Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha
Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 7.48 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha is 7.48 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 9.1% on the previous year and down 21.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha peaked at 10.88 1000 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 7.48 1000 ha, in 2024.
That places Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 91st out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 10.82 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 10.88 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 10.65 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 10.54 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 10.43 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 10.48 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 10.33 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 10.24 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 9.86 1000 ha | -3.7% |
| 2010 | 9.88 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 9.26 1000 ha | -6.3% |
| 2012 | 9.37 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 9.62 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 9.52 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 9.41 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 9.37 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 9.56 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 9.6 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 9.41 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 9.24 1000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 9.09 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 8.87 1000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 8.23 1000 ha | -7.2% |
| 2024 | 7.48 1000 ha | -9.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.47 1000 ha | 9.86 1000 ha | 10.88 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 9.5 1000 ha | 9.26 1000 ha | 9.88 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.58 1000 ha | 7.48 1000 ha | 9.24 1000 ha | 5 |
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More environment data for Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.219 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.42 °C (2025)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 20.54 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 4 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 33.33 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 8 1000 ha (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export value 15.15 1000 USD (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Import value 55.89 1000 USD (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 66.67 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha was 7.48 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 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha?
- The highest recorded value was 10.88 1000 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.48 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha ranks 91st out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 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.