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

Latest (2024)
267,361 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.6%
Rank
6th
of 29 groups
All-time high
292,246 1000 ha
in 2001
All-time low
265,693 1000 ha
in 2020
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

0100.0k200.0k300.0k2001201220242001: 292.2k 1000 ha2002: 283.1k 1000 ha2003: 276.6k 1000 ha2004: 277.0k 1000 ha2005: 277.5k 1000 ha2006: 277.6k 1000 ha2007: 277.1k 1000 ha2008: 276.6k 1000 ha2009: 276.9k 1000 ha2010: 275.5k 1000 ha2011: 273.7k 1000 ha2012: 271.2k 1000 ha2013: 270.5k 1000 ha2014: 271.3k 1000 ha2015: 271.3k 1000 ha2016: 269.4k 1000 ha2017: 268.3k 1000 ha2018: 266.5k 1000 ha2019: 265.8k 1000 ha2020: 265.7k 1000 ha2021: 265.9k 1000 ha2022: 269.0k 1000 ha2023: 269.1k 1000 ha2024: 267.4k 1000 ha

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 6th out of 29 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 3 Algeria 211,868 1000 ha compare
  2. 4 Saudi Arabia 184,840 1000 ha compare
  3. 5 Libya 158,782 1000 ha compare
  4. 6 Sudan (former) 113,270 1000 ha compare
  5. 7 Sudan 109,141 1000 ha compare
  6. 8 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 96,949 1000 ha compare
  7. 9 Egypt 92,423 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 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 6th out of 29 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

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.