Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 267,361 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Eastern Asia, 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 Asia is 267,361 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and down 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Eastern Asia peaked at 292,246 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 265,693 1000 ha, in 2020.
That places Eastern Asia 5th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 292,246 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 283,062 1000 ha | -3.1% |
| 2003 | 276,605 1000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2004 | 276,951 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 277,472 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 277,555 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 277,132 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 276,575 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 276,886 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 275,536 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 273,746 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 271,179 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 270,538 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 271,308 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 271,305 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 269,418 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 268,305 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 266,472 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 265,787 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 265,693 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 265,872 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 268,974 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 269,096 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 267,361 1000 ha | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 279,387 1000 ha | 276,575 1000 ha | 292,246 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 270,359 1000 ha | 265,787 1000 ha | 275,536 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 267,399 1000 ha | 265,693 1000 ha | 269,096 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
- 2 China, mainland 220,009 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
- 6 Sudan (former) 113,270 1000 ha compare
- 6 Türkiye 452.23 1000 ha compare
- 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
More environment data for Eastern Asia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.3 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.309 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.98 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 137.56 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 98.06 million t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 173.25 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 137.00 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 68.03 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Eastern Asia?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Eastern Asia was 267,361 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 Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 292,246 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 265,693 1000 ha in 2020.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- Eastern Asia ranks 5th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eastern 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.