Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Guatemala
Guatemala: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 0.71 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Guatemala, 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 Guatemala stood at 0.71 1000 ha.
That represents a change of down 2.7% on the previous year and down 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Guatemala peaked at 0.96 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.64 1000 ha, in 2003.
That places Guatemala 131st out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0.96 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 0.9 1000 ha | -6.2% |
| 2003 | 0.64 1000 ha | -28.9% |
| 2004 | 0.81 1000 ha | +26.6% |
| 2005 | 0.73 1000 ha | -9.9% |
| 2006 | 0.75 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 0.79 1000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 0.79 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.79 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.79 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.83 1000 ha | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 0.79 1000 ha | -4.8% |
| 2013 | 0.81 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 0.79 1000 ha | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 0.83 1000 ha | +5.1% |
| 2016 | 0.83 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.83 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.83 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.71 1000 ha | -14.5% |
| 2020 | 0.75 1000 ha | +5.6% |
| 2021 | 0.75 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.77 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 0.73 1000 ha | -5.2% |
| 2024 | 0.71 1000 ha | -2.7% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 0.71 1000 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2.38 1000 ha, 30% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 0.71 1000 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.36 1000 ha, 2.0× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Guatemala 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | -28.9% | 0.9 1000 ha | 0.64 1000 ha |
| 2004 | +26.6% | 0.64 1000 ha | 0.81 1000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7956 1000 ha | 0.64 1000 ha | 0.96 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.804 1000 ha | 0.71 1000 ha | 0.83 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.742 1000 ha | 0.71 1000 ha | 0.77 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
More environment data for Guatemala
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.45 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.02 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.273 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.47 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 14.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- 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 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Guatemala?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Guatemala was 0.71 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 Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 0.96 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.64 1000 ha in 2003.
- How does Guatemala rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- Guatemala ranks 131st out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guatemala 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.