Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 13,472 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Eastern Europe, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Eastern Europe recorded 13,472 1000 ha for terrestrial barren land — area from modis 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 13.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Eastern Europe peaked at 17,012 1000 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 13,472 1000 ha, in 2024.
Eastern Europe ranks 17th of 26 groups on this measure, 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 Europe, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 16,940 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 16,629 1000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 17,012 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 16,221 1000 ha | -4.7% |
| 2005 | 16,449 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 16,164 1000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 16,016 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 15,467 1000 ha | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 14,649 1000 ha | -5.3% |
| 2010 | 14,127 1000 ha | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 14,453 1000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 14,773 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 14,989 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 15,517 1000 ha | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 15,615 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 15,708 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 16,283 1000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 16,319 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 15,535 1000 ha | -4.8% |
| 2020 | 15,595 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 15,434 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 14,666 1000 ha | -5.0% |
| 2023 | 14,035 1000 ha | -4.3% |
| 2024 | 13,472 1000 ha | -4.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 16,172 1000 ha | 14,649 1000 ha | 17,012 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 15,332 1000 ha | 14,127 1000 ha | 16,319 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,640 1000 ha | 13,472 1000 ha | 15,595 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Europe
- 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
- 16 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.49 1000 ha compare
- 16 Pakistan 33,071 1000 ha compare
- 17 Afghanistan 30,947 1000 ha compare
- 18 Oman 30,045 1000 ha compare
- 18 Timor-Leste 0.06 1000 ha compare
- 19 Republic of Moldova 0 1000 ha compare
- 19 Turkmenistan 29,870 1000 ha compare
- 19 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0 1000 ha
- 20 Iraq 29,036 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Eastern Europe
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.03 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.01 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.483 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.81 °C (2025)
- Roundwood — Production 339.05 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 89.12 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, coniferous — Production 249.93 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Export value 1.44 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity 13.20 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Eastern Europe?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Eastern Europe was 13,472 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 17,012 1000 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Eastern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,472 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Eastern Europe rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- Eastern Europe ranks 17th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Eastern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eastern Europe 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.