Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Morocco

Morocco: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 18,490 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
18,490 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
28th
of 240 countries
All-time high
19,740 1000 ha
in 2001
All-time low
15,335 1000 ha
in 2009
Years of data
24
2001–2024

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

05.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k2001201220242001: 19.7k 1000 ha2002: 18.6k 1000 ha2003: 18.0k 1000 ha2004: 17.3k 1000 ha2005: 17.3k 1000 ha2006: 17.0k 1000 ha2007: 16.8k 1000 ha2008: 16.6k 1000 ha2009: 15.3k 1000 ha2010: 15.5k 1000 ha2011: 15.9k 1000 ha2012: 16.1k 1000 ha2013: 16.4k 1000 ha2014: 16.6k 1000 ha2015: 16.1k 1000 ha2016: 16.3k 1000 ha2017: 16.6k 1000 ha2018: 16.6k 1000 ha2019: 16.9k 1000 ha2020: 17.2k 1000 ha2021: 17.6k 1000 ha2022: 18.3k 1000 ha2023: 18.5k 1000 ha2024: 18.5k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

Morocco recorded 18,490 1000 ha for terrestrial barren land — area from modis in 2024.

The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 11.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Morocco peaked at 19,740 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 15,335 1000 ha, in 2009.

That places Morocco 28th out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 17,420 1000 ha 15,335 1000 ha 19,740 1000 ha 9
2010s 16,291 1000 ha 15,481 1000 ha 16,867 1000 ha 10
2020s 18,023 1000 ha 17,205 1000 ha 18,512 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Morocco

  1. 25 Namibia 19,784 1000 ha compare
  2. 26 Kazakhstan 19,272 1000 ha compare
  3. 27 Uzbekistan 18,946 1000 ha compare
  4. 29 Somalia 17,177 1000 ha compare
  5. 30 Greenland 15,130 1000 ha compare
  6. 31 Australia and New Zealand 13,850 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Morocco?
Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Morocco was 18,490 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 Morocco?
The highest recorded value was 19,740 1000 ha in 2001.
What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Morocco?
The lowest recorded value was 15,335 1000 ha in 2009.
How does Morocco rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
Morocco ranks 28th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Morocco?
Over the last ten years it is up 11.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Morocco 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.