What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Greenland?

Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Greenland was 15,130 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 Greenland?

The highest recorded value was 15,980 1000 ha in 2001.

What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Greenland?

The lowest recorded value was 11,445 1000 ha in 2023.

How does Greenland rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?

Greenland ranks 30th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.

Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Greenland?

Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Greenland 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.

Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Greenland

Name: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Greenland
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Greenland: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 15,130 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

15,130 1000 ha

Change on year

up 32.2%

World rank

30th

of 240 countries

All-time high

15,980 1000 ha

in 2001

All-time low

11,445 1000 ha

in 2023

Years of data

2001–2024

Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Greenland, 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 Greenland stood at 15,130 1000 ha.

The figure is up 32.2% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Greenland peaked at 15,980 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 11,445 1000 ha, in 2023.

Greenland ranks 30th of 240 countries on this measure, 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	14,913 1000 ha	13,797 1000 ha	15,980 1000 ha	9
2010s	14,224 1000 ha	13,432 1000 ha	14,807 1000 ha	10
2020s	14,190 1000 ha	11,445 1000 ha	15,130 1000 ha	5

Countries ranked near Greenland

27 Uzbekistan 18,946 1000 ha compare
28 Morocco 18,490 1000 ha compare
29 Somalia 17,177 1000 ha compare
31 Australia and New Zealand 13,850 1000 ha compare
32 Russian Federation 13,458 1000 ha compare
33 Australia 13,433 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

More environment data for Greenland

Capture fisheries production 331,285 metric tons (2024)
Agricultural land — Share in Land area 0.59 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 243.11 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 100 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 0.59 % (2024)
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 22 t (2024)
Total fisheries production 331,315 metric tons (2024)
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.0075 Mt CO2e (2024)
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0008 Mt CO2e (2024)
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste 0.001 Mt CO2e (2024)

All data for Greenland →

Frequently asked questions

What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Greenland?: Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Greenland was 15,130 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 Greenland?: The highest recorded value was 15,980 1000 ha in 2001.
What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Greenland?: The lowest recorded value was 11,445 1000 ha in 2023.
How does Greenland rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?: Greenland ranks 30th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Greenland?: Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Greenland 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

Indicator: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS
Unit: 1000 ha
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
Last refreshed: 12 August 2026

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.