Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Middle Africa

Middle Africa: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 71,369 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
71,369 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.5%
Rank
12th
of 29 groups
All-time high
72,215 1000 ha
in 2004
All-time low
71,298 1000 ha
in 2014
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Middle Africa, 2001–2024

020.0k40.0k60.0k80.0k2001201220242001: 71.4k 1000 ha2002: 71.7k 1000 ha2003: 71.9k 1000 ha2004: 72.2k 1000 ha2005: 71.8k 1000 ha2006: 71.9k 1000 ha2007: 71.6k 1000 ha2008: 71.5k 1000 ha2009: 72.0k 1000 ha2010: 71.7k 1000 ha2011: 71.7k 1000 ha2012: 71.4k 1000 ha2013: 71.3k 1000 ha2014: 71.3k 1000 ha2015: 71.4k 1000 ha2016: 71.5k 1000 ha2017: 71.8k 1000 ha2018: 71.6k 1000 ha2019: 71.8k 1000 ha2020: 71.6k 1000 ha2021: 71.5k 1000 ha2022: 71.5k 1000 ha2023: 71.7k 1000 ha2024: 71.4k 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

Middle Africa recorded 71,369 1000 ha for terrestrial barren land — area from modis in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Middle Africa peaked at 72,215 1000 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 71,298 1000 ha, in 2014.

Middle Africa ranks 12th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 71,780 1000 ha 71,431 1000 ha 72,215 1000 ha 9
2010s 71,545 1000 ha 71,298 1000 ha 71,793 1000 ha 10
2020s 71,533 1000 ha 71,369 1000 ha 71,728 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Middle Africa

  1. 9 Egypt 92,423 1000 ha compare
  2. 10 Niger 87,268 1000 ha compare
  3. 11 Mauritania 87,105 1000 ha compare
  4. 12 Mali 73,085 1000 ha compare
  5. 13 Chad 69,462 1000 ha compare
  6. 14 Mongolia 47,327 1000 ha compare
  7. 15 Canada 44,381 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Middle Africa?
Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Middle Africa was 71,369 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 Middle Africa?
The highest recorded value was 72,215 1000 ha in 2004.
What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Middle Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 71,298 1000 ha in 2014.
How does Middle Africa rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
Middle Africa ranks 12th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Middle Africa?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Middle Africa 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

Indicator
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
Last refreshed

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.