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 63rd of 240 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.
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
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 31.23 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 35.6 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 23 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 10.83 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 78.37 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 413 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 2.66 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 14 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 18.98 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 100 1000 ha (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 63rd out of 240 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.