Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Namibia
Namibia: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 19,784 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Namibia, 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 Namibia stood at 19,784 1000 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 19.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Namibia peaked at 19,824 1000 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 15,574 1000 ha, in 2011.
That places Namibia 25th out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17,473 1000 ha | 16,469 1000 ha | 18,539 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 17,258 1000 ha | 15,574 1000 ha | 19,359 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,654 1000 ha | 19,357 1000 ha | 19,824 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
- 22 Chile 27,842 1000 ha compare
- 23 Western Sahara 26,790 1000 ha compare
- 24 Argentina 23,169 1000 ha compare
- 26 Kazakhstan 19,272 1000 ha compare
- 27 Uzbekistan 18,946 1000 ha compare
- 28 Morocco 18,490 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Namibia
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 0.93 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 7.57 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 100.2 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 46.16 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 97.91 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 38,000 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.03 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 13.51 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 2.06 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 798.49 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Namibia?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Namibia was 19,784 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 Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 19,824 1000 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,574 1000 ha in 2011.
- How does Namibia rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- Namibia ranks 25th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia 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.