Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Central Asia

Central Asia: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 76,136 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
76,136 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.0%
Rank
11th
of 29 groups
All-time high
82,351 1000 ha
in 2001
All-time low
62,040 1000 ha
in 2005
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

020.0k40.0k60.0k80.0k2001201220242001: 82.4k 1000 ha2002: 67.2k 1000 ha2003: 63.8k 1000 ha2004: 62.7k 1000 ha2005: 62.0k 1000 ha2006: 62.1k 1000 ha2007: 62.2k 1000 ha2008: 63.2k 1000 ha2009: 63.7k 1000 ha2010: 64.2k 1000 ha2011: 65.9k 1000 ha2012: 65.9k 1000 ha2013: 66.6k 1000 ha2014: 68.2k 1000 ha2015: 68.9k 1000 ha2016: 65.7k 1000 ha2017: 64.8k 1000 ha2018: 65.4k 1000 ha2019: 63.8k 1000 ha2020: 65.5k 1000 ha2021: 69.3k 1000 ha2022: 73.3k 1000 ha2023: 76.2k 1000 ha2024: 76.1k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

Central Asia recorded 76,136 1000 ha for terrestrial barren land — area from modis in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Central Asia peaked at 82,351 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 62,040 1000 ha, in 2005.

Central Asia ranks 11th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 65,474 1000 ha 62,040 1000 ha 82,351 1000 ha 9
2010s 65,946 1000 ha 63,842 1000 ha 68,858 1000 ha 10
2020s 72,075 1000 ha 65,511 1000 ha 76,164 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Central Asia

  1. 8 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 96,949 1000 ha compare
  2. 9 Egypt 92,423 1000 ha compare
  3. 10 Niger 87,268 1000 ha compare
  4. 11 Mauritania 87,105 1000 ha compare
  5. 12 Mali 73,085 1000 ha compare
  6. 13 Chad 69,462 1000 ha compare
  7. 14 Mongolia 47,327 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Central Asia?
Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Central Asia was 76,136 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 Central Asia?
The highest recorded value was 82,351 1000 ha in 2001.
What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Central Asia?
The lowest recorded value was 62,040 1000 ha in 2005.
How does Central Asia rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
Central Asia ranks 11th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Central Asia?
Over the last ten years it is up 11.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Central Asia 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.