Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Kiribati
Kiribati: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 3.97 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Kiribati, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Kiribati is 3.97 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 80.5% on the previous year and up 44.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Kiribati peaked at 4.25 1000 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 1.94 1000 ha, in 2020.
Kiribati ranks 101st of 223 countries on this measure, 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 Kiribati, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 4.1 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 3.48 1000 ha | -15.1% |
| 2003 | 2.97 1000 ha | -14.7% |
| 2004 | 3.33 1000 ha | +12.1% |
| 2005 | 3.25 1000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 3.55 1000 ha | +9.2% |
| 2007 | 4 1000 ha | +12.7% |
| 2008 | 4.17 1000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2009 | 3.83 1000 ha | -8.2% |
| 2010 | 3.97 1000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2011 | 4.25 1000 ha | +7.1% |
| 2012 | 3.8 1000 ha | -10.6% |
| 2013 | 3.23 1000 ha | -15.0% |
| 2014 | 2.74 1000 ha | -15.2% |
| 2015 | 2.35 1000 ha | -14.2% |
| 2016 | 2.46 1000 ha | +4.7% |
| 2017 | 2.76 1000 ha | +12.2% |
| 2018 | 2.89 1000 ha | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 2.14 1000 ha | -26.0% |
| 2020 | 1.94 1000 ha | -9.3% |
| 2021 | 2.29 1000 ha | +18.0% |
| 2022 | 3.1 1000 ha | +35.4% |
| 2023 | 2.2 1000 ha | -29.0% |
| 2024 | 3.97 1000 ha | +80.5% |
Kiribati compared with similar countries
- Kiribati's 3.97 1000 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 20.37 1000 ha, 19% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Kiribati's 3.97 1000 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2.25 1000 ha, 1.8× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.63 1000 ha | 2.97 1000 ha | 4.17 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 3.06 1000 ha | 2.14 1000 ha | 4.25 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.7 1000 ha | 1.94 1000 ha | 3.97 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kiribati
- 98 Germany 5.13 1000 ha compare
- 99 Sri Lanka 4.45 1000 ha compare
- 100 Turks and Caicos Islands 4.28 1000 ha compare
- 102 Guinea-Bissau 3.31 1000 ha compare
- 103 Philippines 3.29 1000 ha compare
- 104 Réunion 2.83 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Kiribati
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.182 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.02 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.97 % 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 3.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), annual 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Kiribati?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Kiribati was 3.97 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 Kiribati?
- The highest recorded value was 4.25 1000 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Kiribati?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.94 1000 ha in 2020.
- How does Kiribati rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- Kiribati ranks 101st out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Kiribati?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kiribati 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.