Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Eritrea
Eritrea: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 5,541 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Eritrea, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Eritrea stood at 5,541 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 4.1% on the previous year and down 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Eritrea peaked at 6,308 1000 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 5,541 1000 ha, in 2024.
Eritrea ranks 40th of 223 countries on this measure, 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 Eritrea, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 6,066 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 6,244 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 6,167 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 6,210 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 6,193 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 6,193 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 5,979 1000 ha | -3.5% |
| 2008 | 6,051 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 6,128 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 6,102 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 6,171 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 6,287 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 6,308 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 6,249 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 6,293 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 6,214 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 6,275 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 6,227 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 6,114 1000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 5,891 1000 ha | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 5,845 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 5,825 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 5,775 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 5,541 1000 ha | -4.1% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 5,541 1000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 19.19 1000 ha, 288.7× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 5,541 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7.17 1000 ha, 772.8× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6,137 1000 ha | 5,979 1000 ha | 6,244 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 6,224 1000 ha | 6,102 1000 ha | 6,308 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,776 1000 ha | 5,541 1000 ha | 5,891 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
More environment data for Eritrea
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -12.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -10.14 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 57.1 % change on previous year (2023)
- Standard Deviation 0.531 °C (2023)
- Temperature change 0.012 °C (2023)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.6471 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2011)
- 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 0.3665 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Eritrea?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Eritrea was 5,541 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 Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 6,308 1000 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,541 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Eritrea rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- Eritrea ranks 40th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.