Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Antarctica
Antarctica: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 273.1 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Antarctica, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Antarctica stood at 273.1 1000 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.7% on the previous year and down 15.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Antarctica peaked at 843.98 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 232.1 1000 ha, in 2019.
Antarctica ranks 59th of 240 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 388.65 1000 ha | 243.83 1000 ha | 843.98 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 307 1000 ha | 232.1 1000 ha | 349.81 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 267.75 1000 ha | 236.65 1000 ha | 296.01 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Antarctica
More environment data for Antarctica
- Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Inland water bodies — Area from CCI_LC 33,779 1000 ha (2022)
- Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC 1.18 million 1000 ha (2022)
- Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC 10.16 1000 ha (2022)
- Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Grassland — Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Woody crops — Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Antarctica?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Antarctica was 273.1 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 Antarctica?
- The highest recorded value was 843.98 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Antarctica?
- The lowest recorded value was 232.1 1000 ha in 2019.
- How does Antarctica rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- Antarctica ranks 59th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Antarctica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Antarctica 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.