Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 30,275 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Eastern Africa, 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 Eastern Africa is 30,275 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 4.0% on the previous year and down 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Eastern Africa peaked at 35,056 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 30,275 1000 ha, in 2024.
That places Eastern Africa 12th out of 26 groups 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 Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 35,056 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 35,036 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 34,772 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 34,750 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 33,761 1000 ha | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 33,103 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 32,328 1000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2008 | 33,378 1000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 34,717 1000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 34,936 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 34,867 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 34,846 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 34,128 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 33,937 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 33,929 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 34,150 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 35,035 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 34,667 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 34,098 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 32,406 1000 ha | -5.0% |
| 2021 | 31,853 1000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 32,619 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 31,546 1000 ha | -3.3% |
| 2024 | 30,275 1000 ha | -4.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 34,100 1000 ha | 32,328 1000 ha | 35,056 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 34,459 1000 ha | 33,929 1000 ha | 35,035 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 31,740 1000 ha | 30,275 1000 ha | 32,619 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 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
- 14 Canada 44,381 1000 ha compare
- 14 Melanesia 3.55 1000 ha compare
- 15 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2.94 1000 ha compare
- 15 Yemen 36,818 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Eastern Africa
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.18 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.229 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.28 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 107,047 million USD (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Export value 97,059 1000 USD (2024)
- Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Production 4.52 million m3 (2024)
- Wood charcoal — Production 17.47 million t (2024)
- Other industrial roundwood, non-coniferous (production) — Production 11.13 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Eastern Africa?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Eastern Africa was 30,275 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 Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 35,056 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 30,275 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- Eastern Africa ranks 12th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.