Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Brazil

Brazil: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 221.68 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
221.68 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
60th
of 240 countries
All-time high
354.18 1000 ha
in 2001
All-time low
221.28 1000 ha
in 2023
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

01002003004002001201220242001: 354.2 1000 ha2002: 301.3 1000 ha2003: 298.3 1000 ha2004: 297.1 1000 ha2005: 305.4 1000 ha2006: 320 1000 ha2007: 336 1000 ha2008: 337.1 1000 ha2009: 316.7 1000 ha2010: 325.1 1000 ha2011: 316.9 1000 ha2012: 317.9 1000 ha2013: 325 1000 ha2014: 335.8 1000 ha2015: 344.1 1000 ha2016: 339.4 1000 ha2017: 340.6 1000 ha2018: 326 1000 ha2019: 294.7 1000 ha2020: 264.6 1000 ha2021: 258.1 1000 ha2022: 235.8 1000 ha2023: 221.3 1000 ha2024: 221.7 1000 ha

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 Brazil is 221.68 1000 ha, measured in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 34.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Brazil peaked at 354.18 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 221.28 1000 ha, in 2023.

That places Brazil 60th out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 318.45 1000 ha 297.06 1000 ha 354.18 1000 ha 9
2010s 326.53 1000 ha 294.71 1000 ha 344.08 1000 ha 10
2020s 240.28 1000 ha 221.28 1000 ha 264.6 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Brazil

  1. 57 Ecuador 327.56 1000 ha compare
  2. 58 Spain 278.26 1000 ha compare
  3. 59 Antarctica 273.1 1000 ha compare
  4. 61 Switzerland 219.06 1000 ha compare
  5. 62 Botswana 200.38 1000 ha compare
  6. 63 Bhutan 184.41 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Brazil?
Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Brazil was 221.68 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 Brazil?
The highest recorded value was 354.18 1000 ha in 2001.
What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Brazil?
The lowest recorded value was 221.28 1000 ha in 2023.
How does Brazil rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
Brazil ranks 60th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Brazil?
Over the last ten years it is down 34.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Brazil 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.