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
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Central Asia, 2001–2024
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 10th of 26 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.
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Central Asia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 82,351 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 67,198 1000 ha | -18.4% |
| 2003 | 63,788 1000 ha | -5.1% |
| 2004 | 62,693 1000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 62,040 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 62,146 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 62,162 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 63,206 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 63,684 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 64,164 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 65,878 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 65,915 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 66,633 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 68,208 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 68,858 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 65,722 1000 ha | -4.6% |
| 2017 | 64,834 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 65,410 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 63,842 1000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 65,511 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 69,307 1000 ha | +5.8% |
| 2022 | 73,256 1000 ha | +5.7% |
| 2023 | 76,164 1000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2024 | 76,136 1000 ha | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
- 7 Sudan 109,141 1000 ha compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 76.57 1000 ha compare
- 8 Egypt 92,423 1000 ha compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 59.3 1000 ha compare
- 9 Niger 87,268 1000 ha compare
- 9 Viet Nam 26.84 1000 ha compare
- 10 Mauritania 87,105 1000 ha compare
- 10 Polynesia 16.24 1000 ha compare
- 11 Mali 73,085 1000 ha compare
- 11 Micronesia 7.56 1000 ha compare
- 12 Chad 69,462 1000 ha compare
- 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 5.92 1000 ha compare
- 13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 5.69 1000 ha compare
- 13 Mongolia 47,327 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Central Asia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.43 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.53 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.724 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 3.05 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 89,684 t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 339,499 t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 60,266 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 338,315 t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 74.52 % (2024)
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 10th out of 26 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
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.