Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Mexico
Mexico: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 5,562 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Mexico, 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 Mexico stood at 5,562 1000 ha.
That represents a change of up 3.5% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Mexico peaked at 9,447 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 4,906 1000 ha, in 2019.
Mexico ranks 39th of 223 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Mexico, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 9,447 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 8,490 1000 ha | -10.1% |
| 2003 | 7,430 1000 ha | -12.5% |
| 2004 | 6,527 1000 ha | -12.2% |
| 2005 | 5,953 1000 ha | -8.8% |
| 2006 | 5,684 1000 ha | -4.5% |
| 2007 | 5,788 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 5,525 1000 ha | -4.5% |
| 2009 | 5,761 1000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 5,780 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 6,109 1000 ha | +5.7% |
| 2012 | 6,072 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 5,873 1000 ha | -3.3% |
| 2014 | 5,377 1000 ha | -8.4% |
| 2015 | 5,050 1000 ha | -6.1% |
| 2016 | 5,122 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 5,021 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 4,921 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 4,906 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 5,090 1000 ha | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 5,375 1000 ha | +5.6% |
| 2022 | 5,378 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 5,376 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 5,562 1000 ha | +3.5% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 5,562 1000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2.38 1000 ha, 2342.1× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 5,562 1000 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.36 1000 ha, 15451.0× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6,734 1000 ha | 5,525 1000 ha | 9,447 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 5,423 1000 ha | 4,906 1000 ha | 6,109 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,356 1000 ha | 5,090 1000 ha | 5,562 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
More environment data for Mexico
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.6859 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.6189 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.234 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.62 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.1645 % 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 -0.5194 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Mexico?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Mexico was 5,562 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 Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 9,447 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,906 1000 ha in 2019.
- How does Mexico rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- Mexico ranks 39th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mexico 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.