Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Bhutan
Bhutan: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 184.41 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Bhutan, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Bhutan recorded 184.41 1000 ha for terrestrial barren land — area from modis in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.2% on the previous year and down 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Bhutan peaked at 280.45 1000 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 184.41 1000 ha, in 2024.
Bhutan ranks 60th of 223 countries on this measure, 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 Bhutan, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 206.1 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 264.44 1000 ha | +28.3% |
| 2003 | 280.45 1000 ha | +6.1% |
| 2004 | 263.54 1000 ha | -6.0% |
| 2005 | 257.77 1000 ha | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 257.97 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 231.82 1000 ha | -10.1% |
| 2008 | 229.65 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 229.87 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 238.78 1000 ha | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 239.83 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 231.11 1000 ha | -3.6% |
| 2013 | 227.51 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 225.52 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 220.82 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 225.77 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 232.05 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 228.58 1000 ha | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 227.58 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 213.07 1000 ha | -6.4% |
| 2021 | 204.86 1000 ha | -3.9% |
| 2022 | 205.76 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 194.57 1000 ha | -5.4% |
| 2024 | 184.41 1000 ha | -5.2% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 184.41 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 20.37 1000 ha, 9.1× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 184.41 1000 ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 126.55 1000 ha, 1.5× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Bhutan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +28.3% | 206.1 1000 ha | 264.44 1000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 246.85 1000 ha | 206.1 1000 ha | 280.45 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 229.76 1000 ha | 220.82 1000 ha | 239.83 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 200.53 1000 ha | 184.41 1000 ha | 213.07 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
More environment data for Bhutan
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.2782 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.5977 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.257 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.08 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.487 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -5.53 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Bhutan?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Bhutan was 184.41 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 Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 280.45 1000 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 184.41 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Bhutan rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- Bhutan ranks 60th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.