Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Australia
Australia: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 13,433 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Australia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Australia recorded 13,433 1000 ha for terrestrial barren land — area from modis in 2024.
The figure is down 10.5% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Australia peaked at 21,354 1000 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 10,120 1000 ha, in 2012.
Australia ranks 33rd 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 | 18,404 1000 ha | 16,370 1000 ha | 21,354 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 13,239 1000 ha | 10,120 1000 ha | 17,411 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,818 1000 ha | 13,433 1000 ha | 17,633 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 30 Greenland 15,130 1000 ha compare
- 31 Australia and New Zealand 13,850 1000 ha compare
- 32 Russian Federation 13,458 1000 ha compare
- 34 Peru 9,833 1000 ha compare
- 35 Syrian Arab Republic 9,568 1000 ha compare
- 36 Tunisia 9,557 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Australia
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 6.94 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 2,196 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 4,920 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 43.17 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 91.29 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 331,869 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.11 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 385 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 8.6 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 31,265 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Australia?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Australia was 13,433 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?
- The highest recorded value was 21,354 1000 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,120 1000 ha in 2012.
- How does Australia rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- Australia ranks 33rd out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia 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.