Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in India
India: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 6,492 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in India, 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 India stood at 6,492 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.9% on the previous year and down 17.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in India peaked at 9,916 1000 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 6,492 1000 ha, in 2024.
India ranks 37th 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 India, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 8,094 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 9,610 1000 ha | +18.7% |
| 2003 | 8,869 1000 ha | -7.7% |
| 2004 | 9,354 1000 ha | +5.5% |
| 2005 | 9,744 1000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 9,907 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 9,916 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 9,760 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 9,777 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 9,331 1000 ha | -4.6% |
| 2011 | 8,534 1000 ha | -8.5% |
| 2012 | 7,894 1000 ha | -7.5% |
| 2013 | 7,466 1000 ha | -5.4% |
| 2014 | 7,818 1000 ha | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 7,499 1000 ha | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 7,330 1000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 7,392 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 7,637 1000 ha | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 7,594 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 7,405 1000 ha | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 7,425 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 7,435 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 6,754 1000 ha | -9.2% |
| 2024 | 6,492 1000 ha | -3.9% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 6,492 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 20.37 1000 ha, 318.7× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- India's 6,492 1000 ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 126.55 1000 ha, 51.3× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9,448 1000 ha | 8,094 1000 ha | 9,916 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 7,850 1000 ha | 7,330 1000 ha | 9,331 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,102 1000 ha | 6,492 1000 ha | 7,435 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
More environment data for India
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 11.05 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 12.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.254 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.954 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 17.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.92 % 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 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in India?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in India was 6,492 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 9,916 1000 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,492 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does India rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- India ranks 37th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this India 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.