Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 108.97 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
108.97 1000 ha
Change on year
down 18.8%
World rank
65th
of 218 countries
All-time high
301.12 1000 ha
in 2002
All-time low
108.97 1000 ha
in 2024
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

01002003002001201220242001: 197.9 1000 ha2002: 301.1 1000 ha2003: 214.4 1000 ha2004: 219.9 1000 ha2005: 176.7 1000 ha2006: 155.9 1000 ha2007: 133.9 1000 ha2008: 136.6 1000 ha2009: 146.1 1000 ha2010: 143.9 1000 ha2011: 146.9 1000 ha2012: 145.3 1000 ha2013: 151.6 1000 ha2014: 165.2 1000 ha2015: 168.8 1000 ha2016: 179.2 1000 ha2017: 200.3 1000 ha2018: 188.5 1000 ha2019: 177.9 1000 ha2020: 168.2 1000 ha2021: 166.3 1000 ha2022: 153.5 1000 ha2023: 134.2 1000 ha2024: 109 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

Burkina Faso recorded 108.97 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 18.8% on the previous year and down 34.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Burkina Faso peaked at 301.12 1000 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 108.97 1000 ha, in 2024.

That places Burkina Faso 65th out of 218 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 186.93 1000 ha 133.86 1000 ha 301.12 1000 ha 9
2010s 166.78 1000 ha 143.92 1000 ha 200.34 1000 ha 10
2020s 146.25 1000 ha 108.97 1000 ha 168.23 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Burkina Faso

  1. 62 Italy 148.91 1000 ha compare
  2. 63 France 131.71 1000 ha compare
  3. 64 French Southern Territories 121.8 1000 ha compare
  4. 66 Austria 107.94 1000 ha compare
  5. 67 Georgia 102.03 1000 ha compare
  6. 68 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 94.78 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Burkina Faso?
Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Burkina Faso was 108.97 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 Burkina Faso?
The highest recorded value was 301.12 1000 ha in 2002.
What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Burkina Faso?
The lowest recorded value was 108.97 1000 ha in 2024.
How does Burkina Faso rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
Burkina Faso ranks 65th out of 218 countries with data for 2024.
Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
Over the last ten years it is down 34.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Burkina Faso 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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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
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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.