Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Egypt
Egypt: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 92,423 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Egypt, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 92,423 1000 ha for terrestrial barren land — area from modis in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Egypt peaked at 93,498 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 92,423 1000 ha, in 2024.
That places Egypt 8th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Egypt, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 93,498 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 93,477 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 93,470 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 93,451 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 93,442 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 93,436 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 93,403 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 93,371 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 93,349 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 93,348 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 93,318 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 93,274 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 93,228 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 93,158 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 93,109 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 93,044 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 92,978 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 92,925 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 92,884 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 92,810 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 92,738 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 92,678 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 92,537 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 92,423 1000 ha | -0.1% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 92,423 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 20.37 1000 ha, 4537.2× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 92,423 1000 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 9,557 1000 ha, 9.7× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 93,433 1000 ha | 93,349 1000 ha | 93,498 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 93,127 1000 ha | 92,884 1000 ha | 93,348 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 92,637 1000 ha | 92,423 1000 ha | 92,810 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 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 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 59.3 1000 ha compare
- 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
More environment data for Egypt
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -20.54 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -13.21 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.361 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 4.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -3.07 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Egypt?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Egypt was 92,423 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 Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 93,498 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 92,423 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Egypt rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- Egypt ranks 8th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Egypt 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.