,720 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 154,498 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 153,589 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 157,164 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 160,241 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 160,059 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 159,008 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 158,592 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 159,201 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 157,671 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 156,927 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 158,487 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 159,814 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 154,419 1000 ha | -3.4% |
| 2024 | 154,717 1000 ha | +0.2% |
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
- 5 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 5,919 1000 ha compare
- 5 Libya 158,782 1000 ha compare
- 6 Sudan (former) 113,270 1000 ha compare
- 6 Türkiye 452.23 1000 ha compare
- 7 Sudan 109,141 1000 ha compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 76.57 1000 ha compare
- 8 Egypt 92,423 1000 ha compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 59.3 1000 ha compare
- 9 Niger 87,268 1000 ha compare
- 9 Viet Nam 26.84 1000 ha compare
- 10 Mauritania 87,105 1000 ha compare
- 10 Polynesia 16.24 1000 ha compare
- 11 Mali 73,085 1000 ha compare
- 11 Micronesia 7.56 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Americas
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.95 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.303 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ 2.72 % (2024)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 78.58 million m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production 263.00 million m3 (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ 1.73 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 525,862 million USD (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ 1.74 % (2024)
- Wood fuel — Production 341.57 million m3 (2024)
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 8th out of 26 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
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.