Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Benin
Benin: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 1.45 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Benin, 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 Benin is 1.45 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 11.5% on the previous year and up 45.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Benin peaked at 2.16 1000 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.36 1000 ha, in 2003.
That places Benin 130th out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.5289 1000 ha | 0.36 1000 ha | 0.98 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.25 1000 ha | 0.64 1000 ha | 2.16 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.39 1000 ha | 1.3 1000 ha | 1.45 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
More environment data for Benin
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 0.56 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 24.33 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 200 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 4.88 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 11.31 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 550 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 13.74 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 668.34 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 74.95 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 3,646 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Benin?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Benin was 1.45 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 Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 2.16 1000 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.36 1000 ha in 2003.
- How does Benin rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- Benin ranks 130th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 24 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.