Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Kuwait
Kuwait: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 1,636 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Kuwait, 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 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 47th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Kuwait, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1,650 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 1,658 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 1,662 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 1,664 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 1,663 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,661 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 1,661 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,663 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 1,663 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1,662 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 1,663 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1,662 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 1,661 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 1,656 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 1,653 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 1,649 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 1,650 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,648 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 1,644 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 1,643 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 1,643 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 1,644 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 1,638 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 1,636 1000 ha | -0.1% |
Kuwait compared with similar countries
- Kuwait's 1,636 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.53 1000 ha, 3086.0× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Kuwait's 1,636 1000 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 9,557 1000 ha, 17% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
More environment data for Kuwait
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -57.51 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -61.88 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.516 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.95 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.24 % 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 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
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 47th out of 223 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
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.