Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Brazil
Brazil: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 221.68 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Brazil, 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 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 57th out of 223 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.
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Brazil, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 354.18 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 301.29 1000 ha | -14.9% |
| 2003 | 298.33 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 297.06 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 305.36 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 320.01 1000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 336 1000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 337.1 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 316.73 1000 ha | -6.0% |
| 2010 | 325.09 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 316.85 1000 ha | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 317.88 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 325.03 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 335.81 1000 ha | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 344.08 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 339.35 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 340.59 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 325.96 1000 ha | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 294.71 1000 ha | -9.6% |
| 2020 | 264.6 1000 ha | -10.2% |
| 2021 | 258.06 1000 ha | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 235.77 1000 ha | -8.6% |
| 2023 | 221.28 1000 ha | -6.1% |
| 2024 | 221.68 1000 ha | +0.2% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 221.68 1000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2.38 1000 ha, 93.3× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 221.68 1000 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.36 1000 ha, 615.8× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
More environment data for Brazil
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -6.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -8.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.221 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.36 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 14.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.155 % 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 -2.73 % change on previous year (2024)
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 57th out of 223 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
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.