Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 13,850 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Australia and New Zealand, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Australia and New Zealand recorded 13,850 1000 ha for terrestrial barren land — area from modis in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.2% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 21,750 1000 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 10,523 1000 ha, in 2012.
That places Australia and New Zealand 30th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 18,801 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 18,098 1000 ha | -3.7% |
| 2003 | 17,155 1000 ha | -5.2% |
| 2004 | 16,741 1000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 17,017 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 19,915 1000 ha | +17.0% |
| 2007 | 18,799 1000 ha | -5.6% |
| 2008 | 20,810 1000 ha | +10.7% |
| 2009 | 21,750 1000 ha | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 15,657 1000 ha | -28.0% |
| 2011 | 11,254 1000 ha | -28.1% |
| 2012 | 10,523 1000 ha | -6.5% |
| 2013 | 11,584 1000 ha | +10.1% |
| 2014 | 13,820 1000 ha | +19.3% |
| 2015 | 14,876 1000 ha | +7.6% |
| 2016 | 12,201 1000 ha | -18.0% |
| 2017 | 13,088 1000 ha | +7.3% |
| 2018 | 15,659 1000 ha | +19.6% |
| 2019 | 17,820 1000 ha | +13.8% |
| 2020 | 18,046 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 17,790 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 16,044 1000 ha | -9.8% |
| 2023 | 15,429 1000 ha | -3.8% |
| 2024 | 13,850 1000 ha | -10.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 18,787 1000 ha | 16,741 1000 ha | 21,750 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 13,648 1000 ha | 10,523 1000 ha | 17,820 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,232 1000 ha | 13,850 1000 ha | 18,046 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand
More environment data for Australia and New Zealand
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.87 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.39 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.39 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.335 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 4.99 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 2.98 million t (2024)
- Cropland — Area 32,246 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 16.72 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 7.63 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Australia and New Zealand?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Australia and New Zealand was 13,850 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 Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 21,750 1000 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,523 1000 ha in 2012.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 30th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand 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.