Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 68.69 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
68.69 1000 ha
Change on year
up 10.4%
World rank
79th
of 240 countries
All-time high
143.84 1000 ha
in 2001
All-time low
54.94 1000 ha
in 2022
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Bangladesh, 2001–2024

0501001502001201220242001: 143.8 1000 ha2002: 107.4 1000 ha2003: 103.5 1000 ha2004: 106.8 1000 ha2005: 118.4 1000 ha2006: 124.5 1000 ha2007: 127.7 1000 ha2008: 129.3 1000 ha2009: 131.8 1000 ha2010: 137.4 1000 ha2011: 135 1000 ha2012: 126.8 1000 ha2013: 113 1000 ha2014: 105.8 1000 ha2015: 94.3 1000 ha2016: 87.2 1000 ha2017: 78.4 1000 ha2018: 74.8 1000 ha2019: 62.8 1000 ha2020: 59.5 1000 ha2021: 64.8 1000 ha2022: 54.9 1000 ha2023: 62.2 1000 ha2024: 68.7 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

Bangladesh recorded 68.69 1000 ha for terrestrial barren land — area from modis in 2024.

That represents a change of up 10.4% on the previous year and down 35.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Bangladesh peaked at 143.84 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 54.94 1000 ha, in 2022.

That places Bangladesh 79th out of 240 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 121.44 1000 ha 103.49 1000 ha 143.84 1000 ha 9
2010s 101.53 1000 ha 62.8 1000 ha 137.39 1000 ha 10
2020s 62.02 1000 ha 54.94 1000 ha 68.69 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Bangladesh

  1. 76 Palestine 79.77 1000 ha compare
  2. 77 United Republic of Tanzania 76.57 1000 ha compare
  3. 78 Cabo Verde 75.86 1000 ha compare
  4. 80 Senegal 65.36 1000 ha compare
  5. 81 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 59.3 1000 ha compare
  6. 82 Colombia 46.2 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Bangladesh?
Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Bangladesh was 68.69 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 Bangladesh?
The highest recorded value was 143.84 1000 ha in 2001.
What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Bangladesh?
The lowest recorded value was 54.94 1000 ha in 2022.
How does Bangladesh rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
Bangladesh ranks 79th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Bangladesh?
Over the last ten years it is down 35.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Bangladesh 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

Indicator
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
Last refreshed

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.