Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Malawi
Malawi: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 6.5 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Malawi, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 6.5 1000 ha for terrestrial barren land — area from modis in 2024.
The figure is up 25.7% on the previous year and down 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Malawi peaked at 7.76 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 4.06 1000 ha, in 2004.
That places Malawi 104th out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.8 1000 ha | 4.06 1000 ha | 7.76 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 6.45 1000 ha | 5 1000 ha | 7.44 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.85 1000 ha | 5.17 1000 ha | 6.5 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 101 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 7.48 1000 ha compare
- 102 Portugal 6.7 1000 ha compare
- 103 Thailand 6.59 1000 ha compare
- 105 Finland 6.2 1000 ha compare
- 106 Democratic Republic of the Congo 5.92 1000 ha compare
- 107 Lao People's Democratic Republic 5.69 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Malawi
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 3.67 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 157.29 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 2,420 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 19.62 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 30.17 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 1,850 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 4.6 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 282.19 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 65.23 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 4,000 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Malawi?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Malawi was 6.5 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 Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 7.76 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.06 1000 ha in 2004.
- How does Malawi rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- Malawi ranks 104th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi 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.