Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in China, mainland
China, mainland: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 220,009 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in China, mainland, 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 China, mainland is 220,009 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in China, mainland peaked at 236,848 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 218,673 1000 ha, in 2020.
China, mainland ranks 2nd of 223 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in China, mainland, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 236,848 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 230,546 1000 ha | -2.7% |
| 2003 | 227,542 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 227,657 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 227,314 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 226,366 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 225,409 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 224,911 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 225,106 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 224,224 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 223,331 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 221,890 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 221,581 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 221,996 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 222,477 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 221,457 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 220,164 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 218,957 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 218,697 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 218,673 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 218,890 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 220,951 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 220,975 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 220,009 1000 ha | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 227,967 1000 ha | 224,911 1000 ha | 236,848 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 221,477 1000 ha | 218,697 1000 ha | 224,224 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 219,900 1000 ha | 218,673 1000 ha | 220,975 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China, mainland
- 1 China 220,023 1000 ha compare
- 2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 96,949 1000 ha compare
- 3 Algeria 211,868 1000 ha compare
- 4 Saudi Arabia 184,840 1000 ha compare
- 4 Syrian Arab Republic 9,568 1000 ha compare
- 5 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 5,919 1000 ha compare
- 5 Libya 158,782 1000 ha compare
More environment data for China, mainland
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.279 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.92 °C (2025)
- Permanent crops — Area 20,142 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 2,591 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 27.68 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 108,466 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area 128,608 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.09 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 13.7 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in China, mainland?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in China, mainland was 220,009 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 China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 236,848 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 218,673 1000 ha in 2020.
- How does China, mainland rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- China, mainland ranks 2nd out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China, mainland 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.