Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Malta
Malta: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 0.09 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Malta, 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 Malta stood at 0.09 1000 ha.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Malta peaked at 0.11 1000 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.06 1000 ha, in 2001.
That places Malta 175th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Malta, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0.06 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 0.11 1000 ha | +83.3% |
| 2003 | 0.09 1000 ha | -18.2% |
| 2004 | 0.11 1000 ha | +22.2% |
| 2005 | 0.11 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.11 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.11 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.11 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.11 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.11 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.11 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.09 1000 ha | -18.2% |
| 2013 | 0.09 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.09 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.09 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.09 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.09 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.09 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.09 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.09 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.09 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.09 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.09 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.09 1000 ha | +0.0% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 0.09 1000 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.53 1000 ha, 17% of the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Malta's 0.09 1000 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 9,557 1000 ha, 0% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.1022 1000 ha | 0.06 1000 ha | 0.11 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.094 1000 ha | 0.09 1000 ha | 0.11 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.09 1000 ha | 0.09 1000 ha | 0.09 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 174 Slovakia 0.11 1000 ha compare
- 175 El Salvador 0.09 1000 ha compare
- 175 Liberia 0.09 1000 ha compare
- 175 Montserrat 0.09 1000 ha compare
- 175 Serbia and Montenegro 0.09 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Malta
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.15 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.15 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.365 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.16 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.8269 % 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 0 % 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 Malta?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Malta was 0.09 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 Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 0.11 1000 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.06 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Malta rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- Malta ranks 175th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malta 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.