Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Kuwait

Kuwait: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 1,636 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
1,636 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
49th
of 240 countries
All-time high
1,664 1000 ha
in 2004
All-time low
1,636 1000 ha
in 2024
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Kuwait, 2001–2024

05001.0k1.5k2001201220242001: 1.6k 1000 ha2002: 1.7k 1000 ha2003: 1.7k 1000 ha2004: 1.7k 1000 ha2005: 1.7k 1000 ha2006: 1.7k 1000 ha2007: 1.7k 1000 ha2008: 1.7k 1000 ha2009: 1.7k 1000 ha2010: 1.7k 1000 ha2011: 1.7k 1000 ha2012: 1.7k 1000 ha2013: 1.7k 1000 ha2014: 1.7k 1000 ha2015: 1.7k 1000 ha2016: 1.6k 1000 ha2017: 1.7k 1000 ha2018: 1.6k 1000 ha2019: 1.6k 1000 ha2020: 1.6k 1000 ha2021: 1.6k 1000 ha2022: 1.6k 1000 ha2023: 1.6k 1000 ha2024: 1.6k 1000 ha

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 Kuwait is 1,636 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.

That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Kuwait peaked at 1,664 1000 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 1,636 1000 ha, in 2024.

That places Kuwait 49th out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 1,660 1000 ha 1,650 1000 ha 1,664 1000 ha 9
2010s 1,655 1000 ha 1,644 1000 ha 1,663 1000 ha 10
2020s 1,641 1000 ha 1,636 1000 ha 1,644 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Kuwait

  1. 46 Iceland 2,819 1000 ha compare
  2. 47 Kyrgyzstan 2,393 1000 ha compare
  3. 48 Angola 1,896 1000 ha compare
  4. 50 Kenya 1,427 1000 ha compare
  5. 51 Nepal 1,357 1000 ha compare
  6. 52 Djibouti 1,177 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Kuwait?
Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Kuwait was 1,636 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 Kuwait?
The highest recorded value was 1,664 1000 ha in 2004.
What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Kuwait?
The lowest recorded value was 1,636 1000 ha in 2024.
How does Kuwait rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
Kuwait ranks 49th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Kuwait?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Kuwait 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

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.