Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Europe
Europe: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 20,258 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Europe, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Europe recorded 20,258 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 3.2% on the previous year and down 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Europe peaked at 24,139 1000 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 20,258 1000 ha, in 2024.
Europe ranks 17th of 29 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 23,155 1000 ha | 21,219 1000 ha | 24,139 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 21,884 1000 ha | 20,763 1000 ha | 22,832 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,411 1000 ha | 20,258 1000 ha | 22,252 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
More environment data for Europe
- Arable land — Area 270,153 1000 ha (2024)
- Country area — Area 2.35 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 15,732 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 7.21 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 5.33 kg/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.38 ha/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 13.89 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 3.97 million t (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 27,700 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 2.21 million 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Europe?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Europe was 20,258 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 24,139 1000 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 20,258 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Europe rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- Europe ranks 17th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this 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.