Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Greenland
Greenland: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 15,130 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
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 29th 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 Greenland, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 15,980 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 15,962 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 15,427 1000 ha | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 14,395 1000 ha | -6.7% |
| 2005 | 14,991 1000 ha | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 14,566 1000 ha | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 14,624 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 14,477 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 13,797 1000 ha | -4.7% |
| 2010 | 13,929 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 14,298 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 14,568 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 14,597 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 14,807 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 14,374 1000 ha | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 14,321 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 14,094 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 13,432 1000 ha | -4.7% |
| 2019 | 13,822 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 14,518 1000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2021 | 14,922 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 14,933 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 11,445 1000 ha | -23.4% |
| 2024 | 15,130 1000 ha | +32.2% |
Greenland compared with similar countries
- Greenland's 15,130 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.53 1000 ha, 28546.6× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Greenland's 15,130 1000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1.01 1000 ha, 14979.9× the median. (51 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Greenland changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | +32.2% | 11,445 1000 ha | 15,130 1000 ha |
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
- 26 Côte d'Ivoire 0.28 1000 ha compare
- 26 Uzbekistan 18,946 1000 ha compare
- 27 Morocco 18,490 1000 ha compare
- 28 Somalia 17,177 1000 ha compare
- 30 Australia and New Zealand 13,850 1000 ha compare
- 31 Russian Federation 13,458 1000 ha compare
- 32 Australia 13,433 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Greenland
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.3961 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 2.17 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.605 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ 17.66 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 100 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 0.59 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value Standard 3,871 million SLC (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$ 544.27 million USD (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value Standard 4,722 million SLC (2024)
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 29th out of 223 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
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.