Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in New Zealand
New Zealand: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 415.05 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in New Zealand, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 415.05 1000 ha for terrestrial barren land — area from modis in 2024.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in New Zealand peaked at 419.79 1000 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 345 1000 ha, in 2002.
That places New Zealand 53rd out of 223 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.
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 366.79 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 345 1000 ha | -5.9% |
| 2003 | 370.79 1000 ha | +7.5% |
| 2004 | 369.32 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 384.74 1000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 395.13 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 398.33 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 406.72 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 394.37 1000 ha | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 398.39 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 406.74 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 401.08 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 397.08 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 403.47 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 410.78 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 417.62 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 419.79 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 415.84 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 406.16 1000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 411.15 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 412.76 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 410.83 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 410.68 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 415.05 1000 ha | +1.1% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 415.05 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.53 1000 ha, 783.1× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 415.05 1000 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2.25 1000 ha, 184.5× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 381.24 1000 ha | 345 1000 ha | 406.72 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 407.69 1000 ha | 397.08 1000 ha | 419.79 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 412.09 1000 ha | 410.68 1000 ha | 415.05 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
More environment data for New Zealand
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.2131 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 1.69 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.379 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.23 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0.1365 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -0.474 % 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 -0.9337 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in New Zealand?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in New Zealand was 415.05 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 New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 419.79 1000 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 345 1000 ha in 2002.
- How does New Zealand rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- New Zealand ranks 53rd out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Zealand 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.