Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Nepal
Nepal: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 1,357 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Nepal, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Nepal is 1,357 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Nepal peaked at 1,524 1000 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 1,356 1000 ha, in 2022.
That places Nepal 49th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Nepal, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1,451 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 1,524 1000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2003 | 1,521 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 1,515 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 1,475 1000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 1,446 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 1,457 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 1,448 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 1,429 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 1,435 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 1,438 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 1,419 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 1,403 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 1,401 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 1,382 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 1,394 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 1,428 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 1,432 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 1,432 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 1,410 1000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 1,397 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 1,356 1000 ha | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 1,373 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 1,357 1000 ha | -1.2% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 1,357 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 20.37 1000 ha, 66.6× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 1,357 1000 ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 126.55 1000 ha, 10.7× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,474 1000 ha | 1,429 1000 ha | 1,524 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1,416 1000 ha | 1,382 1000 ha | 1,438 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,379 1000 ha | 1,356 1000 ha | 1,410 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
More environment data for Nepal
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.73 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.41 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.265 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.43 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 41.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -1.54 % 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 -6.53 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Nepal?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Nepal was 1,357 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 Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 1,524 1000 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,356 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Nepal rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- Nepal ranks 49th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nepal 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.