Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 4,655 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Ethiopia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 4,655 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 7.7% on the previous year and down 20.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Ethiopia peaked at 5,908 1000 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 4,655 1000 ha, in 2024.
That places Ethiopia 44th out of 240 countries 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5,626 1000 ha | 5,440 1000 ha | 5,907 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 5,821 1000 ha | 5,707 1000 ha | 5,908 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,211 1000 ha | 4,655 1000 ha | 5,529 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
More environment data for Ethiopia
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 4.65 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 858.16 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 768.4 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 17.82 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 52.01 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 20,000 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 5.35 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 2,057 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 42.65 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 16,400 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Ethiopia?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Ethiopia was 4,655 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 Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 5,908 1000 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,655 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Ethiopia rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- Ethiopia ranks 44th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.