Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 2.52 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Marshall Islands, 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 Marshall Islands stood at 2.52 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 81.3% on the previous year and up 57.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Marshall Islands peaked at 2.52 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.05 1000 ha, in 2022.
That places Marshall Islands 105th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Marshall Islands, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1.67 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 1.9 1000 ha | +13.8% |
| 2003 | 1.8 1000 ha | -5.3% |
| 2004 | 1.75 1000 ha | -2.8% |
| 2005 | 1.9 1000 ha | +8.6% |
| 2006 | 1.92 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 2.16 1000 ha | +12.5% |
| 2008 | 2.37 1000 ha | +9.7% |
| 2009 | 2.42 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 2.35 1000 ha | -2.9% |
| 2011 | 2.44 1000 ha | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 2.24 1000 ha | -8.2% |
| 2013 | 1.86 1000 ha | -17.0% |
| 2014 | 1.6 1000 ha | -14.0% |
| 2015 | 1.6 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1.77 1000 ha | +10.6% |
| 2017 | 1.97 1000 ha | +11.3% |
| 2018 | 1.8 1000 ha | -8.6% |
| 2019 | 1.62 1000 ha | -10.0% |
| 2020 | 1.26 1000 ha | -22.2% |
| 2021 | 1.18 1000 ha | -6.3% |
| 2022 | 1.05 1000 ha | -11.0% |
| 2023 | 1.39 1000 ha | +32.4% |
| 2024 | 2.52 1000 ha | +81.3% |
Marshall Islands compared with similar countries
- Marshall Islands's 2.52 1000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2.38 1000 ha, 1.1× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Marshall Islands's 2.52 1000 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2.25 1000 ha, 1.1× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.99 1000 ha | 1.67 1000 ha | 2.42 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.93 1000 ha | 1.6 1000 ha | 2.44 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.48 1000 ha | 1.05 1000 ha | 2.52 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Marshall Islands
- 102 Guinea-Bissau 3.31 1000 ha compare
- 103 Philippines 3.29 1000 ha compare
- 104 Réunion 2.83 1000 ha compare
- 106 Republic of Korea 2.43 1000 ha compare
- 107 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 2.33 1000 ha compare
- 108 Papua New Guinea 2.31 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Marshall Islands
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.212 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.507 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0 % 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), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2023)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Marshall Islands?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Marshall Islands was 2.52 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 Marshall Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 2.52 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Marshall Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.05 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Marshall Islands rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- Marshall Islands ranks 105th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Marshall Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 57.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Marshall Islands 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.